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15-letter words containing p, a, s, t, e, r

  • pithecanthropus — a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
  • planet-stricken — believed to be adversely affected mentally or physically by the planets
  • planter's punch — a punch made with rum, lime juice, sugar, and water or soda.
  • plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
  • plastic surgery — the branch of surgery dealing with the repair or replacement of malformed, injured, or lost organs or tissues of the body, chiefly by the transplant of living tissues.
  • platform scales — a weighing machine which has a platform that you put something on to be weighed
  • platform tennis — a variation of tennis played on a wooden platform enclosed with chicken wire in which the players hit a rubber ball with wooden paddles following the same basic rules as tennis except that only one serve is permitted and balls can be played off the back and side fences.
  • play favourites — to display favouritism
  • plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
  • polycrystalline — (of a rock or metal) composed of aggregates of individual crystals.
  • polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
  • pontine marshes — an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932–34 after numerous attempts since 160 bc had failed
  • port wine stain — a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
  • port-wine stain — a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
  • positive caster — a person or thing that casts.
  • post-liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
  • post-parturient — bearing or about to bear young; travailing.
  • posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
  • postoperatively — occurring after a surgical operation.
  • potash feldspar — any of the feldspar minerals having the composition KAlSi 3 O 8 , as orthoclase.
  • pott's fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
  • power breakfast — If business people have a power breakfast, they go to a restaurant early in the morning so that they can have a meeting while they eat breakfast.
  • power macintosh — Power Mac
  • practical nurse — a person who has not graduated from an accredited school of nursing but whose vocation is caring for the sick.
  • pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
  • prairie oysters — 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.
  • pre-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • pre-advertising — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
  • pre-established — to establish beforehand.
  • pre-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
  • pre-romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
  • precipitantness — the condition or quality of being precipitant, hastiness
  • preferentialism — the economic system of preference, esp amongst British commonwealth countries
  • preferentialist — someone who believes in preferentialism
  • preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
  • preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
  • prelate nullius — a prelate having independent jurisdiction over a district not under a diocesan bishop.
  • prepresidential — describing the period before a person's rise to presidency
  • preregistration — early registration, in advance of event or general registration
  • presbyterianism — church government by presbyters or elders, equal in rank and organized into graded administrative courts.
  • presbyterianize — to convert or be converted into Presbyterianism
  • presentationism — the doctrine that in perception, or in all forms of knowledge, there is an immediate awareness of the things perceived.
  • preservationism — a person who advocates or promotes preservation, especially of wildlife, natural areas, or historical places.
  • preservationist — a person who advocates or promotes preservation, especially of wildlife, natural areas, or historical places.
  • presidents' day — the third Monday in February, a legal holiday in the U.S., commemorating the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
  • press secretary — a person officially responsible for press and public relations for a prominent figure or organization and who often holds press conferences to answer journalists' questions.
  • prestidigitator — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
  • presynaptically — in a presynaptic manner
  • primary storage — main memory
  • prior restraint — a court order banning publication of unpublished material.
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