14-letter words containing p, o, r, a, e
- pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
- pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- pseudodipteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade.
- pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- pterylographic — relating to pterylography
- puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
- puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
- 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.
- pumped storage — a system for generating hydroelectric power for peak periods by pumping water from a lower to a higher reservoir during low-demand periods and then releasing it during peak periods.
- punch operator — a person who enters data into cards by means of punching holes
- purchase order — document requesting to buy sth
- pure democracy — a form of democracy in which the laws and policies are made directly by the citizens rather than by representatives.
- purple passion — a variety of the velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca, having trailing stems and leaves densely covered with purple hairs, grown as a houseplant.
- put one across — to get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception
- put the arm on — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- pygmy marmoset — a related form, Cebuella pygmaea: the smallest monkey, inhabiting tropical forests of the Amazon
- pyrazolone dye — any of the group of dyes, as tartrazine, derived from a pyrazolone: used chiefly to dye silk and wool.
- pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
- pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quasi-periodic — almost periodic
- quasi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- quiz programme — a radio or television programme in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions
- radar operator — someone who operates the equipment used in radar, a method for detecting the position and velocity of a distant object
- radio operator — a person who operates or controls a radio transmitter
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.
- radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
- radiotherapist — radiologist
- railway police — the branch of the police force specializing in maintaining law and order and detecting crime on the railways
- railway porter — a person employed to carry luggage, parcels, supplies, etc at a railway station
- rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
- re-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
- re-choreograph — to produce new choreography for (a particular work or piece of music)
- re-exploration — an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.
- reactive power — Reactive power is the part of complex power that corresponds to storage and retrieval of energy rather than consumption.
- recapitulation — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
- reception area — the waiting area in a hotel near the desk or office where guests can books rooms or ask the staff questions
- recompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- record company — business: sells recorded music
- recording tape — a ribbon of material, esp magnetic tape, used to record sound, images and data, used in a tape recorder
- reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
- reimplantation — the surgical restoration of a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure to its original site.
- repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
- repolarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
- report a claim — If you report a claim, you inform an insurer that an insured event has occurred and that you intend to ask the insurer for financial payment.
- repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.