14-letter words containing p, i, t, a
- philanthropist — a person who practices philanthropy.
- philanthropize — to treat (persons) in a philanthropic manner.
- philanthropoid — an individual who does work for a charitable body
- philosophaster — a person who has only a superficial knowledge of philosophy or who feigns a knowledge he or she does not possess.
- photocatalysis — the acceleration or retardation of the reaction rate in chemical reactions by light.
- photocatalytic — the acceleration or retardation of the reaction rate in chemical reactions by light.
- photoduplicate — photocopy.
- photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
- photographical — of or relating to photography.
- photolytically — in a photolytic manner, by photolytic means
- photooxidation — oxidation induced by light.
- photooxidative — of or relating to photooxidation
- 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.
- phthalocyanine — Also called metal-free phthalocyanine. a blue-green pigment, C 3 2 H 1 8 N 8 , derived from phthalic anhydride.
- 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.
- piano concerto — a musical piece composed for the piano accompanied by an orchestra
- picture layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
- picture spread — an act or instance of spreading: With a spread of her arms the actress acknowledged the applause.
- picture-framer — a person or company whose job is to frame photographs, paintings etc
- piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
- pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
- pilaster strip — a pilaster mass of relatively slight projection.
- pinealectomize — to perform a pinealectomy on (a person or animal)
- pink elephants — a facetious name applied to hallucinations caused by drunkenness
- pinnatipartite — (of leaves) pinnately divided into lobes reaching just over halfway to the midrib
- pipeline stall — pipeline break
- pitch and putt — of or relating to a small-scale golf course, 5 to 20 acres, and usually having 9 holes of 50 yards in length from tee to cup.
- pitch invasion — If there is a pitch invasion during or after a football, rugby, or cricket match, fans run on to the pitch.
- pitch-and-putt — of or relating to a small-scale golf course, 5 to 20 acres, and usually having 9 holes of 50 yards in length from tee to cup.
- pitch-and-toss — a game in which players toss coins at a mark, the person whose coin hits closest to the mark tossing all the coins in the air and winning all those that come down heads up.
- pitched battle — a battle in which the orderly arrangement of armed forces and the location have been predetermined.
- pithecanthrope — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Pithecanthropus.
- pitjantjatjara — an Aboriginal people of the desert area of South Australia
- pituitary body — (formerly) the pituitary gland.
- 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.
- plastic bullet — A plastic bullet is a large bullet made of plastic, which is intended to make people stop rioting, rather than to kill people.
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
- plastic piping — Plastic piping is strong, durable, and lightweight pipes, often made from high-density polyethylene.
- plastic police — a collective term for several classes of public officer (including community support officers) authorized to perform certain tasks and duties in support of the police force, but having lesser powers than the police
- plasticization — Plasticization is the process of changing the structure of a polymer to make it easier to bend.
- platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
- platinum black — a black powder consisting of very finely divided metallic platinum, used as a catalyst, especially in organic synthesis.
- platinum metal — any of the group of precious metallic elements consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
- platonic solid — one of the five regular polyhedrons: tetrahedron, octahedron, hexahedron, icosahedron, or dodecahedron.
- play hell with — to throw into confusion and disorder; disrupt
- play it by ear — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.