14-letter words containing p, r, o, n, e
- 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.
- porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
- porphyrogenite — a prince born after his father has succeeded to the throne
- 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.
- position paper — a formal, usually detailed written statement, especially regarding a single issue, that articulates a position, viewpoint, or policy, as of a government, organization, or political candidate.
- positive organ — a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
- post-cartesian — of or relating to Descartes, his mathematical methods, or his philosophy, especially with regard to its emphasis on logical analysis and its mechanistic interpretation of physical nature.
- post-modernism — Post-modernism is a late twentieth century approach in art, architecture, and literature which typically mixes styles, ideas, and references to modern society, often in an ironic way.
- post-modernist — A post-modernist is a writer, artist, or architect who is influenced by post-modernism.
- post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- post-treatment — an act or manner of treating.
- postdepression — pertaining to or denoting the period after an economic depression
- postdeterminer — a member of a subclass of English adjectival words, including ordinal and cardinal numbers, that may be placed after an article or other determiner and before a descriptive adjective, as first and three in the first three new chapters.
- poste restante — a direction written on mail to indicate that it should be held at the post office until called for by the addressee.
- postexperience — taking place after a particular experience
- postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
- postretirement — relating to or occurring in the period after retirement
- potentiometric — a device for measuring electromotive force or potential difference by comparison with a known voltage.
- potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- power dressing — a style of dressing in severely tailored suits, adopted by some women executives to project an image of efficiency
- power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
- power steering — an automotive steering system in which the engine's power is used to supplement the driver's effort in turning the steering wheel.
- power-on reset — (hardware) (POR) The processes that take place when a hardware device is turned on. This may include running power-on self-test or reloading software from non-volatile storage. The term implies that the device has some reasonably complex internal state that will be set back to a "normal" initial condition. This state may include the physical state of the device (e.g. a printer) as well as data in the memory of an embedded system. If a device has no reset button, and sometimes even if it does, turning it off and on again (power cycling) may be the only way to clear a fault.
- prairie falcon — a North American falcon, Falco mexicanus, grayish-brown above and white barred with brown below.
- pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- pre-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
- pre-conclusion — the end or close; final part.
- pre-conference — a meeting for consultation or discussion: a conference between a student and his adviser.
- pre-copernican — of or relating to Copernicus or his theories.
- pre-depression — the act of depressing.
- pre-discussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- pre-employment — being required or accomplished before an employee begins a new job: a preemployment medical exam.
- pre-enrollment — the act or process of enrolling.
- pre-generation — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- pre-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
- pre-intimation — to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest.
- pre-invitation — the act of inviting.
- pre-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- pre-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
- preapplication — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
- precalculation — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- precariousness — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precious stone — a gem distinguished for its beauty and rarity, used in jewelry.
- precipitinogen — Immunology. an antigen that stimulates precipitin production or that reacts with antibody in an immunoprecipitation reaction.
- precision-made — made to precise specifications
- precociousness — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.