14-letter words containing p, u, r, s, a, n
- multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- mutton snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus analis, inhabiting the warmer parts of the western Atlantic Ocean, valued as food and game.
- nassau grouper — a colorful food and game fish, Epinephelus striatus, common off the Florida Keys.
- natural person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- nonspectacular — not spectacular
- nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
- north st. paul — a town in E Minnesota.
- orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
- overpersuasion — the act or instance of overpersuading someone
- panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- paper nautilus — any dibranchiate cephalopod of the genus Argonauta, the female of which has a delicate, white shell.
- parajournalism — news reportage that strongly reflects the point of view of the writer or editor or that uses techniques not practiced in conventional journalism.
- paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parish council — local administrative body
- parsimoniously — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
- pasteurization — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- paternity suit — legal dispute over identity of father
- peninsular war — the war (1808–14) fought in the Iberian Peninsula by British, Portuguese, and Spanish forces against the French, resulting in the defeat of the French: part of the Napoleonic Wars
- percussion cap — a small metallic cap or cup containing fulminating powder, formerly exploded by percussion to fire the charge of small arms.
- percutaneously — through the skin
- persian walnut — English walnut.
- persuasiveness — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polar sequence — a series of stars in the vicinity of the N celestial pole whose accurately determined magnitudes serve as the standard for visual and photographic magnitudes of stars
- polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
- popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
- postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
- postindustrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
- practice nurse — a nurse who works in a medical practice or surgery
- pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- pre-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- precariousness — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
- pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
- pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- 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.
- pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
- pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
- purple passion — a variety of the velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca, having trailing stems and leaves densely covered with purple hairs, grown as a houseplant.
- purse snatcher — wallet thief