14-letter words containing p, i, s, c, a
- pacific salmon — any salmon of the genus Oncorhynchus, especially the chinook salmon, O. tshawytscha.
- pacifistically — from a pacifistic point of view
- packet sniffer — (networking, tool) A network monitoring tool that captures data packets and decodes them using built-in knowledge of common protocols. Sniffers are used to debug and monitor networking problems.
- palacio valdes — Armando [ahr-mahn-daw] /ɑrˈmɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1938, Spanish novelist and critic.
- paleoecologist — the branch of ecology dealing with the relations and interactions between ancient life forms and their environment.
- pan-africanism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the African nations.
- panic disorder — a disorder in which inappropriate, intense apprehension and physical symptoms of fear occur so frequently as to produce significant impairment.
- panic stations — a state of alarm; panicky reaction
- panic-stricken — overcome with, characterized by, or resulting from fear, panic, or the like: panic-stricken parents looking for their child; a panic-stricken phone call.
- papilionaceous — having an irregular corolla shaped somewhat like a butterfly, as the pea and other leguminous plants.
- paradisiacally — in a paradisiacal way
- paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
- parasitic male — a male animal that is much smaller than the female and is totally dependent on the female for its nutrition, such as the male of some species of deep-sea angler fish
- parish council — local administrative body
- parish records — historical documents of a district
- particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
- party politics — politics based on strict adherence to the policies and principles of a political party regardless of the public interest; partisan loyalism.
- paschen series — a series of lines in the infrared spectrum of hydrogen.
- patheticalness — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- patriarchalism — a philosophy, form, or system of patriarchal government.
- patrick, saint — Saint, a.d. 389?–461? British missionary and bishop in Ireland: patron saint of Ireland.
- peace activist — someone who advocates for peace or an end to conflicts
- peacock's tail — a handsome brown seaweed, Padina pavonia (though coloured yellow-olive, red, and green) whose fan-shaped fronds have concentric bands of iridescent hairs
- pectinesterase — an enzyme present in plants, and some bacteria and fungi, which hydrolyses pectin
- pedanticalness — ostentatious in one's learning.
- peel-and-stick — ready to be applied after peeling off the backing to expose an adhesive surface: peel-and-stick labels.
- pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
- pentecostarion — a service book of offices for the period from Easter to the Sunday after Pentecost.
- percussion cap — a small metallic cap or cup containing fulminating powder, formerly exploded by percussion to fire the charge of small arms.
- peripateticism — walking or traveling about; itinerant.
- permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
- persian carpet — a handwoven carpet or rug produced in Iran and characterized by fine warp and filling yarns, a usually tight, even pile made with the Sehna knot, and a variety of floral, foliate, animal, and avian designs woven in rich, harmonious colors.
- personal chair — a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
- phallic symbol — any object, as a cigar or skyscraper, that may broadly resemble or represent the penis, especially such an object that symbolizes power, as an automobile.
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- phantasmagoric — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- pharmacologist — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- pharmacopolist — a person who sells pharmaceutical products
- phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
- photocatalysis — the acceleration or retardation of the reaction rate in chemical reactions by light.
- photorealistic — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- phraseological — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- phyllosilicate — any silicate mineral having the tetrahedral silicate groups linked in sheets, each group containing four oxygen atoms, three of which are shared with other groups so that the ratio of silicon atoms to oxygen atoms is two to five.
- physical layer — (networking) Layer one, the lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The physical layer encompasses details such as electrical and mechanical connections to the network, transmission of binary data as changing voltage levels on wires or similar concepts on other connectors, and data rates. The physical layer is used by the data link layer. Example physical layer protocols are CSMA/CD, token ring and bus.
- pick one's way — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pick's disease — a condition characterized by progressive deterioration of the brain with atrophy of the cerebral cortex, esp. the frontal lobes, and evidenced in loss of memory and emotional instability
- pickwickianism — a Pickwickian statement, expression, word, or the like.
- picture spread — an act or instance of spreading: With a spread of her arms the actress acknowledged the applause.