14-letter words containing p, o, m, e, r, y
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- monocarpellary — consisting of a single carpel.
- mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
- morning prayer — matin (def 1c).
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- ophthalmometry — the measurement and determination of the eye's defects and powers of refraction
- overemployment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parent company — a corporation or other business enterprise that owns controlling interests in one or more subsidiary companies (distinguished from holding company).
- paroemiography — the writing or collecting of proverbs
- performability — the quality of being performable
- petrochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with petroleum or its products.
- phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
- photochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
- photogrammetry — the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.
- phytochemistry — the branch of biochemistry dealing with plants and plant processes.
- piezochemistry — the study of chemical reactions at high pressures
- plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
- plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
- polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
- powdery mildew — any of various parasitic fungi of the ascomycete order Erysiphales, which produce a powderlike film of mycelium on the surface of host plants.
- pre-employment — being required or accomplished before an employee begins a new job: a preemployment medical exam.
- presumptuously — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
- presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
- primary phloem — phloem derived directly from the growth of an apical meristem.
- primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
- proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
- proxy marriage — a marriage performed between one of the two contracting parties and a proxy who has been authorized to represent the other.
- pseudosymmetry — an apparent symmetry different from that appropriate to a crystal of a given mineral.
- pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
- pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
- pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
- pure democracy — a form of democracy in which the laws and policies are made directly by the citizens rather than by representatives.
- pygmy marmoset — a related form, Cebuella pygmaea: the smallest monkey, inhabiting tropical forests of the Amazon
- pyrenomycetous — of or relating to the former class Pyrenomycetes of fungi
- pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
- pyrophotometer — a form of pyrometer that measures temperature by optical or photometric means.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- recompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- record company — business: sells recorded music
- rhombenporphyr — an intermediate igneous rock embedded with rhombus-shaped crystals
- rna polymerase — an enzyme that synthesizes the formation of RNA from a DNA template during transcription.
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project