14-letter words containing s, i, n, u, a
- pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- pre-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- precariousness — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
- pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- 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.
- pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
- public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- pugnaciousness — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
- punctuationist — a person who punctuates a text
- purple passion — a variety of the velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca, having trailing stems and leaves densely covered with purple hairs, grown as a houseplant.
- qualifications — Plural form of qualification.
- quantum optics — the branch of optics dealing with light as a stream of photons, each possessing a quantum of energy proportional to the frequency of light when it is considered as a wave motion.
- quasi contract — an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.
- quasi-constant — not changing or varying; uniform; regular; invariable: All conditions during the three experiments were constant.
- quasi-contract — an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.
- quasi-criminal — of the nature of or involving crime.
- quasi-economic — pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
- quasi-infinite — immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
- quasi-informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- quasi-national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- quasi-negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- quasi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- quasi-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- quasiessential — Almost essential.
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
- quattrocentist — a painter or writer of 15th-century Italy
- questionmaster — quizmaster.
- questionnaires — Plural form of questionnaire.
- quiescent tank — a tank, usually for sewage sludge, in which the sludge is allowed to remain for a time so that sedimentation can occur
- quinnat salmon — chinook salmon.
- quinquagesimal — of, relating to, or consisting of a set of 50
- quinquecostate — having five lines or ribs
- quinquefarious — consisting of or divided into five lines, sections, etc
- quintessential — of the pure and essential essence of something: the quintessential Jewish delicatessen.
- quintuplicates — Plural form of quintuplicate.
- quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
- quotient space — a topological space whose elements are the equivalence classes of a given topological space with a specified equivalence relation.
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- racing colours — the colours painted on a racing car to represent the nation of the car or driver
- radiostrontium — strontium 90.
- rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- re-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- redear sunfish — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophos, of the lower Mississippi valley and southeastern states, having the gill cover margined with scarlet.