14-letter words containing p, r, a, e, n, s
- preanaesthetic — a drug administered prior to an anaesthetic
- precariousness — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precision-made — made to precise specifications
- preconsonantal — immediately preceding a consonant.
- predesignation — to designate beforehand.
- predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
- predestinarian — of or relating to predestination.
- predestination — an act of predestinating or predestining.
- predestinative — predestinating; of the nature of or concerned with predestination
- pregnancy test — diagnostic kit for determining pregnancy
- preliminaries' — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
- presentability — that may be presented.
- presentational — of or relating to presentation.
- presentimental — expressing a presentiment
- preserving pan — a pan specially designed for preserving fruit
- press fastener — snap fastener.
- pressing plant — a manufacturing plant where phonograph records are produced by pressing in a mold or by stamping.
- pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
- pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- pretransaction — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
- principalities — a state ruled by a prince, usually a relatively small state or a state that falls within a larger state such as an empire.
- printer's mark — a stamp or device, usually found on the copyright page, that identifies a book as the work of a particular printer.
- printer's ream — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.
- proactiveness' — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
- procrastinated — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
- progressionary — relating to progression
- projectisation — the direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs
- proletarianism — the practices, attitudes, or social status of a proletarian.
- prosencephalon — the forebrain.
- prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
- pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- purple passion — a variety of the velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca, having trailing stems and leaves densely covered with purple hairs, grown as a houseplant.
- purse snatcher — wallet thief
- put one across — to get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quasi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- raman-spectrum — the change in wavelength of light scattered while passing through a transparent medium, the collection of new wavelengths (Raman spectrum) being characteristic of the scattering medium and differing from the fluorescent spectrum in being much less intense and in being unrelated to an absorption band of the medium.
- raspberry cane — a long thin stalk on which raspberries grow
- reappraisement — an act or the process of appraising someone or something again
- recompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.