14-letter words containing p, r, i, e
- puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
- puertorriqueno — a native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico.
- pulitzer prize — one of a group of annual prizes in journalism, literature, music, etc., established by Joseph Pulitzer: administered by Columbia University; first awarded 1917.
- pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
- pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
- purchase price — cost at which sth is bought
- purkinje fiber — any of the specialized cardiac muscle fibers forming a network in the ventricular walls that conduct electric impulses responsible for the contractions of the ventricles.
- purple passion — a variety of the velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca, having trailing stems and leaves densely covered with purple hairs, grown as a houseplant.
- put it over on — to deceive; trick
- putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
- pyelonephritic — of or relating to an inflammation of the pelvis and renal parenchyma
- pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
- pyelonephrosis — any disease of the kidney and its pelvis.
- pyjama cricket — one-day cricket, in which the players wear colourful clothing rather than the traditional whites used in longer forms of the game
- pyramid letter — chain letter.
- pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
- pyramidal peak — a sharp peak formed where the ridges separating three or more cirques intersect; horn
- pyriphlegethon — Phlegethon (def 1).
- pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quadrupedalism — The condition of being a quadruped.
- quadruple time — a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third.
- quadruplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quadruplicate.
- quadruplicates — Plural form of quadruplicate.
- quasi-particle — an object that is similar to a particle, but does not meet the full criteria of a particle
- quasi-periodic — almost periodic
- quasi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- quasiparticles — Plural form of quasiparticle.
- quick response — fast reaction time
- quick-tempered — easily angered.
- quinquepartite — divided into or consisting of five parts.
- quiz programme — a radio or television programme in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions
- quotient group — a group, the elements of which are cosets with respect to a normal subgroup of a given group.
- radio operator — a person who operates or controls a radio transmitter
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.
- radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
- radiotherapist — radiologist
- radium therapy — treatment of disease by means of radium.
- railway police — the branch of the police force specializing in maintaining law and order and detecting crime on the railways
- railway porter — a person employed to carry luggage, parcels, supplies, etc at a railway station
- re-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
- re-entry point — the designated place of return of a spacecraft into the earth's atmosphere
- re-exploration — an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.
- reactive power — Reactive power is the part of complex power that corresponds to storage and retrieval of energy rather than consumption.
- reappraisement — an act or the process of appraising someone or something again
- recapitulation — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
- recapitulative — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
- reception area — the waiting area in a hotel near the desk or office where guests can books rooms or ask the staff questions