14-letter words containing t, e, s, i, m
- photoperiodism — the response, as affecting growth or reproduction, of an organism to the length of exposure to light in a 24-hour period.
- phytochemistry — the branch of biochemistry dealing with plants and plant processes.
- piezochemistry — the study of chemical reactions at high pressures
- pimento cheese — a processed cheese made from Neufchâtel, cream cheese, Cheddar, or other cheese, flavored with chopped pimientos.
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
- pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
- point estimate — the process of determining a single estimated value (point estimate) of a parameter of a given population.
- polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
- post-modernism — Post-modernism is a late twentieth century approach in art, architecture, and literature which typically mixes styles, ideas, and references to modern society, often in an ironic way.
- post-modernist — A post-modernist is a writer, artist, or architect who is influenced by post-modernism.
- postdeterminer — a member of a subclass of English adjectival words, including ordinal and cardinal numbers, that may be placed after an article or other determiner and before a descriptive adjective, as first and three in the first three new chapters.
- postmastership — the office or position of a postmaster
- postmillennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
- postretirement — relating to or occurring in the period after retirement
- pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- pre-investment — the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- predeterminism — the belief that everything is predetermined
- prescriptivism — a writer, teacher, or supporter of prescriptive grammar.
- presentimental — expressing a presentiment
- presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
- primary stress — primary accent.
- primary tissue — any tissue resulting directly from differentiation of an apical meristem.
- prime minister — the principal minister and head of government in parliamentary systems; chief of the cabinet or ministry: the British prime minister.
- printer's mark — a stamp or device, usually found on the copyright page, that identifies a book as the work of a particular printer.
- printer's ream — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- pripet marshes — the largest swamp in Europe, occupying S Belarus and N Ukraine
- proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
- processor time — (software) The amount of time a process takes to run, given that it has exclusive and uninterrupted use of the CPU. Note that in a modern computer, this would be very unusual, and so the processor time calculation for most processes involves adding up all the small amounts of time the CPU actually spends on the process. Some systems break processor time down into user time and system time. Compare wall clock time.
- proletarianism — the practices, attitudes, or social status of a proletarian.
- proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quadrumvirates — Plural form of quadrumvirate.
- quality system — A quality system is a structure for managing the quality of the output of a manufacturer.
- quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
- questionmaster — quizmaster.
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
- radium sulfate — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous, radioactive solid, RaSO 4 , used chiefly in radiotherapy.
- rammelsbergite — a mineral, essentially nickel diarsenide, NiAs 2 .
- random testing — (programming, testing) A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
- reappraisement — an act or the process of appraising someone or something again
- reassimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- redisbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- reformationist — someone who was part of the Reformation
- reinforcements — the act of reinforcing.
- relinquishment — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- reminiscential — of or relating to reminiscence; reminiscent.
- remonstrations — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.