14-letter words containing t, o, u, a, i
- photoduplicate — photocopy.
- picture layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
- pituitary body — (formerly) the pituitary gland.
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
- point mutation — a change in a single base in a nucleotide sequence.
- polar equation — an equation in which the variables are polar coordinates.
- polyfunctional — containing more than one functional group.
- pontius pilate — Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- popularization — to make popular: to popularize a dance.
- port authority — a government commission that manages bridges, tunnels, airports, and other such facilities of a port or city.
- port coquitlam — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, E of Vancouver.
- 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.
- position audit — a systematic assessment of the current strengths and weaknesses of an organization as a prerequisite for future strategic planning
- postamputation — following or occurring after an amputation
- 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.
- potassium alum — alum1 (def 1).
- potassium-alum — Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes.
- 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.
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- precalculation — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- 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.
- proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
- progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
- propaedeutical — relating to preliminary instruction; introductory
- 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.
- psychoacoustic — relating to psychoacoustics
- puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
- punctuationist — a person who punctuates a text
- quadrantanopia — (medicine) The loss of vision in one or more quadrants of the field of view.
- quadratic form — a polynomial all of whose terms are of degree 2 in two or more variables, as 5 x 2 − 2 xy + 3 y 2 .
- qualifications — Plural form of qualification.
- quality factor — a property of ionizing radiations that affects their ability to cause biological effects. For weakly ionizing radiations such as gamma rays it has value 1 whilst for alpha rays it is about 20
- quantification — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quantum optics — the branch of optics dealing with light as a stream of photons, each possessing a quantum of energy proportional to the frequency of light when it is considered as a wave motion.
- quarter window — (on a car) a small triangular side window with hinges that can be opened for extra ventilation
- quasi contract — an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.
- quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- quasi-constant — not changing or varying; uniform; regular; invariable: All conditions during the three experiments were constant.