14-letter words containing o, p, e, n, l, i
- plenipotential — relating to a plenipotentiary
- 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.
- plotting sheet — a blank chart having only a compass rose and latitude lines, longitude lines, or both, marked and annotated, as required, by a navigator.
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
- poetic licence — If someone such as a writer or film director uses poetic licence, they break the usual rules of language or style, or they change the facts, in order to create a particular effect.
- poetic license — license or liberty taken by a poet, prose writer, or other artist in deviating from rule, conventional form, logic, or fact, in order to produce a desired effect.
- point calimere — a cape on the SE coast of India, on the Palk Strait
- point pleasant — a borough in E New Jersey.
- poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
- polar distance — codeclination.
- polar equation — an equation in which the variables are polar coordinates.
- polar zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it at one of the poles
- polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
- police station — police headquarters for a particular district, from which police officers are dispatched and to which persons under arrest are brought.
- policy science — a branch of the social sciences concerned with the formulation and implementation of policy in bureaucracies, etc
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
- polysuspensoid — a suspensoid in which the solid particles are polydisperse.
- polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
- polyvinylidene — pertaining to or derived from a polymer of a vinylidene compound.
- pontius pilate — Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
- porcelain ware — articles made of porcelain, such as plates and cups
- position angle — the direction in which one object lies relative to another on the celestial sphere, measured in degrees from north in an easterly direction
- possessionless — having no possessions
- postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
- postmillennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
- potential flow — Potential flow is a way of describing flow in a fluid using streamlines.
- potential well — a localized region in a field of force in which the potential has a deep minimum
- potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- prairie falcon — a North American falcon, Falco mexicanus, grayish-brown above and white barred with brown below.
- pre-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
- pre-conclusion — the end or close; final part.
- pre-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- preapplication — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
- precalculation — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- preoperational — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
- prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
- presentational — of or relating to presentation.
- pretensionless — without pretension
- price controls — government regulation of prices by establishing maximum price levels for goods or services, as during a period of inflation.
- princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
- pro-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
- proletarianism — the practices, attitudes, or social status of a proletarian.