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14-letter words containing p, e, t, n, i

  • pinnatipartite — (of leaves) pinnately divided into lobes reaching just over halfway to the midrib
  • pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
  • pipeline stall — pipeline break
  • piston-engined — powered by a piston engine
  • pitch cylinder — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
  • pitching piece — apron piece.
  • pitching wedge — a club with a face angle of more than 50°, used for short, lofted pitch shots
  • pithecanthrope — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Pithecanthropus.
  • planetological — involving or relating to planetology
  • planning stage — the stage of a project when it is still being planned
  • planta genista — a representation of a sprig of broom: used as a badge of the Plantagenets.
  • plantain-eater — any of various touracos, erroneously believed to feed chiefly on plantains and bananas.
  • platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
  • platinum metal — any of the group of precious metallic elements consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum
  • plenipotential — relating to a plenipotentiary
  • plotting sheet — a blank chart having only a compass rose and latitude lines, longitude lines, or both, marked and annotated, as required, by a navigator.
  • pneumatic duct — the duct joining the air bladder and alimentary canal of a physostomous fish.
  • pneumatic pile — a hollow pile, used under water, in which a vacuum is induced so that air and water pressure force it into place.
  • pneumatic tire — wheel cover filled with pressurized air
  • pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
  • pneumoconiotic — a person who suffers from pneumoconiosis
  • pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
  • pocket edition — pocketbook (def 3).
  • poetic licence — If someone such as a writer or film director uses poetic licence, they break the usual rules of language or style, or they change the facts, in order to create a particular effect.
  • poetic license — license or liberty taken by a poet, prose writer, or other artist in deviating from rule, conventional form, logic, or fact, in order to produce a desired effect.
  • poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
  • point calimere — a cape on the SE coast of India, on the Palk Strait
  • point d'esprit — a bobbinet or tulle with oval or square dots woven in an irregular pattern.
  • point estimate — the process of determining a single estimated value (point estimate) of a parameter of a given population.
  • point of order — a question raised as to whether proceedings are in order, or in conformity with parliamentary law.
  • point pleasant — a borough in E New Jersey.
  • point the bone — to wish bad luck (on)
  • pointe-a-pitre — a seaport on central Guadeloupe, in the E West Indies.
  • pointed domain — (theory)   In most formulations of domain theory, a domain is defined to have a bottom element and algebraic CPOs without bottoms are called "predomains". David Schmidt's domains do not have this requirement and he calls a domain with a bottom "pointed".
  • polar distance — codeclination.
  • polar equation — an equation in which the variables are polar coordinates.
  • polar zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it at one of the poles
  • police station — police headquarters for a particular district, from which police officers are dispatched and to which persons under arrest are brought.
  • polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
  • polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
  • polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
  • pontius pilate — Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
  • pontoon bridge — a bridge supported by pontoons.
  • pontus euxinus — a sea between Europe and Asia, bordered by Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, and the Russian Federation. 164,000 sq. mi. (424,760 sq. km).
  • porphyrogenite — a prince born after his father has succeeded to the throne
  • port-au-prince — Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
  • position angle — the direction in which one object lies relative to another on the celestial sphere, measured in degrees from north in an easterly direction
  • position paper — a formal, usually detailed written statement, especially regarding a single issue, that articulates a position, viewpoint, or policy, as of a government, organization, or political candidate.
  • positive organ — a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
  • post-cartesian — of or relating to Descartes, his mathematical methods, or his philosophy, especially with regard to its emphasis on logical analysis and its mechanistic interpretation of physical nature.
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