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14-letter words containing s, t, o, p, a, n

  • 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 audit — a systematic assessment of the current strengths and weaknesses of an organization as a prerequisite for future strategic planning
  • 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.
  • 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-conciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
  • post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
  • post-treatment — an act or manner of treating.
  • post-victorian — of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign: Victorian poets.
  • postadolescent — growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful.
  • postamputation — following or occurring after an amputation
  • poste restante — a direction written on mail to indicate that it should be held at the post office until called for by the addressee.
  • postfix syntax — postfix notation
  • postganglionic — of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.
  • postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
  • postindustrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
  • postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
  • postmenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
  • postmillennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
  • postminimalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style in painting and sculpture developing in the 1970s, retaining the formal simplifications of minimal art, but striving to imbue works with a broad range of meaning and reference and often demonstrating a concern with craft and a kinship with tribal art and sculpture.
  • postnasal drip — a trickling of mucus onto the pharyngeal surface from the posterior portion of the nasal cavity, usually caused by a cold or allergy.
  • postnatal ward — a ward in a hospital where women and their babies are provided with medical care immediately after the birth of the baby
  • pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
  • preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • preconsonantal — immediately preceding a consonant.
  • predesignation — to designate beforehand.
  • predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
  • predestination — an act of predestinating or predestining.
  • presentational — of or relating to presentation.
  • pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
  • pretransaction — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • procrastinator — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • profit-sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
  • prognostically — of or relating to prognosis.
  • prognosticator — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
  • projectisation — 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.
  • propagandistic — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
  • protohistorian — a student of or expert in protohistory
  • provisionality — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
  • pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
  • psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
  • psilanthropist — a person who believes that Jesus was merely human
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