14-letter words containing p, t, i, l
- pressing plant — a manufacturing plant where phonograph records are produced by pressing in a mold or by stamping.
- pretensionless — without pretension
- preventive law — consultation, as between lawyer and client, to prevent future litigation by dispensing legal advice, clarifying the terms of a contract, etc.
- price controls — government regulation of prices by establishing maximum price levels for goods or services, as during a period of inflation.
- primal therapy — a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to relive traumatic events, often screaming or crying, in order to achieve catharsis and a breakdown of psychological defenses.
- primary letter — a lowercase character having neither a descender nor an ascender, as a, c, e, i, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, x, z.
- primatological — relating to primatology
- prime vertical — the great circle passing through the observer's zenith and meeting the horizon due east and west
- primitive cell — a unit cell containing no points of the lattice except at the corners of the cell.
- principal type — The most general type of an expression. For example, the following are all valid types for the lambda abstraction (\ x . x): Int -> Int Bool -> Bool (a->b) -> (a->b) but any valid type will be an instance of the principal type: a -> a. An instance is derived by substituting the same type expression for all occurences of some type variable. The principal type of an expression can be computed from those of its subexpressions by Robinson's unification algorithm.
- 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.
- 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.
- pro-capitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- pro-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- probabiliorist — someone who advocates probabiliorism
- proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
- processability — capable of being processed.
- productibility — the ability to produce
- 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.
- 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.
- propaedeutical — relating to preliminary instruction; introductory
- propitiatingly — to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
- proportionable — being in due proportion; proportional.
- proportionally — having due proportion; corresponding.
- proportionless — lacking proportion; disproportionate
- 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.
- protistologist — a student of, or expert in, protistology
- prototypically — in a prototypical manner
- 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.
- provisionality — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- proxy conflict — a conflict between third parties, through whom enemies attack each other
- pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- pseudodipteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade.
- pseudosolution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
- psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
- psilanthropist — a person who believes that Jesus was merely human
- psychoanalytic — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
- pteridophilist — a person who shows an excessive enthusiam for ferns
- pterylographic — relating to pterylography
- public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- public statute — public law (def 1).
- public utility — a business enterprise, as a public-service corporation, performing an essential public service and regulated by the federal, state, or local government. Compare utility (def 3).
- pugilistically — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.