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14-letter words containing p, a, r, t, n

  • pentland firth — a strait between N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: noted for its rough sea conditions. 14 miles (23 km) long.
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
  • peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • permanent echo — a radar signal reflected to a radar station on the ground by a building or other fixed object.
  • permanent link — (web)   A URL that always points to the same piece of web content. Web pages that appear for a limited time at their main URL, such as web logs or news sites, often display an alternative, permanent link. Readers can quote, bookmark, or link to this URL in order to refer to a particular item, rather than the page displaying the latest item. For example, the URL http://news.bbc.co.uk/ points to the latest news from the BBC whereas http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/2614839.stm is a permanent link to a particular news story.
  • permanent mold — a reusable metal mold used for making a large number of identical castings.
  • permanent wave — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
  • persian carpet — a handwoven carpet or rug produced in Iran and characterized by fine warp and filling yarns, a usually tight, even pile made with the Sehna knot, and a variety of floral, foliate, animal, and avian designs woven in rich, harmonious colors.
  • persian violet — any of several plants belonging to the genus Exacum, native to the Old World, as E. affine, having glossy, ovate leaves, and fragrant, bluish flowers: cultivated as a houseplant.
  • persian walnut — English walnut.
  • personal staff — the aides of a general officer or a flag officer.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • perturbational — relating to perturbation
  • petermann peak — a mountain in E Greenland. 9645 feet (2940 meters).
  • petrol station — A petrol station is a garage by the side of the road where petrol is sold and put into vehicles.
  • petty criminal — someone who commits petty crime or a petty crime
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • phantasmagoria — a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
  • phantasmagoric — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
  • phenobarbitone — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
  • phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
  • philanthropist — a person who practices philanthropy.
  • philanthropize — to treat (persons) in a philanthropic manner.
  • philanthropoid — an individual who does work for a charitable body
  • photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
  • piano concerto — a musical piece composed for the piano accompanied by an orchestra
  • pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
  • pinnatipartite — (of leaves) pinnately divided into lobes reaching just over halfway to the midrib
  • pithecanthrope — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Pithecanthropus.
  • pitjantjatjara — an Aboriginal people of the desert area of South Australia
  • plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
  • plantain-eater — any of various touracos, erroneously believed to feed chiefly on plantains and bananas.
  • plantar reflex — a normal reflex flexion of the toes, especially in persons above one year of age, resulting from stroking the sole of the foot.
  • plea agreement — an agreement between the prosecution and defence, sometimes including the judge, in which the accused agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge in return for more serious charges being dropped
  • pleasant grove — a town in central Utah.
  • plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
  • pneumatic tire — wheel cover filled with pressurized air
  • pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
  • pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
  • point calimere — a cape on the SE coast of India, on the Palk Strait
  • pointe-a-pitre — a seaport on central Guadeloupe, in the E West Indies.
  • polar distance — codeclination.
  • polar equation — an equation in which the variables are polar coordinates.
  • polar zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it at one of the poles
  • polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
  • polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
  • popularization — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
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