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14-letter words containing p, r, a, e, n, s

  • pedestrianized — A pedestrianized area has been made into an area that is intended for pedestrians, not vehicles.
  • penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
  • penetrableness — the state of being penetrable; the capacity to be penetrated
  • peninsular war — the war (1808–14) fought in the Iberian Peninsula by British, Portuguese, and Spanish forces against the French, resulting in the defeat of the French: part of the Napoleonic Wars
  • pentecostarion — a service book of offices for the period from Easter to the Sunday after Pentecost.
  • percussion cap — a small metallic cap or cup containing fulminating powder, formerly exploded by percussion to fire the charge of small arms.
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • persian blinds — persiennes
  • persian carpet — a handwoven carpet or rug produced in Iran and characterized by fine warp and filling yarns, a usually tight, even pile made with the Sehna knot, and a variety of floral, foliate, animal, and avian designs woven in rich, harmonious colors.
  • persian empire — Persia (def 1).
  • persian violet — any of several plants belonging to the genus Exacum, native to the Old World, as E. affine, having glossy, ovate leaves, and fragrant, bluish flowers: cultivated as a houseplant.
  • persian walnut — English walnut.
  • personal chair — a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
  • personal space — the variable and subjective distance at which one person feels comfortable talking to another.
  • personal staff — the aides of a general officer or a flag officer.
  • persuasiveness — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • petrol station — A petrol station is a garage by the side of the road where petrol is sold and put into vehicles.
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • phase-wrapping — (MIT) wrap around.
  • phenosafranine — safranine (def 2).
  • piedras negras — a city in N Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
  • pierian spring — a fountain in Pieria, sacred to the Muses and supposedly conferring inspiration or learning on anyone who drank from it.
  • pinafore dress — a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse or sweater
  • pinking shears — shears that have notched blades, for cutting and simultaneously pinking fabric or for finishing garments with a notched, nonfraying edge.
  • planar process — a method of producing diffused junctions in semiconductor devices. A pattern of holes is etched into an oxide layer formed on a silicon substrate, into which impurities are diffused through the holes
  • pleasant grove — a town in central Utah.
  • pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • polar distance — codeclination.
  • polar sequence — a series of stars in the vicinity of the N celestial pole whose accurately determined magnitudes serve as the standard for visual and photographic magnitudes of stars
  • polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
  • ponderosa pine — Also called western yellow pine. a large pine, Pinus ponderosa, of western North America, having yellowish-brown bark: the state tree of Montana.
  • popping crease — a line parallel to and in advance of a bowling crease, marking the limit of a batsman's approach in hitting the ball.
  • popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
  • porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
  • position paper — a formal, usually detailed written statement, especially regarding a single issue, that articulates a position, viewpoint, or policy, as of a government, organization, or political candidate.
  • positive organ — a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
  • post-cartesian — of or relating to Descartes, his mathematical methods, or his philosophy, especially with regard to its emphasis on logical analysis and its mechanistic interpretation of physical nature.
  • post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
  • post-treatment — an act or manner of treating.
  • poste restante — a direction written on mail to indicate that it should be held at the post office until called for by the addressee.
  • postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
  • practice nurse — a nurse who works in a medical practice or surgery
  • prayerlessness — the quality of being prayerless; the state of not praying
  • pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
  • pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • pre-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
  • pre-teenager's — Also called preteenager [pree-teen-ey-jer] /priˈtinˌeɪ dʒər/ (Show IPA), preteener. a boy or girl under the age of 13, especially one between the ages of 9 and 12.
  • preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
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