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14-letter words containing pa

  • prepared piano — a grand piano that has been altered for some modern compositions by having various objects attached to its strings to change the sound and pitch, and performance on which typically involves playing the keys, plucking the strings, slapping the body of the instrument, and slamming the keyboard lid.
  • prepreparation — a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
  • preserving pan — a pan specially designed for preserving fruit
  • principal axis — Optics. a line passing through the center of the surface of a lens or spherical mirror and through the centers of curvature of all segments of the lens or mirror.
  • 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.
  • principalities — a state ruled by a prince, usually a relatively small state or a state that falls within a larger state such as an empire.
  • printing paper — sensitized paper for printing positives.
  • printout paper — sensitized paper for prints that darkens under light and requires treatment to fix an image: largely supplanted at the turn of the century by developing-out paper. Abbreviation: P.O.P.
  • propaedeutical — relating to preliminary instruction; introductory
  • propagandistic — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • propanoic acid — propionic acid.
  • public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
  • purple passion — a variety of the velvet plant, Gynura aurantiaca, having trailing stems and leaves densely covered with purple hairs, grown as a houseplant.
  • put on the pan — to criticize severely
  • quasi-particle — an object that is similar to a particle, but does not meet the full criteria of a particle
  • quasiparticles — Plural form of quasiparticle.
  • quinquepartite — divided into or consisting of five parts.
  • quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
  • quotient space — a topological space whose elements are the equivalence classes of a given topological space with a specified equivalence relation.
  • ready-prepared — prepared in advance of use
  • record company — business: sells recorded music
  • recycled paper — paper made from recycled materials, esp waste paper
  • redundancy pay — severance pay.
  • retirement pay — a pension; the pay a retired person gets
  • rhyparographer — someone who paints rhyparographic pictures
  • rhyparographic — of or relating to rhyparography
  • riparian right — a right, as fishing or use of water for irrigation or power, enjoyed by a person who owns riparian property.
  • rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
  • roentgenopaque — not permitting the passage of x-rays.
  • sales campaign — product promotion and publicity
  • sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
  • scottish topaz — a form of yellow transparent quartz
  • scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
  • secret partner — a partner whose name as a member of a firm is not revealed to the public.
  • self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • semi-paralysis — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
  • semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
  • semper paratus — always prepared
  • senior partner — high-ranking firm partner
  • sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
  • ship's company — company (def 11).
  • shoe repairing — the trade of mending shoes
  • shooting party — a social gathering when people shoot game together
  • shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • silent partner — a partner taking no active part in the conduct of a business.
  • slatwall panel — A slatwall panel is a slatted surface which can be fixed to the wall from which shelves or hooks can be hung at varying heights to display merchandise.
  • sleepaway camp — a camp providing facilities for teenagers to sleep away from home
  • smear campaign — a campaign to tarnish the reputation of a public figure, especially by vilification or innuendo.
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