14-letter words containing r, e, t, i, m
- predeterminism — the belief that everything is predetermined
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- premeditatedly — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- prerequirement — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- prescriptivism — a writer, teacher, or supporter of prescriptive grammar.
- presentimental — expressing a presentiment
- presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
- pretermination — of the period before termination (esp of employment)
- primacy effect — the process whereby the first few items on a list are learnt more rapidly than the middle items
- 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 accent — the principal or strongest stress of a word.
- 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.
- primary stress — primary accent.
- primary tissue — any tissue resulting directly from differentiation of an apical meristem.
- prime computer — (company) (Or "Pr1ME") A minicomputer manufacturer.
- prime minister — the principal minister and head of government in parliamentary systems; chief of the cabinet or ministry: the British prime minister.
- 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.
- prime vertical — the great circle passing through the observer's zenith and meeting the horizon due east and west
- primenet, inc. — Arizona's Internet provider.
- primitive cell — a unit cell containing no points of the lattice except at the corners of the cell.
- printed matter — any of various kinds of printed material that qualifies for a special postal rate.
- printer's mark — a stamp or device, usually found on the copyright page, that identifies a book as the work of a particular printer.
- printer's ream — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- printing frame — a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing.
- pripet marshes — the largest swamp in Europe, occupying S Belarus and N Ukraine
- private income — econ: from outside employment
- private member — (sometimes lowercase) British. a member of a legislative body, especially of the House of Commons, who has no special duties and is not a member of the ministry.
- proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
- 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.
- progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- proletarianism — the practices, attitudes, or social status of a proletarian.
- promenade tile — a machine-made, unglazed, ceramic floor tile.
- prominent moth — any moth of the family Notodontidae characterized by tufts of scales on the back edge of the forewing that stand up prominently at rest and give the group its name. It includes the puss moth and buff-tip as well as those with prominent in the name
- pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
- proportionment — the act of proportioning.
- proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
- 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.
- 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.
- pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
- pyjama cricket — one-day cricket, in which the players wear colourful clothing rather than the traditional whites used in longer forms of the game
- pyramid letter — chain letter.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quadrigeminate — made up of four parts
- quadrumvirates — Plural form of quadrumvirate.
- quadruple time — a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third.
- quaker meeting — a meeting of Quakers, at which all members, except those moved to speak, remain silent.
- quantum meruit — as much as he has earned: denoting a payment for goods or services in partial fulfilment of a contract or for those supplied when no price has been agreed
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
- questionmaster — quizmaster.