14-letter words containing pa
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- loan repayment — a repayment of part of a loan, usually monthly
- london company — a company, chartered in England in 1606 to establish colonies in America, that founded Jamestown, Va., in 1607.
- luminous paint — paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.
- male menopause — a malaise that allegedly affects men in middle age and is said to be responsible for periods of emotional upset and uncharacteristic behavior.
- manganese spar — Mineralogy. rhodonite or rhodochrosite.
- massage parlor — a commercial establishment providing massages.
- meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
- mean free path — the average distance that a particle travels between successive collisions with other particles.
- metal paste-up — a method for making up a form for printing in which engravings mounted on blocks are positioned on and pasted to a metal base.
- microparasites — Plural form of microparasite.
- microparasitic — Of or pertaining to microparasites.
- micropathology — the branch of pathology dealing with the microscopic study of changes that occur in tissues and cells during disease.
- middle passage — the part of the Atlantic Ocean between the west coast of Africa and the West Indies: the longest part of the journey formerly made by slave ships.
- milking parlor — a room in or attached to a barn on a modern dairy farm maintained exclusively for the mechanical milking of cows.
- mind-expanding — heightening perceptions in a hallucinatory way: mind-expanding drugs.
- minilaparotomy — Surgery. laparotomy with a small incision into the abdomen, often no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm), used especially for tubal ligation.
- mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
- multi-part key — compound key
- multiparameter — Having, or employing multiple parameters.
- municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- myocardiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the myocardium.
- myopsychopathy — myopathy associated with mental weakness or change.
- napa (leather) — nappa (leather)
- napalm bombing — the act of attacking with napalm bombs
- narmer palette — a king of Egypt identified by modern scholars as the Menes of tradition and depicted as the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt on an ancient slate tablet (Narmer Palette or Palette of Narmer) c3200 b.c. with relief carvings on both sides.
- national party — (in New Zealand) the more conservative of the two main political parties
- natural parent — biological parent.
- negative space — shape of space around an object
- neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
- newspaperwoman — a woman employed by a newspaper or wire service as a reporter, writer, editor, etc.
- newspaperwomen — Plural form of newspaperwoman.
- nicotine patch — plaster to quit smoking
- non-compatible — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
- non-impairment — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- non-recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- non-repairable — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- non-separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- nonpalindromic — Not palindromic.
- nonparasitized — Not having been parasitized.
- nonparticipant — a person who does not participate.
- nonparticulate — Not particulate.
- nonsuch palace — a former royal palace in Cuddington in London: built in 1538 for Henry VIII; later visited by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II; demolished (1682–1702)
- nontransparent — having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen.
- north st. paul — a town in E Minnesota.
- not a patch on — not nearly as good as
- nouveau pauvre — a newly poor person.
- numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- occupancy rate — The occupancy rate at a hotel is the number of available rooms that are occupied over a period of time.