14-letter words containing pr
- non-oppressive — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- non-reciprocal — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- none-so-pretty — sweet william catchfly.
- nonpredictable — Not predictable.
- nonprejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- nonpressurized — Not pressurized.
- nonprocreative — Not procreative.
- nonproficiency — absence or lack of proficiency.
- nonprogressive — not progressive; old-fashioned
- nonproprietary — (especially of computer hardware or software) conforming to standards that are in the public domain or are widely licensed, and so not restricted to one manufacturer.
- nonprosecution — (legal) Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute.
- nonprovocative — Not provocative.
- not-for-profit — nonprofit.
- nucleoproteins — Plural form of nucleoprotein.
- object program — a computer program translated from the equivalent source program into machine language by the compiler or assembler
- offering price — the price quoted when something is offered for sale, especially the price per share, as of an investment security or mutual fund being sold to the public.
- on the improve — improving
- oppressiveness — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- orient express — an express passenger train in service between Paris and Istanbul from 1883 until 1977, using various routes. Some or parts of the routes continue to be served by regular service and by rail tours.
- orphan process — (operating system) A Unix process whose original parent has terminated and which has become a child of "init(1)". Compare zombie.
- over-precision — the state or quality of being precise.
- over-pronounce — to pronounce (a word, syllable, etc.) in an exaggerated, affected, or excessively careful manner.
- over-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- overprivileged — having too many advantages or opportunities compared to others.
- overproduction — excessive production; production in excess of need or stipulated amount.
- overprogrammed — characterized by overprogramming
- overproportion — to make or measure in excess of the correct, normal, or desired proportion.
- overprotection — the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
- overprotective — unduly protective.
- pantopragmatic — a busybody; someone who interferes with everything
- parent process — (operating system) The Unix process that created one or more other processes. Every process except process 0 is created when another process executes the fork system call. The process that invoked fork is the parent process, and the newly created process is the child process. Every process has one parent process, but can have many child processes. The kernel identifies each process by its process identifier (PID). Process 0 is a special process that is created when the system boots; after forking a child process (process 1), process 0 becomes the swapper process. Process 1, known as init, is the ancestor of every other process in the system and enjoys a special relationship with them.
- phosphoprotein — a protein, as casein or ovalbumin, in which one or more hydroxyl groups of serine, threonine, or tyrosine are hydroxylated.
- picture spread — an act or instance of spreading: With a spread of her arms the actress acknowledged the applause.
- pierian spring — a fountain in Pieria, sacred to the Muses and supposedly conferring inspiration or learning on anyone who drank from it.
- planar process — a method of producing diffused junctions in semiconductor devices. A pattern of holes is etched into an oxide layer formed on a silicon substrate, into which impurities are diffused through the holes
- point d'esprit — a bobbinet or tulle with oval or square dots woven in an irregular pattern.
- port-au-prince — Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
- post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- postdepression — pertaining to or denoting the period after an economic depression
- postproduction — (in motion pictures, recording, etc.) the technical processes, as cutting, editing, and post-synchronization, necessary to ready a filmed or recorded work for sale or exhibition.
- practicability — capable of being done, effected, or put into practice, with the available means; feasible: a practicable solution.
- practical joke — a playful trick, often involving some physical agent or means, in which the victim is placed in an embarrassing or disadvantageous position.
- practice nurse — a nurse who works in a medical practice or surgery
- practice-teach — to work as a practice teacher.
- pragmatization — the action of putting theory into practice, the process of rendering something more pragmatic
- prairie clover — any plant belonging to the genus Petalostemon, of the legume family, common in western North America, having pinnately compound leaves and spikes of white, purple, or pink flowers.
- prairie crocus — a spring flower of the buttercup family
- prairie falcon — a North American falcon, Falco mexicanus, grayish-brown above and white barred with brown below.
- prairie oyster — a raw egg, or the yolk of a raw egg, often mixed with seasonings, as salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and used as a hangover remedy.
- prairie school — a group of early 20th-century architects of the Chicago area who designed houses and other buildings with emphasized horizontal lines responding to the flatness of the Midwestern prairie; the best-known member was Frank Lloyd Wright.