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14-letter words containing p, i, s, t, l

  • prognostically — of or relating to prognosis.
  • proletarianism — the practices, attitudes, or social status of a proletarian.
  • proportionless — lacking proportion; disproportionate
  • prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
  • protistologist — a student of, or expert in, protistology
  • proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
  • provisionality — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
  • pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
  • pseudodipteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade.
  • pseudosolution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
  • psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
  • psilanthropist — a person who believes that Jesus was merely human
  • psychoanalytic — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
  • pteridophilist — a person who shows an excessive enthusiam for ferns
  • public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
  • public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
  • public statute — public law (def 1).
  • pugilistically — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
  • pull-down list — (operating system)   (Or "drop-down list") A graphical user interface component that allows the user to choose one (or sometimes more than one) item from a list. The current choice is visible in a small rectangle and when the user clicks on it, a list of items is revealed below it. The user can then click on one of these to make it the current choice and the list disappears. In some cases, by holding down a modifier key such as Ctrl when clicking, the selection is added to (or removed from) the set of current choices rather than replacing it.
  • pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
  • push down list — (programming)   (PDL) In ITS days, the preferred MITism for stack. See overflow pdl.
  • putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
  • pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
  • pyophthalmitis — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
  • pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
  • quadruplicates — Plural form of quadruplicate.
  • quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • quasi-particle — an object that is similar to a particle, but does not meet the full criteria of a particle
  • quasiparticles — Plural form of quasiparticle.
  • quintuplicates — Plural form of quintuplicate.
  • quintus prolog — (language, product)   A version of Prolog developed by Quintus. Development of Quintus Prolog had transferred to the Swedish Institute of Computer Science by December 1998. Telephone: +1 (800) 542 1283.
  • quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
  • rail transport — the system of taking passengers or goods from one place to another by railway
  • rejection slip — a notification of rejection, attached by a publisher to a manuscript before returning the work to its author.
  • repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
  • repressibility — the quality or condition of being repressible
  • respectability — the state or quality of being respectable.
  • respectabilize — to make respectable
  • respiritualize — to spiritualize again; reinvest with a spiritual character or meaning
  • responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
  • restricted epl — (language)   (REPL) The efficient subset of EPL used to write the core of Multics.
  • ruby-tail wasp — any of various brightly coloured wasps of the family Chrysididae, having a metallic sheen, which parasitize bees and other solitary wasps
  • sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
  • self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
  • self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
  • self-exploited — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-operative — automatic.
  • self-promotion — advancement in rank or position.
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