14-letter words containing r, e, p, u, m
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- mustard powder — Mustard powder is a yellow powder. You add hot water to it in order to make mustard.
- mutton snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus analis, inhabiting the warmer parts of the western Atlantic Ocean, valued as food and game.
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- neurocomputers — Plural form of neurocomputer.
- neurocomputing — computing that makes use of neural networks
- numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- paper mulberry — a mulberry tree, Broussonetia papyrifera, of eastern Asia, having alternate leaves that vary in size, round catkins, and orange-red fruit, grown widely as a shade tree.
- parachute jump — leaping from aircraft with a parachute
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- perfect number — a positive number that is equal to the sum of all positive integers that are submultiples of it, as 6, which is equal to the sum of 1, 2, and 3.
- period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
- permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
- pharmaceutical — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- picture-framer — a person or company whose job is to frame photographs, paintings etc
- plenum-chamber — a system of mechanical ventilation in which fresh air is forced into the spaces to be ventilated from a chamber (plenum chamber) at a pressure slightly higher than atmospheric pressure, so as to expel foul air.
- plumber's mate — a person who helps a plumber do his or her job
- pneumatic tire — wheel cover filled with pressurized air
- pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polar molecule — a molecule in which the centroid of the positive charges is different from the centroid of the negative charges.
- poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
- pour le merite — for merit.
- prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
- pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- premanufacture — to manufacture in advance
- premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
- premier league — a professional football or soccer league consisting of the top teams in England and Wales
- premium income — An insurer's premium income is the income that it earns from premiums.
- prerequirement — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- presumptuously — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
- primary source — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- primary tissue — any tissue resulting directly from differentiation of an apical meristem.
- prime computer — (company) (Or "Pr1ME") A minicomputer manufacturer.
- prime the pump — an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes.
- proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
- progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
- proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
- proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
- pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
- pseudomorphism — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
- pseudosymmetry — an apparent symmetry different from that appropriate to a crystal of a given mineral.
- pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
- pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.