14-letter words containing r, e, t, i, n, o
- pressure point — a point on the skin that is extremely sensitive to pressure because of the presence of pressure-sensing organs.
- pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- presupposition — to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.
- pretensionless — without pretension
- pretermination — of the period before termination (esp of employment)
- pretransaction — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- prettification — to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way: to prettify a natural beauty.
- preunification — of the period before unification
- price controls — government regulation of prices by establishing maximum price levels for goods or services, as during a period of inflation.
- prince consort — a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign.
- print reporter — a reporter who works for a newspaper or magazine
- printing error — a misprint or misspelling in a text
- printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
- printout paper — sensitized paper for prints that darkens under light and requires treatment to fix an image: largely supplanted at the turn of the century by developing-out paper. Abbreviation: P.O.P.
- private income — econ: from outside employment
- 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.
- pro-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- 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.
- processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
- procrastinated — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- productiveness — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
- progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- progenitorship — parenthood; the position of being a progenitor
- progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
- progressionist — a person who believes in progress, as of humankind or society.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- propjet engine — turbo-propeller engine.
- proportionable — being in due proportion; proportional.
- proportionless — lacking proportion; disproportionate
- proportionment — the act of proportioning.
- proprioception — perception governed by proprioceptors, as awareness of the position of one's body.
- 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.
- 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.
- puertorriqueno — a native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico.
- pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
- put it over on — to deceive; trick
- pyelonephritic — of or relating to an inflammation of the pelvis and renal parenchyma
- pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
- pyriphlegethon — Phlegethon (def 1).