14-letter words containing p, e, s, t
- pre-sterilized — to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- pre-teenager's — Also called preteenager [pree-teen-ey-jer] /priˈtinˌeɪ dʒər/ (Show IPA), preteener. a boy or girl under the age of 13, especially one between the ages of 9 and 12.
- pre-university — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- preanaesthetic — a drug administered prior to an anaesthetic
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- precious stone — a gem distinguished for its beauty and rarity, used in jewelry.
- preconceptions — a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
- preconsonantal — immediately preceding a consonant.
- predesignation — to designate beforehand.
- predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
- predestinarian — of or relating to predestination.
- predestination — an act of predestinating or predestining.
- predestinative — predestinating; of the nature of or concerned with predestination
- predeterminism — the belief that everything is predetermined
- predictiveness — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- predisposition — the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.
- preestablished — to establish beforehand.
- pregnancy test — diagnostic kit for determining pregnancy
- premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
- prepositioning — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
- preposterously — completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: a preposterous tale.
- prerevisionist — preceding revisionism
- prescriptively — that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
- prescriptivism — a writer, teacher, or supporter of prescriptive grammar.
- prescriptivist — a writer, teacher, or supporter of prescriptive grammar.
- presentability — that may be presented.
- presentational — of or relating to presentation.
- presentimental — expressing a presentiment
- presentiveness — (of a word) the state of being presentive
- press fastener — snap fastener.
- pressing plant — a manufacturing plant where phonograph records are produced by pressing in a mold or by stamping.
- pressoreceptor — a proprioceptor responding to changes of blood pressure.
- pressure point — a point on the skin that is extremely sensitive to pressure because of the presence of pressure-sensing organs.
- pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- presumptuously — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
- presupposition — to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.
- presuppurative — noting or pertaining to the stage of inflammation before the formation of pus.
- presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
- pretensionless — without pretension
- pretransaction — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- price controls — government regulation of prices by establishing maximum price levels for goods or services, as during a period of inflation.
- primary stress — primary accent.
- primary tissue — any tissue resulting directly from differentiation of an apical meristem.
- prime minister — the principal minister and head of government in parliamentary systems; chief of the cabinet or ministry: the British prime minister.
- prince consort — a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign.
- principalities — a state ruled by a prince, usually a relatively small state or a state that falls within a larger state such as an empire.
- printer's mark — a stamp or device, usually found on the copyright page, that identifies a book as the work of a particular printer.
- printer's ream — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter