14-letter words containing p, e, n, i, t
- asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
- asthenospheric — relating to the asthenosphere
- at knife-point — under threat of being stabbed
- at one's peril — If you say that someone does something at their peril, you are warning them that they will probably suffer as a result of doing it.
- attention span — the period of time during which someone's attention is held by something in particular
- bancroft prize — one of a group of annual awards for literary achievement in American history and biography: administered by Columbia University.
- baptismal name — Christian name (def 1).
- be in the loop — If someone is in the loop, they are part of a group of people who make decisions about important things, or they know about these decisions. If they are out of the loop, they do not make or know about important decisions.
- be in the pink — If you are in the pink, you are fit, healthy, and happy.
- beta-endorphin — a potent endorphin released by the anterior pituitary gland in response to pain, trauma, exercise, or other forms of stress.
- beyond dispute — not open to dispute or question; settled
- bible-thumping — an evangelist or other person who quotes the Bible frequently, especially as a means of exhortation or rebuke.
- bioprospecting — searching for plant or animal species for use as a source of commercially exploitable products, such as medicinal drugs
- bisphosphonate — any drug of a class that inhibits the resorption of bone; used in treating certain bone disorders, esp osteoporosis
- bite one's lip — If you bite your lip or your tongue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, because it would be the wrong thing to say in the circumstances.
- blotting paper — Blotting paper is thick soft paper that you use for soaking up and drying ink on a piece of paper.
- bowstring hemp — a hemplike fibre obtained from the sansevieria
- breaking point — If something or someone has reached breaking point, they have so many problems or difficulties that they can no longer cope with them, and may soon collapse or be unable to continue.
- breast implant — an object such as a sachet filled with gel introduced surgically into a woman's breast to enlarge it
- britney spears — beers
- brownie points — a credit toward advancement or good standing gained especially by currying favor.
- by appointment — If something can be done by appointment, people can arrange in advance to do it at a particular time.
- cafeteria plan — a fringe-benefit plan under which employees may choose from among various benefits those that best fit their needs, up to a specified dollar value.
- campaign chest — money collected and set aside for use in a campaign, especially a political one; a campaign fund.
- cancer patient — a person who is receiving medical treatment for a malignant growth or tumour
- captain cooker — a wild pig
- carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
- carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
- catechumenship — the office or position of a catechumen
- catherine parr — Catherine, Catherine Parr.
- centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
- chase pointers — (programming) To determine a chain of memory locations where each location holds a pointer to the next, starting from some initial pointer, e.g. traversing a linked list or other graph structure. This may be performed by a computer executing a program or by a programmer going through a core dump or using a debugger.
- chemical plant — a factory that produces or processes chemicals
- chemoreception — the response of a chemoreceptor to chemical stimuli
- chenille plant — an East Indian plant, Acalypha hispida, of the spurge family, having long, drooping, reddish-purple spikes of flowers.
- chest-thumping — the act or practice of boasting.
- chromoproteins — Plural form of chromoprotein.
- cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
- cine projector — a machine which projects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving pictures
- cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
- circumspection — Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
- cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
- close position — an arrangement of a chord that has the three upper voices close together
- colour printer — a printer that prints in colour on paper
- compassionated — Simple past tense and past participle of compassionate.
- compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- compensational — the act or state of compensating, as by rewarding someone for service or by making up for someone's loss, damage, or injury by giving the injured party an appropriate benefit.
- complementizer — a word or morpheme that serves to introduce a complement clause or a reduced form of such a clause, as that in I wish that he would leave
- complimentable — Archaic. a gift; present.