14-letter words containing s, i, n, e, p
- planta genista — a representation of a sprig of broom: used as a badge of the Plantagenets.
- plesiochronous — (communications) Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
- plotting sheet — a blank chart having only a compass rose and latitude lines, longitude lines, or both, marked and annotated, as required, by a navigator.
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- pneumoconiosis — any chronic lung disease, including anthracosis, asbestosis, and silicosis, caused by the inhalation of particles of coal, asbestos, silica, or similar substances and leading to fibrosis and loss of lung function.
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
- poetic license — license or liberty taken by a poet, prose writer, or other artist in deviating from rule, conventional form, logic, or fact, in order to produce a desired effect.
- point d'esprit — a bobbinet or tulle with oval or square dots woven in an irregular pattern.
- point estimate — the process of determining a single estimated value (point estimate) of a parameter of a given population.
- point pleasant — a borough in E New Jersey.
- poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
- polar distance — codeclination.
- polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
- police station — police headquarters for a particular district, from which police officers are dispatched and to which persons under arrest are brought.
- policy science — a branch of the social sciences concerned with the formulation and implementation of policy in bureaucracies, etc
- polysuspensoid — a suspensoid in which the solid particles are polydisperse.
- polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
- ponderosa pine — Also called western yellow pine. a large pine, Pinus ponderosa, of western North America, having yellowish-brown bark: the state tree of Montana.
- pontius pilate — Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- pontus euxinus — a sea between Europe and Asia, bordered by Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, and the Russian Federation. 164,000 sq. mi. (424,760 sq. km).
- poppaea sabina — died a.d. 65? second wife of the Roman emperor Nero.
- 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.
- popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
- porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- position angle — the direction in which one object lies relative to another on the celestial sphere, measured in degrees from north in an easterly direction
- position paper — a formal, usually detailed written statement, especially regarding a single issue, that articulates a position, viewpoint, or policy, as of a government, organization, or political candidate.
- positive organ — a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
- possessionless — having no possessions
- possessiveness — jealously opposed to the personal independence of, or to any influence other than one's own upon, a child, spouse, etc.
- 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-modernism — Post-modernism is a late twentieth century approach in art, architecture, and literature which typically mixes styles, ideas, and references to modern society, often in an ironic way.
- post-modernist — A post-modernist is a writer, artist, or architect who is influenced by post-modernism.
- postconception — happening after conception
- postconvention — taking place after a convention
- postdepression — pertaining to or denoting the period after an economic depression
- postdeterminer — a member of a subclass of English adjectival words, including ordinal and cardinal numbers, that may be placed after an article or other determiner and before a descriptive adjective, as first and three in the first three new chapters.
- postexperience — taking place after a particular experience
- postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
- postmillennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
- postretirement — relating to or occurring in the period after retirement
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- power dressing — a style of dressing in severely tailored suits, adopted by some women executives to project an image of efficiency
- power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
- power steering — an automotive steering system in which the engine's power is used to supplement the driver's effort in turning the steering wheel.
- practice nurse — a nurse who works in a medical practice or surgery
- pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- pre-conclusion — the end or close; final part.
- pre-depression — the act of depressing.
- pre-discussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.