14-letter words containing p, a, r, t, y, o
- national party — (in New Zealand) the more conservative of the two main political parties
- neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
- nonexplanatory — not explanatory
- nonproprietary — (especially of computer hardware or software) conforming to standards that are in the public domain or are widely licensed, and so not restricted to one manufacturer.
- nonpsychiatric — not psychiatric
- occupancy rate — The occupancy rate at a hotel is the number of available rooms that are occupied over a period of time.
- old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
- ophthalmometry — the measurement and determination of the eye's defects and powers of refraction
- ordinary point — Mathematics. a point in a domain in which a given function of a complex variable is analytic.
- oriental poppy — a poppy, Papaver orientale, of Asia, having bristly stems and leaves and showy scarlet, pink, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
- paleontography — the formal description of fossils
- pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
- parabiotically — in a parabiotic manner
- paradoxicality — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parent company — a corporation or other business enterprise that owns controlling interests in one or more subsidiary companies (distinguished from holding company).
- party official — an official of a political party
- party politics — politics based on strict adherence to the policies and principles of a political party regardless of the public interest; partisan loyalism.
- pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
- penalty corner — a free hit from the goal line taken by the attacking side
- penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
- people's party — a political party (1891–1904), advocating expansion of currency, state control of railroads, the placing of restrictions upon ownership of land, etc.; Populist party.
- percutaneously — through the skin
- performability — the quality of being performable
- perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
- perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- 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.
- photogrammetry — the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.
- phytogeography — the science dealing with the geographical relationships of plants.
- picture layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
- pituitary body — (formerly) the pituitary gland.
- plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
- platform party — the group on the platform at a meeting
- plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
- poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
- polarizability — to cause polarization in.
- polygraph test — a test carried out using a polygraph, esp used by the police to try to find out whether somebody is telling the truth
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
- porphyrization — reduction to a powder, formerly done on a slab of porphyry.
- port authority — a government commission that manages bridges, tunnels, airports, and other such facilities of a port or city.
- post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- postcopulatory — of or relating to the period of time following copulation
- potty training — teaching an infant to use the toilet
- poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
- prairie oyster — a raw egg, or the yolk of a raw egg, often mixed with seasonings, as salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and used as a hangover remedy.