14-letter words containing r, e, c, p, t, i
- primenet, inc. — Arizona's Internet provider.
- primitive cell — a unit cell containing no points of the lattice except at the corners of the cell.
- prince consort — a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign.
- 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 income — econ: from outside employment
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- projectisation — the direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs
- projectization — the direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs
- pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
- propaedeutical — relating to preliminary instruction; introductory
- proprioception — perception governed by proprioceptors, as awareness of the position of one's body.
- proprioceptive — pertaining to proprioceptors, the stimuli acting upon them, or the nerve impulses initiated by them.
- 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.
- protectiveness — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
- protocontinent — an actual or hypothetical landmass that might later be enlarged into a major continent or broken up into smaller ones.
- protogeometric — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece chiefly during the 10th century b.c. and characterized by use of abstract geometrical motifs.
- 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
- pterylographic — relating to pterylography
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
- putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
- pyelonephritic — of or relating to an inflammation of the pelvis and renal parenchyma
- pyjama cricket — one-day cricket, in which the players wear colourful clothing rather than the traditional whites used in longer forms of the game
- pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
- quadruplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quadruplicate.
- quadruplicates — Plural form of quadruplicate.
- quasi-particle — an object that is similar to a particle, but does not meet the full criteria of a particle
- quasiparticles — Plural form of quasiparticle.
- quick-tempered — easily angered.
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- re-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
- reactive power — Reactive power is the part of complex power that corresponds to storage and retrieval of energy rather than consumption.
- recapitulation — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
- recapitulative — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
- reception area — the waiting area in a hotel near the desk or office where guests can books rooms or ask the staff questions
- reception desk — the front desk in a hotel where guests can books rooms or ask questions
- reception room — a room for receiving visitors, clients, patients, etc.