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14-letter words containing t, o, p, i, e

  • profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
  • progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
  • progenitorship — parenthood; the position of being a progenitor
  • progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
  • progressionist — a person who believes in progress, as of humankind or society.
  • progressivists — the principles and practices of progressives.
  • projectisation — the direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs
  • projectization — 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.
  • proletarianize — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.
  • promenade tile — a machine-made, unglazed, ceramic floor tile.
  • prominent moth — any moth of the family Notodontidae characterized by tufts of scales on the back edge of the forewing that stand up prominently at rest and give the group its name. It includes the puss moth and buff-tip as well as those with prominent in the name
  • pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
  • proof positive — To be proof positive of a particular fact or quality means to be evidence that it is true or that it exists.
  • propaedeutical — relating to preliminary instruction; introductory
  • property right — a legal right to or in a particular property.
  • propjet engine — turbo-propeller engine.
  • proportionable — being in due proportion; proportional.
  • proportionless — lacking proportion; disproportionate
  • proportionment — the act of proportioning.
  • proprietorship — the owner of a business establishment, a hotel, etc.
  • proprioception — perception governed by proprioceptors, as awareness of the position of one's body.
  • proprioceptive — pertaining to proprioceptors, the stimuli acting upon them, or the nerve impulses initiated by them.
  • prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
  • protectability — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
  • protectiveness — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
  • proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
  • protocontinent — an actual or hypothetical landmass that might later be enlarged into a major continent or broken up into smaller ones.
  • protogeometric — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece chiefly during the 10th century b.c. and characterized by use of abstract geometrical motifs.
  • proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
  • provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
  • providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • proximity fuse — an electronically triggered device designed to detonate an explosive charge in a missile, etc, at a predetermined distance from the target
  • proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target.
  • pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
  • pseudodipteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade.
  • pseudosolution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
  • psychogenetics — the study of internal or mental states
  • psychotechnics — the use of psychological techniques for controlling and modifying human behavior, especially for practical ends.
  • pteridophilist — a person who shows an excessive enthusiam for ferns
  • pterylographic — relating to pterylography
  • puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
  • puertorriqueno — a native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico.
  • pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
  • put it over on — to deceive; trick
  • put money into — to invest money in
  • put the lid on — to be the final blow to
  • pyelonephritic — of or relating to an inflammation of the pelvis and renal parenchyma
  • pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
  • pyriphlegethon — Phlegethon (def 1).
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