14-letter words containing o, s, t, e, a
- processability — capable of being processed.
- processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
- procrastinated — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
- projectisation — the direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs
- proletarianism — the practices, attitudes, or social status of a proletarian.
- 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.
- prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- pseudodipteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade.
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
- pumped storage — a system for generating hydroelectric power for peak periods by pumping water from a lower to a higher reservoir during low-demand periods and then releasing it during peak periods.
- put one across — to get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception
- pygmy marmoset — a related form, Cebuella pygmaea: the smallest monkey, inhabiting tropical forests of the Amazon
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quarter nelson — a hold in which a wrestler, from a kneeling position beside an opponent, puts one hand on the opponent's head, passes the free arm under the far arm of the opponent, and locks the free arm to the other arm by clasping the wrist.
- quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
- quattrocentist — a painter or writer of 15th-century Italy
- questionmaster — quizmaster.
- questionnaires — Plural form of questionnaire.
- quetzalcoatlus — A large toothless pterosaur of the genus Quetzalcoatlus.
- quinquecostate — having five lines or ribs
- quotient space — a topological space whose elements are the equivalence classes of a given topological space with a specified equivalence relation.
- race relations — relationships between races
- radio cassette — A radio cassette is a radio and a cassette player together in a single machine.
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
- radioresistant — resistant to the effects of radiation
- radiosensitive — (of certain tissues or organisms) sensitive to or destructible by various types of radiant energy, as x-rays, rays from radioactive material, or the like.
- radiosensitize — to make (cells) more sensitive to radiation
- radiotherapist — radiologist
- rags to riches — You use rags to riches to describe the way in which someone quickly becomes very rich after they have been quite poor.
- raise the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- 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.
- rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
- rational dress — long loose trousers gathered at the ankle and worn under a shorter skirt
- re-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- reactor vessel — the container surrounding and protecting the core of a nuclear reactor.
- recompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- recondensation — the act or process of condensing again
- reconsecration — the act of consecrating; dedication to the service and worship of a deity.
- reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- recurvirostral — with a beak which is bent upwards
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- redistillation — further distillation; purification of liquid through many distillations
- reformationist — someone who was part of the Reformation
- refractoriness — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
- regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.