14-letter words containing y, n
- policy wording — Policy wording is the terms and conditions and definitions of insurance coverage as they are written down in the insurance policy.
- polyfunctional — containing more than one functional group.
- polygon pusher — (Or "rectangle slinger"). A chip designer who spends most of his or her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing *lots* of multi-coloured polygons).
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- polynucleotide — a sequence of nucleotides, as in DNA or RNA, bound into a chain.
- polyphonically — consisting of many voices or sounds.
- polysuspensoid — a suspensoid in which the solid particles are polydisperse.
- polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
- polyunsaturate — a polyunsaturated fat or fatty acid.
- polyvinylidene — pertaining to or derived from a polymer of a vinylidene compound.
- porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
- porphyrization — reduction to a powder, formerly done on a slab of porphyry.
- porphyrogenite — a prince born after his father has succeeded to the throne
- post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- postfix syntax — postfix notation
- potty training — teaching an infant to use the toilet
- power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
- prayer meeting — a meeting chiefly for prayer.
- prayerlessness — the quality of being prayerless; the state of not praying
- praying mantis — mantis.
- pre-employment — being required or accomplished before an employee begins a new job: a preemployment medical exam.
- 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.
- preconcertedly — in a preconcerted or preplanned manner
- predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
- preferentially — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
- pregnancy test — diagnostic kit for determining pregnancy
- premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
- preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
- presentability — that may be presented.
- primary accent — the principal or strongest stress of a word.
- princess royal — the eldest daughter of a king or queen.
- principal type — The most general type of an expression. For example, the following are all valid types for the lambda abstraction (\ x . x): Int -> Int Bool -> Bool (a->b) -> (a->b) but any valid type will be an instance of the principal type: a -> a. An instance is derived by substituting the same type expression for all occurences of some type variable. The principal type of an expression can be computed from those of its subexpressions by Robinson's unification algorithm.
- professionally — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
- prognostically — of or relating to prognosis.
- progressionary — relating to progression
- propenyl group — a univalent group derived from propylene, CH 3 CH=CH−.
- property owner — sb who owns a building or land
- propitiatingly — to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
- proportionally — having due proportion; corresponding.
- protoplanetary — of or relating to protoplanets
- protoporphyrin — a type of porphyrin that, when combined with an iron atom, forms haem, the oxygen-bearing prosthetic group of the red blood pigment haemoglobin
- providentially — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- provisionality — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- proxy conflict — a conflict between third parties, through whom enemies attack each other
- psephoanalysis — the statistical and sociological analysis of election trends and results
- pseudonymously — bearing a false or fictitious name.
- psychic energy — according to Freud, the force that lies behind all mental processes, having its basic source as the id.
- psychic income — the personal or subjective benefits, rewards, or satisfactions derived from a job or undertaking as separate from its objective or financial ones.
- psychoanalyses — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
- psychoanalysis — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.