14-letter words containing p, r, i, e
- progressivists — the principles and practices of progressives.
- projectisation — the direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs
- projectization — 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.
- proletarianize — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.
- promenade tile — a machine-made, unglazed, ceramic floor tile.
- prominent moth — any moth of the family Notodontidae characterized by tufts of scales on the back edge of the forewing that stand up prominently at rest and give the group its name. It includes the puss moth and buff-tip as well as those with prominent in the name
- pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
- proof positive — To be proof positive of a particular fact or quality means to be evidence that it is true or that it exists.
- propaedeutical — relating to preliminary instruction; introductory
- propenoic acid — systematic name of acrylic acid
- property right — a legal right to or in a particular property.
- propjet engine — turbo-propeller engine.
- proportionable — being in due proportion; proportional.
- proportionless — lacking proportion; disproportionate
- proportionment — the act of proportioning.
- proprietorship — the owner of a business establishment, a hotel, etc.
- proprioception — perception governed by proprioceptors, as awareness of the position of one's body.
- proprioceptive — pertaining to proprioceptors, the stimuli acting upon them, or the nerve impulses initiated by them.
- prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- protectability — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- protectiveness — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
- protocontinent — an actual or hypothetical landmass that might later be enlarged into a major continent or broken up into smaller ones.
- protogeometric — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece chiefly during the 10th century b.c. and characterized by use of abstract geometrical motifs.
- proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
- proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
- proxy marriage — a marriage performed between one of the two contracting parties and a proxy who has been authorized to represent the other.
- pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
- pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
- pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
- pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- pseudodipteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade.
- pseudomorphism — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
- pseudoscorpion — any of several small arachnids of the order Chelonethida that resemble a tailless scorpion and that feed chiefly on small insects.
- psychic energy — according to Freud, the force that lies behind all mental processes, having its basic source as the id.
- psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
- pteridophilist — a person who shows an excessive enthusiam for ferns
- pterylographic — relating to pterylography
- public gallery — the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
- public officer — a person appointed or elected to a governmental post.
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- public service — the business of supplying an essential commodity, as gas or electricity, or a service, as transportation, to the general public.
- public welfare — state aid to the poor