14-letter words containing p, o, r, l
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- provisionality — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- proxy conflict — a conflict between third parties, through whom enemies attack each other
- 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.
- pseudoprostyle — having a colonnade at each end, either very close to the front wall or engaged in it.
- psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
- psilanthropist — a person who believes that Jesus was merely human
- pteridophilist — a person who shows an excessive enthusiam for ferns
- pterylographic — relating to pterylography
- public officer — a person appointed or elected to a governmental post.
- 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.
- purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
- purple emperor — any of several Old World nymphalid butterflies of the genus Apatura, esp A. iris, having mottled purple-and-brown wings
- purple passion — a variety of the velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca, having trailing stems and leaves densely covered with purple hairs, grown as a houseplant.
- purposefulness — having a purpose.
- pyelonephritic — of or relating to an inflammation of the pelvis and renal parenchyma
- pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
- pyelonephrosis — any disease of the kidney and its pelvis.
- pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
- pyrazolone dye — any of the group of dyes, as tartrazine, derived from a pyrazolone: used chiefly to dye silk and wool.
- pyriphlegethon — Phlegethon (def 1).
- pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
- pyroninophilic — (of cells) having their cytoplasm stained red by methyl green pyronin, indicating the presence of much RNA and active protein synthesis
- quasi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- queens problem — eight queens puzzle
- 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.
- radiographical — the production of radiographs.
- 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.
- rail transport — the system of taking passengers or goods from one place to another by railway
- 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
- rallying point — A rallying point is a place, event, or person that people are attracted to as a symbol of a political group or ideal.
- re-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
- re-exploration — an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.
- recapitulation — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
- 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.
- rejection slip — a notification of rejection, attached by a publisher to a manuscript before returning the work to its author.
- 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.
- reprogrammable — capable of being programmed.
- repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.