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14-letter words containing p, a, e

  • interoperative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
  • interparochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • interpellation — a procedure in some legislative bodies of asking a government official to explain an act or policy, sometimes leading, in parliamentary government, to a vote of confidence or a change of government.
  • interpenetrate — to penetrate thoroughly; permeate.
  • interplanetary — being or occurring between the planets or between a planet and the sun.
  • interpolations — Plural form of interpolation.
  • interpretation — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
  • interpretative — interpretive.
  • interpunctuate — to insert punctuation marks in (a written text)
  • interpupillary — between the pupils of the eyes: interpupillary distance.
  • intraoperative — Happening during surgery. Literally, within surgery.
  • inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
  • irreplevisable — not replevisable; not capable of being replevied.
  • irreproachable — free from blame; not able to be reproached or censured.
  • irreproachably — In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
  • isentropically — in an isentropic manner
  • isla de pascua — Spanish name of Easter Island.
  • isolated point — Mathematics. a point in a set such that the neighborhood of the point is devoid of any other points belonging to the set.
  • issue a policy — If an insurer issues a policy, they create an insurance policy and provide it to a customer.
  • issued capital — the shares of a company that have been sold or distributed
  • j/psi particle — the lightest of the psi particles, the first particle to be discovered that contains a charmed quark.
  • james stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
  • japanese cedar — Japan cedar.
  • japanese holly — an evergreen shrub, Ilex crenata, of Japan, having black fruit and box-shaped foliage, widely grown as an ornamental.
  • japanese larch — a tree, Larix kaempferi, of Japan, having bluish-green leaves and egg-shaped cones.
  • japanese maple — a small, graceful maple tree, Acer palmatum, of Korea and Japan, having small, purple flowers, the foliage turning bright red in autumn.
  • japanese paper — paper of a high rag content, used for woodcuts, engravings, etc.
  • japanese quail — any of several small Old World quails of the genus Coturnix, especially C. japonica (Japanese quail) widely used as a laboratory animal.
  • jarabe tapatio — a dance of Mexican origin, performed by a couple and consisting of nine figures and melodies, in which the partners often dance facing each other but not touching.
  • jeff davis pie — a custard pie baked in a pastry shell and containing spices, raisins, pecans, etc.
  • john davenport — John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.
  • jump the shark — any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans.
  • jump the track — to go suddenly off the rails
  • junior partner — a partner in a law firm or financial organisation who has less responsibility than a senior partner
  • kapellmeisters — Plural form of kapellmeister.
  • kastrop-rauxel — Castrop-Rauxel.
  • keep a lookout — If someone keeps a lookout, especially on a boat, they look around all the time in order to make sure there is no danger.
  • keep a rein on — to check, control, or restrain
  • keep an eye on — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • keep pace with — to proceed at the same speed as
  • keep sb amused — If you keep someone amused, you find things to do which stop them getting bored.
  • keep the faith — stay true to beliefs
  • keep the peace — the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
  • keep-fit class — an exercise class designed to promote physical fitness
  • keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
  • kinematic pair — pair1 (def 10).
  • king's pattern — a spoon pattern of the 19th century having a stem decorated with threads, scrolls, and shell motifs.
  • kleptomaniacal — Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
  • kleptoparasite — A bird, insect, or other animal that habitually robs animals of other species of food.
  • knight templar — Templar.
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