14-letter words containing y, n
- psychoanalytic — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
- psychodynamics — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- psychogalvanic — pertaining to or involving electric changes in the body resulting from reactions to mental or emotional stimuli.
- psychogenetics — the study of internal or mental states
- psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
- psychotechnics — the use of psychological techniques for controlling and modifying human behavior, especially for practical ends.
- public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
- public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
- public inquiry — an official enquiry, usually into a serious accident or other disaster, or into planning applications. Interested parties can attend, and contribute.
- pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
- pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
- pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
- put money into — to invest money in
- 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.
- pyelonephrosis — any disease of the kidney and its pelvis.
- pyongyangology — the study and analysis of the policies and practices of the North Korean communist regime
- pyrazolone dye — any of the group of dyes, as tartrazine, derived from a pyrazolone: used chiefly to dye silk and wool.
- pyrenomycetous — of or relating to the former class Pyrenomycetes of fungi
- pyriphlegethon — Phlegethon (def 1).
- pyroninophilic — (of cells) having their cytoplasm stained red by methyl green pyronin, indicating the presence of much RNA and active protein synthesis
- pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quadrangularly — in a quadrangular manner
- quantitatively — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- quantum system — a theoretical or actual system based on quantum physics, as a supercomputer.
- quantum theory — any theory predating quantum mechanics that encompassed Planck's radiation formula and a scheme for obtaining discrete energy states for atoms, as Bohr theory.
- queen's bounty — king's bounty.
- querimoniously — in a querimonious manner
- query language — the instructions and procedures used to retrieve information from a database
- queuing theory — a theory that deals with providing a service on a waiting line, or queue, especially when the demand for it is irregular and describable by probability distributions, as processing phone calls arriving at a telephone exchange or collecting highway tolls from drivers at tollbooths.
- quinquennially — Every five years.
- quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
- racing bicycle — a bicycle designed for cycling on roads or taking part in road cycling races
- racing cyclist — a cyclist who takes part in bicycle races
- radiant energy — energy transmitted in wave motion, especially electromagnetic wave motion.
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
- railway engine — a self-propelled engine used for drawing or pushing trains along railway tracks; locomotive
- rallying point — A rallying point is a place, event, or person that people are attracted to as a symbol of a political group or ideal.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rangeley lakes — chain of lakes in W Me. & NE N.H.
- raspberry cane — a long thin stalk on which raspberries grow
- re-entry point — the designated place of return of a spacecraft into the earth's atmosphere
- read-only user — (jargon) Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
- ready reckoner — reckoner (def 2).
- recency effect — the phenomenon that when people are asked to recall in any order the items on a list, those that come at the end of the list are more likely to be recalled than the others
- recommendatory — serving to recommend; recommending.
- recompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- reconciliatory — tending to reconcile.