14-letter words containing em
- peace movement — a movement seeking to end wars and reduce nuclear weapons
- pembroke pines — a city in SE Florida, near Fort Lauderdale.
- pembroke table — a drop-leaf table with fly rails and with a drawer at one end or each end of the skirt.
- pension scheme — savings fund for retirement
- peremptoriness — leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command.
- persian empire — Persia (def 1).
- petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
- petrochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with petroleum or its products.
- phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
- photochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
- phytochemistry — the branch of biochemistry dealing with plants and plant processes.
- piezochemistry — the study of chemical reactions at high pressures
- placement test — a test to determine a student's level of ability in one or more subjects in order to place the student with others of the same approximate ability.
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
- plea agreement — an agreement between the prosecution and defence, sometimes including the judge, in which the accused agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge in return for more serious charges being dropped
- poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
- polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
- police academy — a school for training police officers
- postretirement — relating to or occurring in the period after retirement
- pre-employment — being required or accomplished before an employee begins a new job: a preemployment medical exam.
- prearrangement — to arrange in advance or beforehand.
- premanufacture — to manufacture in advance
- premeditatedly — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
- premier league — a professional football or soccer league consisting of the top teams in England and Wales
- premillenarian — a believer in premillennialism.
- premium income — An insurer's premium income is the income that it earns from premiums.
- prerequirement — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- primary phloem — phloem derived directly from the growth of an apical meristem.
- private member — (sometimes lowercase) British. a member of a legislative body, especially of the House of Commons, who has no special duties and is not a member of the ministry.
- pro-management — the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control.
- pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
- psychochemical — pertaining to chemicals or drugs that affect the mind or behavior.
- pure democracy — a form of democracy in which the laws and policies are made directly by the citizens rather than by representatives.
- purple emperor — any of several Old World nymphalid butterflies of the genus Apatura, esp A. iris, having mottled purple-and-brown wings
- pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
- quadrigeminate — made up of four parts
- quality system — A quality system is a structure for managing the quality of the output of a manufacturer.
- quantum system — a theoretical or actual system based on quantum physics, as a supercomputer.
- quasi-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
- queens problem — eight queens puzzle
- quick-tempered — easily angered.
- radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
- radiotelemeter — the equipment used for radiotelemetry
- radiotelemetry — the use of radio waves for transmitting information from a distant instrument to a device that indicates or records the measurements
- re-embarkation — the act of boarding a ship or aircraft again
- re-embroidered — embellished with beads, tiny pearls, ribbon, etc. sewn on, usually by hand: said as of lace for bridal gowns
- re-measurement — the act of measuring.
- reappraisement — an act or the process of appraising someone or something again
- recommencement — an act or instance of commencing; beginning: the commencement of hostilities.