14-letter words containing p, r, e, y, s
- pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
- pyrenomycetous — of or relating to the former class Pyrenomycetes of fungi
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- raspberry bush — a bush on which raspberries grow
- raspberry cane — a long thin stalk on which raspberries grow
- raspberry tart — a fruit tart made with raspberries
- recompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- recursive type — A data type which contains itself. The commonest example is the list type, in Haskell: data List a = Nil | Cons a (List a) which says a list of a's is either an empty list or a cons cell containing an 'a' (the "head" of the list) and another list (the "tail"). Recursion is not allowed in Miranda or Haskell synonym types, so the following Haskell types are illegal: type Bad = (Int, Bad) type Evil = Bool -> Evil whereas the seeminly equivalent algebraic data types are acceptable:
- repressibility — the quality or condition of being repressible
- reserve player — a member of a sports team who plays in place of another player if they are injured, etc
- respectability — the state or quality of being respectable.
- responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- rna polymerase — an enzyme that synthesizes the formation of RNA from a DNA template during transcription.
- rsa encryption — (cryptography, algorithm) A public-key cryptosystem for both encryption and authentication, invented in 1977 by Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman. Its name comes from their initials. The RSA algorithm works as follows. Take two large prime numbers, p and q, and find their product n = pq; n is called the modulus. Choose a number, e, less than n and relatively prime to (p-1)(q-1), and find its reciprocal mod (p-1)(q-1), and call this d. Thus ed = 1 mod (p-1)(q-1); e and d are called the public and private exponents, respectively. The public key is the pair (n, e); the private key is d. The factors p and q must be kept secret, or destroyed. It is difficult (presumably) to obtain the private key d from the public key (n, e). If one could factor n into p and q, however, then one could obtain the private key d. Thus the entire security of RSA depends on the difficulty of factoring; an easy method for factoring products of large prime numbers would break RSA.
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- sclerophyllous — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- semi-paralysis — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
- semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
- sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
- seropositivity — the quality or state of being seropositive
- serpentiningly — in a winding or sinuous manner
- sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
- shirley temple — Shirley (Shirley Temple Black) 1928–2014, U.S. film actress, famous for child roles during the 1930s, and diplomat.
- sitting pretty — (of a bird) occupying a nest of eggs for hatching.
- slippery slope — a dangerous and irreversible course: the slippery slope from narcotics to prison.
- solvay process — a process for manufacturing sodium carbonate whereby a concentrated solution of sodium chloride is saturated with ammonia, carbon dioxide is passed through it, and the product is calcined.
- spectacularity — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- spectra yellow — a vivid yellow color.
- speech therapy — treatment for speaking disorders
- sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
- spiny anteater — echidna.
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- statutory rape — sexual intercourse or other sexual relations with a person under the legal age of consent, which age varies in different states. See also rape1 (def 1).
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- summer cypress — burning bush (def 2).
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- superciliously — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- supereminently — in a supereminent manner; to a supereminent degree
- supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
- superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- superficiality — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- superintensity — the quality of being extremely intense
- superior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned above a receptacle of a flower, as in members of the mint family.
- supernaturally — of, relating to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
- superseniority — seniority that is granted or held without regard to age or service.
- supersexuality — the quality of having a strong sexual appetite
- supersymmetric — pertaining to supersymmetry
- supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
- support system — people who provide support: a family support system to help a troubled youth.