14-letter words containing p, a, l, o, c
- precious coral — red coral.
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- preconsonantal — immediately preceding a consonant.
- precontractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
- pride of place — the highest or most outstanding position; first place.
- primary colour — Primary colours are basic colours that can be mixed together to produce other colours. They are usually considered to be red, yellow, blue, and sometimes green.
- primary school — a school usually covering the first three or four years of elementary school and sometimes kindergarten.
- primatological — relating to primatology
- princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
- private school — a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government, usually charging tuition and often following a particular philosophy, viewpoint, etc.
- pro-capitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- 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.
- processability — capable of being processed.
- prognostically — of or relating to prognosis.
- project leader — leader of a task or programme
- propaedeutical — relating to preliminary instruction; introductory
- propyl alcohol — a colorless, water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 8 O, used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a solvent.
- prosencephalon — the forebrain.
- prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- protectability — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- protocol layer — (networking) The software and/or hardware environment of two or more communications devices or computers in which a particular network protocol operates. A network connection may be thought of as a set of more or less independent protocols, each in a different layer or level. The lowest layer governs direct host-to-host communication between the hardware at different hosts; the highest consists of user application programs. Each layer uses the layer beneath it and provides a service for the layer above. Each networking component hardware or software on one host uses protocols appropriate to its layer to communicate with the corresponding component (its "peer") on another host. Such layered protocols are sometimes known as peer-to-peer protocols. The advantages of layered protocols is that the methods of passing information from one layer to another are specified clearly as part of the protocol suite, and changes within a protocol layer are prevented from affecting the other layers. This greatly simplifies the task of designing and maintaining communication systems. Examples of layered protocols are TCP/IP's five layer protocol stack and the OSI seven layer model.
- protocol stack — (protocol) A layered set of protocols which work together to provide a set of network functions. Each intermediate protocol layer uses the layer below it to provide a service to the layer above. The OSI seven layer model is an attempt to provide a standard framework within which to describe protocol stacks.
- prototypically — in a prototypical manner
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- 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-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- psychoanalyses — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
- psychoanalysis — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
- psychoanalytic — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
- psychochemical — pertaining to chemicals or drugs that affect the mind or behavior.
- psychogalvanic — pertaining to or involving electric changes in the body resulting from reactions to mental or emotional stimuli.
- psychophysical — the branch of psychology that deals with the relationships between physical stimuli and resulting sensations and mental states.
- psychosocially — from a psychosocial point of view
- pterylographic — relating to pterylography
- public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
- public holiday — national day off work
- puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
- quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- radiographical — the production of radiographs.
- railway police — the branch of the police force specializing in maintaining law and order and detecting crime on the railways
- re-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
- recapitulation — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
- reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
- report a claim — If you report a claim, you inform an insurer that an insured event has occurred and that you intend to ask the insurer for financial payment.
- rhinencephalon — the part of the cerebrum containing the olfactory structures.
- rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- roller caption — caption lettering that moves progressively up or across the picture, as for showing the credits at the end of a programme