14-letter words containing e
- 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.
- pakapoo ticket — Australian Slang. something that is indecipherable or confusing: scrawled over like a pakapoo ticket.
- palacio valdes — Armando [ahr-mahn-daw] /ɑrˈmɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1938, Spanish novelist and critic.
- palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
- palaebiologist — a person who studies or is an expert in palaebiology
- palaeethnology — the study of prehistoric man
- palaeoclimatic — relating to the climate of a prehistoric age
- palaeoecologic — relating to palaeoecology
- palaeopedology — the study of ancient soils
- paleencephalon — (no longer in technical use) the more primitive part of the brain in the evolutionary development of animals, including all parts except the cerebral cortex and its related structures.
- paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
- paleobiologist — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- paleoecologist — the branch of ecology dealing with the relations and interactions between ancient life forms and their environment.
- paleogeography — the science of representing the earth's geographic features belonging to any part of the geologic past.
- paleolimnology — the study of ancient lakes from their sediments and fossils.
- paleomagnetism — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- paleontography — the formal description of fossils
- paleontologist — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
- palisades park — a borough in NE New Jersey.
- palmatipartite — having leaves that are laterally divided halfway to the petiole
- palmetto state — South Carolina (used as a nickname).
- pamphleteering — the occupation of a pamphleteer
- panamint range — mountain range in SE Calif., forming the W rim of Death Valley: highest peak, 11,045 ft (3,367 m)
- pancake batter — batter made from eggs and flour and used to make thin flat cakes often served rolled and filled with a sweet or savoury mixture
- pancake makeup — a cosmetic or theatrical makeup made of a soluble, matte powder compressed into a thin cake and typically applied with a damp sponge
- pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
- panel lighting — lighting of a room or building by means of flat sheets of material that glow brightly when a coating of a phosphor is excited by an electrical charge.
- panic disorder — a disorder in which inappropriate, intense apprehension and physical symptoms of fear occur so frequently as to produce significant impairment.
- panic reaction — a widespread and excessive response of panic
- panic-stricken — overcome with, characterized by, or resulting from fear, panic, or the like: panic-stricken parents looking for their child; a panic-stricken phone call.
- panoramic view — wide vista or landscape
- panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
- pantomime dame — an exaggerated comedic female character in a pantomime played by a male actor
- paper fastener — split pin
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- paper mulberry — a mulberry tree, Broussonetia papyrifera, of eastern Asia, having alternate leaves that vary in size, round catkins, and orange-red fruit, grown widely as a shade tree.
- paper nautilus — any dibranchiate cephalopod of the genus Argonauta, the female of which has a delicate, white shell.
- paper-shredder — a piece of machinery which shreds paper into fine strips, so as to destroy private documents, etc
- paper-shuffler — a person who has a routine desk job.
- paperback book — a book with covers made of flexible card, sold relatively cheaply
- papilionaceous — having an irregular corolla shaped somewhat like a butterfly, as the pea and other leguminous plants.
- par excellence — being an example of excellence; superior; preeminent (used postpositively): a chef par excellence.
- para-synthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- 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.
- parachute jump — leaping from aircraft with a parachute
- parallel axiom — the axiom in Euclidean geometry that only one line can be drawn through a given point so that the line is parallel to a given line that does not contain the point.
- parallel forth — Forth For the MPP.
- parallel ruler — a drawing instrument in which two parallel edges are connected so that they remain parallel, although the distance between them can be varied
- parallelepiped — a prism with six faces, all parallelograms.
- parametrically — in terms of a parameter