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14-letter words containing p, l, a, t, n

  • at one's peril — If you say that someone does something at their peril, you are warning them that they will probably suffer as a result of doing it.
  • autotransplant — autograft.
  • baptismal font — a large bowl for baptismal water, usually mounted on a pedestal
  • baptismal name — Christian name (def 1).
  • bipolarisation — the act of bipolarising
  • bipolarization — the action of rendering something bipolar
  • black panthers — (in the US) a militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end the political dominance of White people
  • blaxploitation — a genre of films featuring Black stereotypes
  • blind stamping — an impression on a book cover without using colour or gold leaf
  • blotting paper — Blotting paper is thick soft paper that you use for soaking up and drying ink on a piece of paper.
  • bottling plant — a factory where drinks are bottled
  • breast implant — an object such as a sachet filled with gel introduced surgically into a woman's breast to enlarge it
  • bulk transport — the transport of large quantities of goods or commodities in lorries, ships, or by rail
  • by implication — If you say that something is the case by implication, you mean that a statement, event, or situation implies that it is the case.
  • cafeteria plan — a fringe-benefit plan under which employees may choose from among various benefits those that best fit their needs, up to a specified dollar value.
  • call into play — to begin to operate
  • camp pendleton — a U.S. Marine Corps base in SW California on the Gulf of Santa Catalina.
  • campaign trail — the series of appearances that a politician makes at different locations as part of a political campaign, esp before an election
  • can't help but — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
  • can't help sth — If you can't help the way you feel or behave, you cannot control it or stop it happening. You can also say that you can't help yourself.
  • capital inflow — In economics, capital inflow is the amount of capital coming into a country, for example in the form of foreign investment.
  • capitalisation — The act or process of capitalising.
  • capitalization — the act of capitalizing
  • captain's walk — widow's walk
  • cardinal point — The cardinal points are the four main points of the compass, north, south, east, and west.
  • carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
  • central europe — an area between Eastern and Western Europe, generally accepted as comprising Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland
  • central powers — (before World War I) Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary after they were linked by the Triple Alliance in 1882
  • centripetalism — the movement of things towards a centre
  • chaptalization — a method of increasing the alcohol in a wine by adding sugar to the must before or during fermentation.
  • chemical plant — a factory that produces or processes chemicals
  • chenille plant — an East Indian plant, Acalypha hispida, of the spurge family, having long, drooping, reddish-purple spikes of flowers.
  • chloroplatinic — of or derived from chloroplatinic acid.
  • clean up after — If you clean up after someone, you clean or tidy a place that they have made dirty or untidy.
  • cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.
  • compatibleness — The state or quality of being compatible.
  • compensability — eligibility for compensation
  • compensational — the act or state of compensating, as by rewarding someone for service or by making up for someone's loss, damage, or injury by giving the injured party an appropriate benefit.
  • complimentable — Archaic. a gift; present.
  • compound fault — a series of closely spaced faults
  • conceptual art — art in which the idea behind a particular work, and the means of producing it, are more important than the finished work
  • conceptualised — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • conceptualises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualise.
  • conceptualists — Plural form of conceptualist.
  • conceptualized — Simple past tense and past participle of conceptualize.
  • conceptualizer — a person who conceptualizes
  • conceptualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceptualize.
  • conduplication — (of a leaf in the bud) folded lengthwise with the upper face of the blade within.
  • conscriptional — of or relating to conscription
  • conspirational — of or relating to conspiration
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