14-letter words containing m, y, o, p
- performability — the quality of being performable
- petrochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with petroleum or its products.
- phallic symbol — any object, as a cigar or skyscraper, that may broadly resemble or represent the penis, especially such an object that symbolizes power, as an automobile.
- 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.
- photogrammetry — the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.
- phytochemistry — the branch of biochemistry dealing with plants and plant processes.
- piezochemistry — the study of chemical reactions at high pressures
- plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
- platform party — the group on the platform at a meeting
- plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
- plumbosolvency — the ability to dissolve lead
- plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- police academy — a school for training police officers
- poly-syllogism — an argument made up of a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each being a premise of the one following, until the last one.
- 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.
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- polymorphously — in a polymorphous manner
- polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
- postmastectomy — of or relating to the period after a mastectomy
- poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
- powdery mildew — any of various parasitic fungi of the ascomycete order Erysiphales, which produce a powderlike film of mycelium on the surface of host plants.
- pre-employment — being required or accomplished before an employee begins a new job: a preemployment medical exam.
- presumptuously — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
- presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
- primary colour — Primary colours are basic colours that can be mixed together to produce other colours. They are usually considered to be red, yellow, blue, and sometimes green.
- primary growth — growth in vascular plants, especially an increase in length, that results from cell division and differentiation of an apical meristem.
- primary mirror — the mirror that collects and focuses the incoming light in a reflecting telescope
- primary phloem — phloem derived directly from the growth of an apical meristem.
- 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.
- proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
- proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
- proxy marriage — a marriage performed between one of the two contracting parties and a proxy who has been authorized to represent the other.
- pseudonymously — bearing a false or fictitious name.
- pseudosymmetry — an apparent symmetry different from that appropriate to a crystal of a given mineral.
- psychic income — the personal or subjective benefits, rewards, or satisfactions derived from a job or undertaking as separate from its objective or financial ones.
- 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
- public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
- pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
- pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
- pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
- pure democracy — a form of democracy in which the laws and policies are made directly by the citizens rather than by representatives.
- put money into — to invest money in
- pygmy marmoset — a related form, Cebuella pygmaea: the smallest monkey, inhabiting tropical forests of the Amazon