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14-letter words containing t, a, i, n, u, r

  • outgeneralling — Present participle of outgeneral.
  • outmaneuvering — Present participle of outmaneuver.
  • outmanoeuvring — Present participle of outmanoeuvre.
  • overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • overevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
  • overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
  • oversaturation — the act or process of saturating.
  • painted turtle — a freshwater turtle, Chrysemys picta, common in the U.S., having bright yellow markings on the head and neck and red markings on the margin of the carapace.
  • paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
  • paper nautilus — any dibranchiate cephalopod of the genus Argonauta, the female of which has a delicate, white shell.
  • para-toluidine — a white, flaky, lustrous, very slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 9 N, the para isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes, in organic synthesis, and as a reagent in tests for nitrite, lignin, and phloroglucinol.
  • paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
  • particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
  • parturifacient — inducing or accelerating labor, or childbirth; oxytocic.
  • pasteurization — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • paternity suit — legal dispute over identity of father
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • persian walnut — English walnut.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • perturbational — relating to perturbation
  • phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
  • pneumatic tire — wheel cover filled with pressurized air
  • pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
  • polar equation — an equation in which the variables are polar coordinates.
  • popularization — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
  • port-au-prince — Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
  • 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.
  • practice nurse — a nurse who works in a medical practice or surgery
  • prairie turnip — breadroot.
  • pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
  • 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.
  • preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • precalculation — the act or process of calculating; computation.
  • predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
  • predicate noun — a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
  • preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
  • pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
  • preunification — of the period before unification
  • printout paper — sensitized paper for prints that darkens under light and requires treatment to fix an image: largely supplanted at the turn of the century by developing-out paper. Abbreviation: P.O.P.
  • 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.
  • progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
  • pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
  • public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
  • pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
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