14-letter words containing u, n, p, r, i, s
- pre-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- pre-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- pre-university — an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools.
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- precariousness — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precious stone — a gem distinguished for its beauty and rarity, used in jewelry.
- precociousness — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- pressure cabin — a pressurized cabin.
- pressure point — a point on the skin that is extremely sensitive to pressure because of the presence of pressure-sensing organs.
- pressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- presupposition — to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.
- printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
- 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.
- productiveness — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
- pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- pseudoscorpion — any of several small arachnids of the order Chelonethida that resemble a tailless scorpion and that feed chiefly on small insects.
- psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
- purple passion — a variety of the velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca, having trailing stems and leaves densely covered with purple hairs, grown as a houseplant.
- put into words — express in language
- quasi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- quick response — fast reaction time
- quintus prolog — (language, product) A version of Prolog developed by Quintus. Development of Quintus Prolog had transferred to the Swedish Institute of Computer Science by December 1998. Telephone: +1 (800) 542 1283.
- repudiationist — someone who believes that a given thing should be repudiated
- resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- rhinosporidium — any fungus of the genus Rhinosporidium, members of which produce vascular polyps in the nasal passages.
- run up against — If you run up against problems, you suddenly begin to experience them.
- runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.
- russian empire — Russia (def 1).
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- septuagenarian — of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old.
- serra junipero — Miguel José [mee-gel haw-se] /miˈgɛl hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1713–84, Spanish Roman Catholic missionary to the Indians in California and Mexico.
- shopping hours — the times during which shops are open
- simpson's rule — a method for approximating the value of a definite integral by approximating, with parabolic arcs, the area under the curve defined by the integrand.
- single premium — a single payment that covers the entire cost of an insurance policy.
- singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
- siphonapterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Siphonaptera, comprising the fleas.
- slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
- spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
- spanish guitar — acoustic guitar.
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- spiritus lenis — smooth breathing.
- splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- spring equinox — the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox)
- string-pulling — the use of one's influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly