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14-letter words containing p, r, e, t, n

  • interplanetary — being or occurring between the planets or between a planet and the sun.
  • interpolations — Plural form of interpolation.
  • interpretation — the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
  • interpretative — interpretive.
  • interpretively — serving to interpret; explanatory.
  • interpretivism — Antipositivism.
  • interpunctuate — to insert punctuation marks in (a written text)
  • interpupillary — between the pupils of the eyes: interpupillary distance.
  • interrupt list — [MS-DOS] The list of all known software interrupt calls (both documented and undocumented) for IBM PCs and compatibles, maintained and made available for free redistribution by Ralf Brown <[email protected]>. As of late 1992, it had grown to approximately two megabytes in length.
  • intraoperative — Happening during surgery. Literally, within surgery.
  • introspectible — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
  • introspections — Plural form of introspection.
  • inverted pleat — a reverse box pleat, having the flat fold turned in.
  • isentropically — in an isentropic manner
  • itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
  • jet propulsion — the propulsion of a body by its reaction to a force ejecting a gas or a liquid from it.
  • john davenport — John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.
  • junior partner — a partner in a law firm or financial organisation who has less responsibility than a senior partner
  • kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
  • keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
  • kindred spirit — likeminded person
  • kinematic pair — pair1 (def 10).
  • king's pattern — a spoon pattern of the 19th century having a stem decorated with threads, scrolls, and shell motifs.
  • knight templar — Templar.
  • know the ropes — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
  • lantern pinion — a wheel, used like a pinion, consisting essentially of two parallel disks or heads whose peripheries are connected by a series of bars that engage with the teeth of another wheel.
  • latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
  • lateran palace — a palace in Rome used as the papal residence from the 4th century a.d. to the removal of the papal court to Avignon, rebuilt in 1586, and now a museum for classical and Christian antiques.
  • le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
  • letters patent — legal conveyancing documents
  • lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
  • life president — the president of a club, society, etc, who will remain president until death
  • liquid protein — an amino acid hydrosol used in weight-reduction programs as a substitute for all or some meals: generally regarded as hazardous to health because of low nutritional content and recommended for controlled use only under medical supervision.
  • living picture — tableau (def 3).
  • loan repayment — a repayment of part of a loan, usually monthly
  • magnetic strip — a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
  • magnetospheres — Plural form of magnetosphere.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
  • map projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
  • masterplanning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
  • mean free path — the average distance that a particle travels between successive collisions with other particles.
  • mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
  • mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
  • metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
  • metamorphizing — Present participle of metamorphize.
  • metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • metanephridium — (anatomy) A vasiform excretory gland observed in invertebrates, such as annelids, arthropods and molluscs.
  • microcomponent — a hi-fi component considerably smaller than a minicomponent and much smaller than a standard-size component.
  • minor prophets — a subdivision of the books constituting the second main part of the Hebrew Bible which in Christian tradition are alone called the Prophets
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