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14-letter words containing p, r, i, c, e, u

  • oversuspicious — too suspicious
  • owner-occupied — (of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.
  • owner-occupier — (of a home, apartment, etc.) used as a residence by the owner.
  • parquet circle — parterre (def 1).
  • parti-coloured — having different colours in different parts; variegated
  • particularized — individualized
  • particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
  • parturifacient — inducing or accelerating labor, or childbirth; oxytocic.
  • percussion cap — a small metallic cap or cup containing fulminating powder, formerly exploded by percussion to fire the charge of small arms.
  • period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
  • periodic group — (database)   (PE) Groups of logically related fields which occur multiple times within a group. Periodic groups are a non-relational technique. An example of a PE would be for storing the history of a person's name changes, where name was kept in logically related fields such as surname, first name and middle name - with the person having changed their name more than once.
  • peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • pharmaceutical — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
  • phillips curve — a curve that purports to plot the relationship between unemployment and inflation on the theory that as inflation falls unemployment rises and vice versa
  • photoreduction — a reduction reaction induced by light.
  • picture editor — someone whose job is to deal with the photographs and illustrations for a newspaper or magazine
  • picture layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
  • picture puzzle — jigsaw puzzle (def 1).
  • picture spread — an act or instance of spreading: With a spread of her arms the actress acknowledged the applause.
  • picture window — a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.
  • picture-framer — a person or company whose job is to frame photographs, paintings etc
  • piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
  • plesiochronous — (communications)   Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
  • pleural cavity — a narrow, fluid-filled space between the pleural membranes of the lung and the inner chest wall.
  • pneumatic tire — wheel cover filled with pressurized air
  • pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
  • porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
  • port st. lucie — a town in E Florida.
  • port-au-prince — Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
  • potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
  • practice nurse — a nurse who works in a medical practice or surgery
  • prairie crocus — a spring flower of the buttercup family
  • pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
  • pre-conclusion — the end or close; final part.
  • pre-discussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
  • preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • precalculation — the act or process of calculating; computation.
  • precariousness — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
  • precious coral — red coral.
  • precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
  • precious stone — a gem distinguished for its beauty and rarity, used in jewelry.
  • precociousness — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
  • predicate noun — a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
  • premium income — An insurer's premium income is the income that it earns from premiums.
  • prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
  • pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
  • preunification — of the period before unification
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