14-letter words containing n, a, m, e, t, p
- printer's ream — a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- printing frame — a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing.
- private income — econ: from outside employment
- pro-management — the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control.
- progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- programme note — A programme note is an article written in a programme for a play or concert, which gives information about the performance or production.
- proletarianism — the practices, attitudes, or social status of a proletarian.
- promenade tile — a machine-made, unglazed, ceramic floor tile.
- pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
- proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
- pulmonary tree — the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles of the lungs, which together resemble an upside-down tree.
- pump attendant — a person who works in a garage or petrol station and who fills customers' cars with petrol
- put on the map — a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- put the arm on — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quoted company — a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange
- raman-spectrum — the change in wavelength of light scattered while passing through a transparent medium, the collection of new wavelengths (Raman spectrum) being characteristic of the scattering medium and differing from the fluorescent spectrum in being much less intense and in being unrelated to an absorption band of the medium.
- reappraisement — an act or the process of appraising someone or something again
- recompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- reimplantation — the surgical restoration of a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure to its original site.
- repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- retirement pay — a pension; the pay a retired person gets
- roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
- sample section — a section of sth, intended as representative of the whole
- scrap merchant — dealer in discarded materials
- self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
- set an example — If you set an example, you encourage or inspire people by your behaviour to behave or act in a similar way.
- spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
- speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
- specimen plant — a plant grown by itself for ornamental effect, rather than being massed with others in a bed or border.
- speed merchant — a person who habitually drives too fast in a motor vehicle
- spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- spit and image — a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another, esp to a relative
- spitting image — spit1 (def 13).
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- start-up money — money that is spent on setting up a new business or other project
- striped marlin — a marlin, Tetrapturus audax, of the Pacific Ocean, having the sides of the body marked with dark blue vertical stripes, valued for sport and food.
- sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
- superimportant — extremely important
- supplementally — supplementary.
- suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
- symmetry plane — reflection plane.
- synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
- temper tantrum — tantrum.
- temperamentful — full of temperament
- temperate zone — the part of the earth's surface lying between the tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle in the Northern Hemisphere or between the tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle in the Southern Hemisphere, and characterized by having a climate that is warm in the summer, cold in the winter, and moderate in the spring and fall.
- terminal point — the final destination or station of a bus or rail journey
- the paranormal — paranormal happenings generally
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.