14-letter words containing po
- preponderantly — superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing: a preponderant misconception.
- prepositioning — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
- preposterously — completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: a preposterous tale.
- pressure point — a point on the skin that is extremely sensitive to pressure because of the presence of pressure-sensing organs.
- presupposition — to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.
- print reporter — a reporter who works for a newspaper or magazine
- proof positive — To be proof positive of a particular fact or quality means to be evidence that it is true or that it exists.
- proportionable — being in due proportion; proportional.
- proportionally — having due proportion; corresponding.
- proportionless — lacking proportion; disproportionate
- proportionment — the act of proportioning.
- protoporphyrin — a type of porphyrin that, when combined with an iron atom, forms haem, the oxygen-bearing prosthetic group of the red blood pigment haemoglobin
- purposefulness — having a purpose.
- quick response — fast reaction time
- rail transport — the system of taking passengers or goods from one place to another by railway
- railway police — the branch of the police force specializing in maintaining law and order and detecting crime on the railways
- railway porter — a person employed to carry luggage, parcels, supplies, etc at a railway station
- rallying point — A rallying point is a place, event, or person that people are attracted to as a symbol of a political group or ideal.
- rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
- re-entry point — the designated place of return of a spacecraft into the earth's atmosphere
- reactive power — Reactive power is the part of complex power that corresponds to storage and retrieval of energy rather than consumption.
- repolarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
- report a claim — If you report a claim, you inform an insurer that an insured event has occurred and that you intend to ask the insurer for financial payment.
- repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- reserved power — a political power that a constitution reserves exclusively to the jurisdiction of a particular political authority.
- residual power — power retained by a governmental authority after certain powers have been delegated to other authorities.
- responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- responsiveness — the quality or state of being responsive.
- rhinosporidium — any fungus of the genus Rhinosporidium, members of which produce vascular polyps in the nasal passages.
- rhombenporphyr — an intermediate igneous rock embedded with rhombus-shaped crystals
- rna polymerase — an enzyme that synthesizes the formation of RNA from a DNA template during transcription.
- road transport — transport by road
- routing policy — (networking) Rules implemented on a router or other network device to select routes from peers, customers, and upstream providers; select and modify routes you send to peers, customers and upstream providers and identify routes within your own Autonomous System.
- runcible spoon — a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.
- safety-deposit — safe-deposit.
- saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
- saponification — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- screen popping — (communications) The use of CTI to make customer data appear on a call centre terminal at the same time as the customer call is transferred.
- self-appointed — chosen by oneself to act in a certain capacity or to fulfill a certain function, especially pompously or self-righteously: a self-appointed guardian of the public's morals.
- self-composure — calmness and self-possession
- self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
- self-poisoning — illness due to the taking of poison
- self-possessed — having or showing control of one's feelings, behavior, etc.; composed; poised.
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
- seropositivity — the quality or state of being seropositive
- short position — the position of one who has not yet covered a short sale
- silver-spooned — born into, of, or relating to a wealthy upper-class family
- singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
- sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.