14-letter words containing t, r, i, a, l
- overanalytical — too analytical
- overcapitalize — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
- overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
- overcentralize — to centralize excessively
- overcomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- overevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- overhead light — a light which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
- overland trail — any of various routes traveled by settlers from the Missouri River to Oregon and California beginning in the 1840s.
- overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
- overparticular — precise beyond necessity
- 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.
- owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- 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.
- palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
- paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
- palmatipartite — having leaves that are laterally divided halfway to the petiole
- pamphleteering — the occupation of a pamphleteer
- 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.
- parabiotically — in a parabiotic manner
- paradigmatical — of or relating to a paradigm.
- paradoxicality — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
- parametrically — in terms of a parameter
- parasitic male — a male animal that is much smaller than the female and is totally dependent on the female for its nutrition, such as the male of some species of deep-sea angler fish
- parents-in-law — the father or mother of one's wife or husband.
- parking lights — the parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width
- parquet circle — parterre (def 1).
- parti-coloured — having different colours in different parts; variegated
- partial vacuum — an enclosed space from which part of the air or another gas has been removed.
- partially deaf — suffering from hearing loss; partly deaf
- participialize — to form (a word) into a participle; make participial.
- particle board — any of various composition boards formed from small particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly compressed and bonded together with a resin.
- particularized — individualized
- particularness — the quality of being exceptional or individual
- partition line — a plain or figured edge between two adjacent areas of an escutcheon, between an ordinary and the field of an escutcheon, or between two adjacent ordinaries.
- party official — an official of a political party
- party politics — politics based on strict adherence to the policies and principles of a political party regardless of the public interest; partisan loyalism.
- passenger list — register of all travellers on board
- pasteurellosis — hemorrhagic septicemia.
- patresfamilias — a plural of paterfamilias.
- patrialisation — the process of patrialising
- patrialization — the process of patrializing
- patriarchalism — a philosophy, form, or system of patriarchal government.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- perceivability — capable of being perceived; perceptible.