14-letter words containing s, c, r, e, n, a
- particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
- paschen series — a series of lines in the infrared spectrum of hydrogen.
- passenger cell — the inside of a vehicle, in which people sit
- pectinesterase — an enzyme present in plants, and some bacteria and fungi, which hydrolyses pectin
- pentecostarion — a service book of offices for the period from Easter to the Sunday after Pentecost.
- 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 carpet — a handwoven carpet or rug produced in Iran and characterized by fine warp and filling yarns, a usually tight, even pile made with the Sehna knot, and a variety of floral, foliate, animal, and avian designs woven in rich, harmonious colors.
- personal chair — a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
- personal space — the variable and subjective distance at which one person feels comfortable talking to another.
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- planar process — a method of producing diffused junctions in semiconductor devices. A pattern of holes is etched into an oxide layer formed on a silicon substrate, into which impurities are diffused through the holes
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polar distance — codeclination.
- 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
- popping crease — a line parallel to and in advance of a bowling crease, marking the limit of a batsman's approach in hitting the ball.
- post-cartesian — of or relating to Descartes, his mathematical methods, or his philosophy, especially with regard to its emphasis on logical analysis and its mechanistic interpretation of physical nature.
- post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- practice nurse — a nurse who works in a medical practice or surgery
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
- preanaesthetic — a drug administered prior to an anaesthetic
- precariousness — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precision-made — made to precise specifications
- preconsonantal — immediately preceding a consonant.
- pregnancy test — diagnostic kit for determining pregnancy
- pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
- pretransaction — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
- 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.
- 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.
- projectisation — the direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs
- prosencephalon — the forebrain.
- provincialised — to make provincial in character.
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- purse snatcher — wallet thief
- put one across — to get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
- quattrocentist — a painter or writer of 15th-century Italy
- rabies vaccine — substance that inoculates against rabies
- race relations — relationships between races
- raman-spectrum — the change in wavelength of light scattered while passing through a transparent medium, the collection of new wavelengths (Raman spectrum) being characteristic of the scattering medium and differing from the fluorescent spectrum in being much less intense and in being unrelated to an absorption band of the medium.
- ranch dressing — seasoned mayonnaise sauce
- ranunculaceous — belonging to the Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family of plants.
- raspberry cane — a long thin stalk on which raspberries grow
- re-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- reach-me-downs — trousers