14-letter words containing ea
- pre-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- preacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- preadolescence — the period preceding adolescence, usually designated as the years from 10 to 13.
- preanaesthetic — a drug administered prior to an anaesthetic
- preapplication — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
- prearrangement — to arrange in advance or beforehand.
- premier league — a professional football or soccer league consisting of the top teams in England and Wales
- printer's ream — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- private treaty — a property sale based on terms resulting from a conference between buyer and seller.
- processed peas — peas that have been treated or prepared by a special method, esp in order to preserve them
- project leader — leader of a task or programme
- promethea moth — a silkworm moth, Callosamia promethea, having reddish-brown wings, each with a border of white or yellow, the larvae of which feed on spicebush and other lauraceous plants.
- propeller head — Slang. a person who is obsessively devoted to an especially technical pursuit.
- pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
- pyramidal peak — a sharp peak formed where the ridges separating three or more cirques intersect; horn
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- radiant heater — a heater that heats a building by radiant heat emitted from panels containing electrical conductors, hot water, etc
- rateable value — In Britain, the rateable value of a building was a value based on its size and facilities, which was used in calculating local taxes called rates.
- re-measurement — the act of measuring.
- reaccumulation — act or state of accumulating; state of being accumulated.
- reach-me-downs — trousers
- reacquaintance — a person known to one, but usually not a close friend.
- reactive power — Reactive power is the part of complex power that corresponds to storage and retrieval of energy rather than consumption.
- reactor vessel — the container surrounding and protecting the core of a nuclear reactor.
- 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.
- reading notice — a short advertisement placed at the bottom of a column, as on the front page of a newspaper, and often set in the same print as other matter.
- readjudication — an act of adjudicating.
- ready reckoner — reckoner (def 2).
- ready-prepared — prepared in advance of use
- realized gains — Realized gains are gains which have been made from the sale of an asset.
- reamalgamation — the act or process of amalgamating.
- reappraisement — an act or the process of appraising someone or something again
- rearticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
- reasonableness — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- reassimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- reception area — the waiting area in a hotel near the desk or office where guests can books rooms or ask the staff questions
- record-breaker — A record-breaker is someone or something that beats the previous best result in a sport or other activity.
- recording head — the part of a tape recorder that records a sound source by converting the electrical analog of the sound, as from a microphone, into a magnetic signal for storage on magnetic tape.
- recreationally — of or relating to recreation: recreational facilities in the park.
- rectilinearity — the state or quality of being rectilinear
- red-lead putty — a compound for caulking pipe joints, made of red lead, white lead, and boiled linseed oil.
- redear sunfish — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophos, of the lower Mississippi valley and southeastern states, having the gill cover margined with scarlet.
- rehoboth beach — a town in SE Delaware: beach resort.
- repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
- replaceability — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- retail theater — A retail theater is a display in a store that is very theatrical, artistic and creative, and deliberately designed to make shopping entertaining.
- retreaded tire — A retreaded tire is a used tire with a new tread fixed to it.
- revenue stream — method of income
- riggs' disease — pyorrhea (def 2).
- roller bearing — a bearing consisting of cylindrical or tapered rollers running between races in two concentric rings, one of which is mounted on a rotating or oscillating part, as a shaft.