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14-letter words containing p, a, n, e

  • pride-of-india — chinaberry (sense 1)
  • primary accent — the principal or strongest stress of a word.
  • prime meridian — the meridian running through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is reckoned.
  • princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
  • principal type — The most general type of an expression. For example, the following are all valid types for the lambda abstraction (\ x . x): Int -> Int Bool -> Bool (a->b) -> (a->b) but any valid type will be an instance of the principal type: a -> a. An instance is derived by substituting the same type expression for all occurences of some type variable. The principal type of an expression can be computed from those of its subexpressions by Robinson's unification algorithm.
  • principalities — a state ruled by a prince, usually a relatively small state or a state that falls within a larger state such as an empire.
  • printed matter — any of various kinds of printed material that qualifies for a special postal rate.
  • printer's mark — a stamp or device, usually found on the copyright page, that identifies a book as the work of a particular printer.
  • printer's ream — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
  • printing frame — a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing.
  • printing paper — sensitized paper for printing positives.
  • printout paper — sensitized paper for prints that darkens under light and requires treatment to fix an image: largely supplanted at the turn of the century by developing-out paper. Abbreviation: P.O.P.
  • private income — econ: from outside employment
  • 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.
  • pro-management — the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control.
  • proactiveness' — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
  • procaine amide — a white, crystalline compound, C 1 3 H 2 1 ON 3 , used in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
  • 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.
  • professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
  • progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
  • programme note — A programme note is an article written in a programme for a play or concert, which gives information about the performance or production.
  • progressionary — relating to progression
  • project athena — (project)   A distributed system project for support of educational and research computing at MIT. Much of the software developed is now in wider use, especially the X Window System.
  • projectisation — the direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs
  • projectization — 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.
  • proletarianize — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.
  • promenade deck — an upper deck or part of a deck on a passenger ship where passengers can stroll, often covered with a light shade deck.
  • promenade tile — a machine-made, unglazed, ceramic floor tile.
  • pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
  • propenoic acid — systematic name of acrylic acid
  • proportionable — being in due proportion; proportional.
  • prosencephalon — the forebrain.
  • 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.
  • proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
  • protoplanetary — of or relating to protoplanets
  • providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • provincialised — to make provincial in character.
  • pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
  • psephoanalysis — the statistical and sociological analysis of election trends and results
  • pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
  • pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
  • psychoanalyses — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
  • public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
  • pugnaciousness — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
  • pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
  • pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
  • pump attendant — a person who works in a garage or petrol station and who fills customers' cars with petrol
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