14-letter words containing n, e, p, o, t
- prominent moth — any moth of the family Notodontidae characterized by tufts of scales on the back edge of the forewing that stand up prominently at rest and give the group its name. It includes the puss moth and buff-tip as well as those with prominent in the name
- pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
- property owner — sb who owns a building or land
- propjet engine — turbo-propeller engine.
- proportionable — being in due proportion; proportional.
- proportionless — lacking proportion; disproportionate
- proportionment — the act of proportioning.
- proprioception — perception governed by proprioceptors, as awareness of the position of one's body.
- prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
- protectiveness — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
- proto-oncogene — a normally present gene that appears to have a role in the regulation of normal cell growth, but that is converted to an oncogene by mutation.
- protocontinent — an actual or hypothetical landmass that might later be enlarged into a major continent or broken up into smaller ones.
- protoplanetary — of or relating to protoplanets
- proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- pseudosentence — a sentence rejected as meaningless because it does not express anything verifiable in experience.
- pseudosolution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
- psychogenetics — the study of internal or mental states
- psychotechnics — the use of psychological techniques for controlling and modifying human behavior, especially for practical ends.
- puertorriqueno — a native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico.
- pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
- pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
- punch operator — a person who enters data into cards by means of punching holes
- puncture wound — injury: perforation
- purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
- put it over on — to deceive; trick
- put money into — to invest money in
- put on the dog — a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- put on the map — a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- put on the pan — to criticize severely
- put one across — to get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception
- put someone on — to connect (a person) by telephone
- put the arm on — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- put the lid on — to be the final blow to
- put the moz on — to jinx
- pyelonephritic — of or relating to an inflammation of the pelvis and renal parenchyma
- pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
- pyrenomycetous — of or relating to the former class Pyrenomycetes of fungi
- pyriphlegethon — Phlegethon (def 1).
- pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
- quotient group — a group, the elements of which are cosets with respect to a normal subgroup of a given group.
- quotient space — a topological space whose elements are the equivalence classes of a given topological space with a specified equivalence relation.
- radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
- re-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.