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14-letter words containing m, c, p

  • pharmacopolist — a person who sells pharmaceutical products
  • phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
  • photochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
  • photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
  • phytochemistry — the branch of biochemistry dealing with plants and plant processes.
  • pickwickianism — a Pickwickian statement, expression, word, or the like.
  • picture-framer — a person or company whose job is to frame photographs, paintings etc
  • piezochemistry — the study of chemical reactions at high pressures
  • pimento cheese — a processed cheese made from Neufchâtel, cream cheese, Cheddar, or other cheese, flavored with chopped pimientos.
  • pinealectomize — to perform a pinealectomy on (a person or animal)
  • pinhole camera — a simple camera in which an aperture provided by a pinhole in an opaque diaphragm is used in place of a lens.
  • pink champagne — a sparkling white wine, especially of the Champagne district of France, colored slightly by the grape skins during fermentation or the addition of a small amount of red wine just before the second fermentation.
  • placement test — a test to determine a student's level of ability in one or more subjects in order to place the student with others of the same approximate ability.
  • plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
  • platform scale — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
  • platinum black — a black powder consisting of very finely divided metallic platinum, used as a catalyst, especially in organic synthesis.
  • plenum-chamber — a system of mechanical ventilation in which fresh air is forced into the spaces to be ventilated from a chamber (plenum chamber) at a pressure slightly higher than atmospheric pressure, so as to expel foul air.
  • plumbosolvency — the ability to dissolve lead
  • pneumatic duct — the duct joining the air bladder and alimentary canal of a physostomous fish.
  • pneumatic pile — a hollow pile, used under water, in which a vacuum is induced so that air and water pressure force it into place.
  • pneumatic tire — wheel cover filled with pressurized air
  • pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
  • pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
  • pneumoconiosis — any chronic lung disease, including anthracosis, asbestosis, and silicosis, caused by the inhalation of particles of coal, asbestos, silica, or similar substances and leading to fibrosis and loss of lung function.
  • pneumoconiotic — a person who suffers from pneumoconiosis
  • pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
  • pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • poikilothermic — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
  • point calimere — a cape on the SE coast of India, on the Palk Strait
  • poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
  • polar molecule — a molecule in which the centroid of the positive charges is different from the centroid of the negative charges.
  • polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
  • police academy — a school for training police officers
  • polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
  • port coquitlam — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, E of Vancouver.
  • postmastectomy — of or relating to the period after a mastectomy
  • potentiometric — a device for measuring electromotive force or potential difference by comparison with a known voltage.
  • powder compact — make-up: small case of foundation
  • pre-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
  • pre-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
  • precision-made — made to precise specifications
  • precompetitive — in marketing, designating or occurring during the stage prior to the completion of development of a product, when companies collaborate rather than compete
  • precompression — the act of compressing.
  • premanufacture — to manufacture in advance
  • premium income — An insurer's premium income is the income that it earns from premiums.
  • preperformance — occurring before a performance
  • prescriptivism — a writer, teacher, or supporter of prescriptive grammar.
  • presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
  • primacy effect — the process whereby the first few items on a list are learnt more rapidly than the middle items
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