14-letter words containing o, u, e, s, a
- prairie crocus — a spring flower of the buttercup family
- prairie-grouse — prairie chicken.
- pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- 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 coral — red coral.
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- press cupboard — a cupboard of the 16th and 17th centuries having an overhanging top above a recessed cabinet, beneath which is a section of drawers or cabinets.
- pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- 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.
- probable cause — reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action existed: used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution.
- proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
- pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
- pseudo-classic — falsely or spuriously classic.
- pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- pseudo-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- pseudodipteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade.
- pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
- pugnaciousness — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- 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.
- purchase order — document requesting to buy sth
- purple passion — a variety of the velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca, having trailing stems and leaves densely covered with purple hairs, grown as a houseplant.
- put one across — to get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception
- 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.
- quasi-economic — pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
- quasi-periodic — almost periodic
- quasi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
- quattrocentist — a painter or writer of 15th-century Italy
- queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
- questionmaster — quizmaster.
- questionnaires — Plural form of questionnaire.
- quetzalcoatlus — A large toothless pterosaur of the genus Quetzalcoatlus.
- quinquecostate — having five lines or ribs
- quinquefarious — consisting of or divided into five lines, sections, etc
- quotient space — a topological space whose elements are the equivalence classes of a given topological space with a specified equivalence relation.
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- random numbers — a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table) or generated by a computer.
- ranunculaceous — belonging to the Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family of plants.
- rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
- re-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- read-only user — (jargon) Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
- recurvirostral — with a beak which is bent upwards