15-letter words containing p, a, t, i, n
- pre-romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
- preacquaintance — prior acquaintance with a person or with information, the state of having been preacquainted
- precipitantness — the condition or quality of being precipitant, hastiness
- preconceptional — a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
- predeterminable — able to be predetermined; able to be determined in advance
- preequalization — preemphasis.
- preferentialism — the economic system of preference, esp amongst British commonwealth countries
- preferentialist — someone who believes in preferentialism
- prefix notation — (language) (Or "prefix syntax") One of the possible orderings of functions and operands: in prefix notation the function precedes all its operands. For example, what may normally be written as "1+2" becomes "(+ 1 2)". A few languages (e.g., lisp) have strictly prefix syntax, many more employ prefix notation in combination with infix notation. The opposite, postfix notation, is somewhat rarer.
- preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
- preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
- preimplantation — relating to the period before implantation in the uterus
- prekindergarten — a school or class for young children between the ages of four and six years.
- prelate nullius — a prelate having independent jurisdiction over a district not under a diocesan bishop.
- premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
- prenotification — notice that is given or served prior to a specific date; advance notice.
- 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.
- presynaptically — in a presynaptic manner
- preverification — the state of being verified.
- price inflation — inflation fuelled by rising prices
- primary contact — a communication or relationship between people that is characterized by intimacy and personal familiarity.
- principal parts — a set of inflected forms of a form class from which all the other inflected forms can be derived, as sing, sang, sung; smoke, smoked.
- principal point — the point where a principal plane intersects the axis.
- prior restraint — a court order banning publication of unpublished material.
- private company — a company whose shareholders may not exceed 50 in number and whose shares may not be offered for public subscription.
- private hearing — a formal or official trial that is not open to the public
- private patient — a patient receiving medical treatment not paid for by the National Health Service
- private tuition — instruction, esp that received in a small group or individually, that is arranged and paid for by an individual rather than by the state
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- pro-abortionist — pro-choice.
- pro-integration — an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
- pro-nationalist — a person devoted to nationalism.
- probation order — an order imposed by a magistrate or judge under which an offender is sentenced to probation rather than imprisonment
- probationership — the position of a probationer
- probit equation — A probit equation is used to quantify the relationship between the concentration of a dangerous material and its effect on people.
- process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
- processionalist — a member of a procession
- procrastinating — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- procrastination — the act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off or delaying, especially something requiring immediate attention: She was smart, but her constant procrastination led her to be late with almost every assignment.
- procrastinative — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- procrastinatory — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- procreativeness — the quality of being procreative
- professionalist — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.