14-letter words containing s, y, n, e, p
- paternity test — an assessment of possible paternity based on a comparison of the genetic markers of the offspring and those of the putative father.
- pay one's dues — owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due.
- pay television — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
- payment system — a system used to pay or settle financial transactions
- penalty clause — part of contract specifying a forfeit
- penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
- pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
- percutaneously — through the skin
- peritoneoscopy — an endoscopy examining the peritoneal cavity
- pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- petty expenses — small expenses incurred in the course of your work or studies
- pheasant's eye — an annual ranunculaceous plant, Adonis annua (or autumnalis), with scarlet flowers and finely divided leaves: native to S Europe but naturalized elsewhere
- phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
- photosynthesis — the complex process by which carbon dioxide, water, and certain inorganic salts are converted into carbohydrates by green plants, algae, and certain bacteria, using energy from the sun and chlorophyll.
- photosynthetic — the complex process by which carbon dioxide, water, and certain inorganic salts are converted into carbohydrates by green plants, algae, and certain bacteria, using energy from the sun and chlorophyll.
- pick one's way — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pie in the sky — pie1 (def 8).
- play one's ace — to use one's best weapon or resource
- plumbosolvency — the ability to dissolve lead
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- policy science — a branch of the social sciences concerned with the formulation and implementation of policy in bureaucracies, etc
- polygon pusher — (Or "rectangle slinger"). A chip designer who spends most of his or her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing *lots* of multi-coloured polygons).
- polysuspensoid — a suspensoid in which the solid particles are polydisperse.
- polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
- polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
- porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
- post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
- prayerlessness — the quality of being prayerless; the state of not praying
- pre-university — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
- predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
- pregnancy test — diagnostic kit for determining pregnancy
- premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
- presentability — that may be presented.
- princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
- professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- progressionary — relating to progression
- psephoanalysis — the statistical and sociological analysis of election trends and results
- pseudonymously — bearing a false or fictitious name.
- psychic energy — according to Freud, the force that lies behind all mental processes, having its basic source as the id.
- psychic income — the personal or subjective benefits, rewards, or satisfactions derived from a job or undertaking as separate from its objective or financial ones.
- psychoanalyses — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
- psychogenetics — the study of internal or mental states
- psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
- psychotechnics — the use of psychological techniques for controlling and modifying human behavior, especially for practical ends.
- pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
- pyelonephrosis — any disease of the kidney and its pelvis.
- pyrenomycetous — of or relating to the former class Pyrenomycetes of fungi
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- raspberry cane — a long thin stalk on which raspberries grow