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14-letter words containing p, o, r, t, a, m

  • normal-pentane — a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
  • object program — a computer program translated from the equivalent source program into machine language by the compiler or assembler
  • omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
  • on the rampage — behaving violently or destructively
  • operating room — a specially equipped room, usually in a hospital, where surgical procedures are performed. Abbreviation: OR.
  • operationalism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
  • ophthalmometer — an instrument for measuring the reflection of an image on the surface of the cornea and other capacities of the eye, used chiefly for determining the presence and degree of astigmatism.
  • ophthalmometry — the measurement and determination of the eye's defects and powers of refraction
  • optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
  • options market — a market in which options are traded
  • ottoman empire — a former Turkish empire that was founded about 1300 by Osman and reached its greatest territorial extent under Suleiman in the 16th century; collapsed after World War I. Capital: Constantinople.
  • outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
  • overcompensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • overcomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
  • pantopragmatic — a busybody; someone who interferes with everything
  • parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
  • 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).
  • pembroke table — a drop-leaf table with fly rails and with a drawer at one end or each end of the skirt.
  • performability — the quality of being performable
  • permanent echo — a radar signal reflected to a radar station on the ground by a building or other fixed object.
  • permanent mold — a reusable metal mold used for making a large number of identical castings.
  • petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • phantasmagoria — a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
  • phantasmagoric — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
  • pharmacologist — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
  • pharmacopolist — a person who sells pharmaceutical products
  • photogrammetry — the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.
  • 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
  • platform frame — a building frame having studs only one story high, regardless of the number of stories built, each story having a box sill.
  • platform party — the group on the platform at a meeting
  • platform scale — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
  • platform shoes — shoes: thick sole
  • platform soles — very thick soles on a pair of shoes
  • plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
  • pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • poikilothermal — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
  • poikilothermia — Medicine/Medical. the inability to regulate core body temperature (as by sweating to cool off or by putting on clothes to warm up), found especially in some spinal cord injury patients and in patients under general anesthesia.
  • point calimere — a cape on the SE coast of India, on the Palk Strait
  • polar maritime — a type of cold, wet air mass originating at high latitudes over ocean areas
  • polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
  • port coquitlam — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, E of Vancouver.
  • post-treatment — an act or manner of treating.
  • postmastership — the office or position of a postmaster
  • poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
  • powder compact — make-up: small case of foundation
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