14-letter words containing p, r, o, s, t, n
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- precious stone — a gem distinguished for its beauty and rarity, used in jewelry.
- preconceptions — a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
- preconsonantal — immediately preceding a consonant.
- predesignation — to designate beforehand.
- predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
- predestination — an act of predestinating or predestining.
- predisposition — the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.
- prepositioning — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
- prerevisionist — preceding revisionism
- presentational — of or relating to presentation.
- pressure point — a point on the skin that is extremely sensitive to pressure because of the presence of pressure-sensing organs.
- pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- presupposition — to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.
- pretensionless — without pretension
- pretransaction — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- price controls — government regulation of prices by establishing maximum price levels for goods or services, as during a period of inflation.
- prince consort — a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign.
- printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
- printing works — an establishment in which printing is carried out
- prison visitor — a person who volunteers to pay regular visits to prison inmates
- 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.
- processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
- 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.
- 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-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.
- progressionist — a person who believes in progress, as of humankind or society.
- 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.
- propagandistic — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- proportionless — lacking proportion; disproportionate
- prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
- prosthodontics — the branch of dentistry that deals with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing teeth and other oral structures by artificial devices.
- prosthodontist — a specialist in prosthodontics.
- protectiveness — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- protohistorian — a student of or expert in protohistory
- proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
- provisionality — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
- psilanthropist — a person who believes that Jesus was merely human