14-letter words containing o, n, p, u, r, s
- perfidiousness — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- plesiochronous — (communications) Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polar sequence — a series of stars in the vicinity of the N celestial pole whose accurately determined magnitudes serve as the standard for visual and photographic magnitudes of stars
- polygon pusher — (Or "rectangle slinger"). A chip designer who spends most of his or her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing *lots* of multi-coloured polygons).
- polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
- popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
- porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
- postindustrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
- postproduction — (in motion pictures, recording, etc.) the technical processes, as cutting, editing, and post-synchronization, necessary to ready a filmed or recorded work for sale or exhibition.
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
- pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- pre-conclusion — the end or close; final part.
- pre-discussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- pre-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- precariousness — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precious stone — a gem distinguished for its beauty and rarity, used in jewelry.
- precociousness — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- pressure point — a point on the skin that is extremely sensitive to pressure because of the presence of pressure-sensing organs.
- pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- presupposition — to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.
- printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
- pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.
- productiveness — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- pseudoscorpion — any of several small arachnids of the order Chelonethida that resemble a tailless scorpion and that feed chiefly on small insects.
- psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
- purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
- purple passion — a variety of the velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca, having trailing stems and leaves densely covered with purple hairs, grown as a houseplant.
- purposefulness — having a purpose.
- put down roots — settle: in a place
- put into words — express in language
- put one across — to get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception
- pyrenomycetous — of or relating to the former class Pyrenomycetes of fungi
- quasi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- queens problem — eight queens puzzle
- quick response — fast reaction time
- quintus prolog — (language, product) A version of Prolog developed by Quintus. Development of Quintus Prolog had transferred to the Swedish Institute of Computer Science by December 1998. Telephone: +1 (800) 542 1283.
- repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
- resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- rhinosporidium — any fungus of the genus Rhinosporidium, members of which produce vascular polyps in the nasal passages.
- rhynchophorous — of or relating to rhynchophores
- runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.