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14-letter words containing p, r, i, s

  • primary tissue — any tissue resulting directly from differentiation of an apical meristem.
  • prime minister — the principal minister and head of government in parliamentary systems; chief of the cabinet or ministry: the British prime minister.
  • prince consort — a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign.
  • princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
  • principal axis — Optics. a line passing through the center of the surface of a lens or spherical mirror and through the centers of curvature of all segments of the lens or mirror.
  • principalities — a state ruled by a prince, usually a relatively small state or a state that falls within a larger state such as an empire.
  • printer's mark — a stamp or device, usually found on the copyright page, that identifies a book as the work of a particular printer.
  • printer's ream — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
  • printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
  • printing press — a machine, as a cylinder press or rotary press, for printing on paper or the like from type, plates, etc.
  • printing works — an establishment in which printing is carried out
  • priority guest — A priority guest at a hotel is a regular guest who has special rights, such as early check-in and discounts on food.
  • pripet marshes — the largest swamp in Europe, occupying S Belarus and N Ukraine
  • prison officer — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
  • prison visitor — a person who volunteers to pay regular visits to prison inmates
  • private school — a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government, usually charging tuition and often following a particular philosophy, viewpoint, etc.
  • private sector — the area of the nation's economy under private rather than governmental control.
  • pro-capitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
  • pro-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
  • pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.
  • proactiveness' — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
  • probabiliorism — the theory that in the case of doubt one should choose the action most likely to be right
  • probabiliorist — someone who advocates probabiliorism
  • proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
  • processability — capable of being processed.
  • processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
  • processor time — (software)   The amount of time a process takes to run, given that it has exclusive and uninterrupted use of the CPU. Note that in a modern computer, this would be very unusual, and so the processor time calculation for most processes involves adding up all the small amounts of time the CPU actually spends on the process. Some systems break processor time down into user time and system time. Compare wall clock time.
  • procrastinated — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • procrastinator — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • productiveness — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • productivities — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
  • professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • profit squeeze — a sharp narrowing of the gap between cost and revenue.
  • profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
  • profit-sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • progenitorship — parenthood; the position of being a progenitor
  • progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
  • prognostically — of or relating to prognosis.
  • prognosticator — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
  • progressionary — relating to progression
  • progressionism — a person who believes in progress, as of humankind or society.
  • progressionist — a person who believes in progress, as of humankind or society.
  • progressivists — the principles and practices of progressives.
  • prohibitionist — a person who favors or advocates prohibition.
  • projectisation — 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.
  • proof positive — To be proof positive of a particular fact or quality means to be evidence that it is true or that it exists.
  • propagandistic — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • proportionless — lacking proportion; disproportionate
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