14-letter words containing o, n, t, i, m
- point mutation — a change in a single base in a nucleotide sequence.
- pointed domain — (theory) In most formulations of domain theory, a domain is defined to have a bottom element and algebraic CPOs without bottoms are called "predomains". David Schmidt's domains do not have this requirement and he calls a domain with a bottom "pointed".
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
- post-modernism — Post-modernism is a late twentieth century approach in art, architecture, and literature which typically mixes styles, ideas, and references to modern society, often in an ironic way.
- post-modernist — A post-modernist is a writer, artist, or architect who is influenced by post-modernism.
- postamputation — following or occurring after an amputation
- postdeterminer — a member of a subclass of English adjectival words, including ordinal and cardinal numbers, that may be placed after an article or other determiner and before a descriptive adjective, as first and three in the first three new chapters.
- 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.
- postretirement — relating to or occurring in the period after retirement
- potentiometric — a device for measuring electromotive force or potential difference by comparison with a known voltage.
- pragmatization — the action of putting theory into practice, the process of rendering something more pragmatic
- pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- pre-intimation — to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest.
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- pretermination — of the period before termination (esp of employment)
- private income — econ: from outside employment
- progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- proletarianism — the practices, attitudes, or social status of a proletarian.
- promenade tile — a machine-made, unglazed, ceramic floor tile.
- 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.
- proportionment — the act of proportioning.
- proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
- psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
- pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
- put money into — to invest money in
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- 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.
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
- questionmaster — quizmaster.
- quinnat salmon — chinook salmon.
- 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
- quotation mark — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as “ at the beginning and ” at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as “He said, ‘I will go.’ ” Frequently, especially in Great Britain, single marks are used instead of double, the latter being then used for a quotation within a quotation.
- radiostrontium — strontium 90.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- random testing — (programming, testing) A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
- re-affirmation — the act or an instance of affirming; state of being affirmed.
- re-embarkation — the act of boarding a ship or aircraft again
- re-enumeration — an act of enumerating.
- reaccumulation — act or state of accumulating; state of being accumulated.
- reamalgamation — the act or process of amalgamating.
- reception room — a room for receiving visitors, clients, patients, etc.
- recommendation — an act of recommending.
- reconfirmation — the act of confirming.
- reformationist — someone who was part of the Reformation
- reimplantation — the surgical restoration of a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure to its original site.
- reinforcements — the act of reinforcing.
- relative minor — the minor key whose tonic is the sixth degree of a given major key.