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14-letter words containing m, i, a, s, p

  • pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
  • pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
  • point estimate — the process of determining a single estimated value (point estimate) of a parameter of a given population.
  • polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
  • postamputation — following or occurring after an amputation
  • postmastership — the office or position of a postmaster
  • postmillennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
  • postminimalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style in painting and sculpture developing in the 1970s, retaining the formal simplifications of minimal art, but striving to imbue works with a broad range of meaning and reference and often demonstrating a concern with craft and a kinship with tribal art and sculpture.
  • potassium alum — alum1 (def 1).
  • potassium-alum — Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes.
  • praying mantis — mantis.
  • pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
  • precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
  • precision-made — made to precise specifications
  • preliminaries' — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
  • presentimental — expressing a presentiment
  • presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
  • primary school — a school usually covering the first three or four years of elementary school and sometimes kindergarten.
  • primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
  • primary stress — primary accent.
  • primary tissue — any tissue resulting directly from differentiation of an apical meristem.
  • printer's mark — a stamp or device, usually found on the copyright page, that identifies a book as the work of a particular printer.
  • printer's ream — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
  • pripet marshes — the largest swamp in Europe, occupying S Belarus and N Ukraine
  • probabiliorism — the theory that in the case of doubt one should choose the action most likely to be right
  • proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
  • proletarianism — the practices, attitudes, or social status of a proletarian.
  • pseudo-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
  • psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
  • psycho-somatic — of or relating to a physical disorder that is caused by or notably influenced by emotional factors.
  • psychochemical — pertaining to chemicals or drugs that affect the mind or behavior.
  • psychodynamics — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
  • psychosomatics — the study of psychosomatic conditions
  • pyophthalmitis — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
  • pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
  • pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
  • pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
  • quadrupedalism — The condition of being a quadruped.
  • quantum optics — the branch of optics dealing with light as a stream of photons, each possessing a quantum of energy proportional to the frequency of light when it is considered as a wave motion.
  • quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
  • radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
  • reappraisement — an act or the process of appraising someone or something again
  • riemann sphere — a sphere used for a stereographic projection.
  • russian empire — Russia (def 1).
  • sales campaign — product promotion and publicity
  • sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
  • sceuophylacium — a place where sacred vessels are kept
  • self-impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
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