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14-letter words containing t, a, r, p, e

  • passenger list — register of all travellers on board
  • passenger seat — vehicle: chair next to the driver
  • passive-matrix — of or relating to a relatively low-resolution liquid-crystal display (LCD) with low contrast, a type of flat-panel display.
  • pasteur effect — the inhibiting of fermentation by oxygen.
  • pasteurellosis — hemorrhagic septicemia.
  • 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.
  • pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
  • patch together — assemble roughly
  • patent leather — a hard, glossy, smooth leather, used especially in shoes and accessories.
  • paternity suit — legal dispute over identity of father
  • paternity test — an assessment of possible paternity based on a comparison of the genetic markers of the offspring and those of the putative father.
  • patresfamilias — a plural of paterfamilias.
  • pay for itself — If something that you buy or invest in pays for itself after a period of time, the money you gain from it, or save because you have it, is greater than the amount you originally spent or invested.
  • paz estenssoro — Victor [beek-tawr] /ˈbik tɔr/ (Show IPA), 1907–2001, Bolivian economist and statesman: president 1952–56, 1960–64, 1985–89.
  • peanut allergy — a condition of being hypersensitive to peanuts and peanut substances which can lead to severe physical symptoms if peanuts or peanut substances are consumed
  • peanut gallery — Informal. the rearmost and cheapest section of seats in the balcony or the uppermost balcony of a theater.
  • pebble-leather — a small, rounded stone, especially one worn smooth by the action of water.
  • pectinesterase — an enzyme present in plants, and some bacteria and fungi, which hydrolyses pectin
  • pectoral cross — a cross worn on the breast by various prelates, as a designation of office.
  • pedestrianized — A pedestrianized area has been made into an area that is intended for pedestrians, not vehicles.
  • pembroke table — a drop-leaf table with fly rails and with a drawer at one end or each end of the skirt.
  • penalty corner — a free hit from the goal line taken by the attacking side
  • penalty killer — a player used when the player's team is short-handed as a result of a penalty, especially a player skilled at defense and employed regularly in such situations.
  • penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
  • penetrableness — the state of being penetrable; the capacity to be penetrated
  • penny-farthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
  • pentecostarion — a service book of offices for the period from Easter to the Sunday after Pentecost.
  • pentland firth — a strait between N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: noted for its rough sea conditions. 14 miles (23 km) long.
  • people's party — a political party (1891–1904), advocating expansion of currency, state control of railroads, the placing of restrictions upon ownership of land, etc.; Populist party.
  • perceivability — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • perfect square — a rational number that is equal to the square of another rational number.
  • performability — the quality of being performable
  • perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
  • perimeter wall — a wall that serves as a boundary around something
  • periodic table — a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.
  • peripateticism — walking or traveling about; itinerant.
  • peritonealized — to cover with peritoneum.
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • permaculturist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
  • permanent echo — a radar signal reflected to a radar station on the ground by a building or other fixed object.
  • permanent link — (web)   A URL that always points to the same piece of web content. Web pages that appear for a limited time at their main URL, such as web logs or news sites, often display an alternative, permanent link. Readers can quote, bookmark, or link to this URL in order to refer to a particular item, rather than the page displaying the latest item. For example, the URL http://news.bbc.co.uk/ points to the latest news from the BBC whereas http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/2614839.stm is a permanent link to a particular news story.
  • permanent mold — a reusable metal mold used for making a large number of identical castings.
  • permanent wave — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
  • persian carpet — a handwoven carpet or rug produced in Iran and characterized by fine warp and filling yarns, a usually tight, even pile made with the Sehna knot, and a variety of floral, foliate, animal, and avian designs woven in rich, harmonious colors.
  • persian violet — any of several plants belonging to the genus Exacum, native to the Old World, as E. affine, having glossy, ovate leaves, and fragrant, bluish flowers: cultivated as a houseplant.
  • persian walnut — English walnut.
  • personal staff — the aides of a general officer or a flag officer.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • perturbational — relating to perturbation
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