15-letter words containing a, e, n, o, l
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- point d'alencon — Alençon lace (def 1).
- police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
- policy issuance — Policy issuance is the process of creating an insurance policy and providing it to the policyholder.
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- polycrystalline — (of a rock or metal) composed of aggregates of individual crystals.
- polynomial-time — (complexity) (P) The set or property of problems which can be solved by a known polynomial-time algorithm.
- polyphloesboean — noisy
- polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
- portland cement — a type of hydraulic cement usually made by burning a mixture of limestone and clay in a kiln.
- post-liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- post-millennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
- postdevaluation — the period following the devaluation of a currency
- pre-celebration — an act of celebrating.
- pre-contractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- preconceptional — a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
- preequalization — preemphasis.
- preimplantation — relating to the period before implantation in the uterus
- preprofessional — of or relating to the time preceding one's concentrated study or practice of a profession: preprofessional training.
- price inflation — inflation fuelled by rising prices
- prince of wales — Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall ("The Black Prince") 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- processionalist — a member of a procession
- professionalism — professional character, spirit, or methods.
- professionalist — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
- professionalize — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
- profoundly deaf — unable to hear any sound below 95 decibels in one's better ear
- proletarianized — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.
- proletarization — to proletarianize.
- propionaldehyde — a colorless, water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 6 O, having a pungent odor: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics.
- proportionately — proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional.
- pseudo-national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- pseudohexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
- pull a fast one — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- pulmonary valve — a semilunar valve between the pulmonary artery and the right ventricle of the heart that prevents the blood from flowing back into the right ventricle.
- pyrocrystalline — crystallized from a molten magma or highly heated solution.
- pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
- quarrelsomeness — The quality of being quarrelsome; an argumentative nature. (from 17th c.).
- question of law — a question concerning a rule or the legal effect or consequence of an event or circumstance, usually determined by a court or judge.
- questionability — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- quezon y molina — Manuel Luis [mah-nwel lwees] /mɑˈnwɛl lwis/ (Show IPA), 1878–1944, Philippine political leader; 1st president of the Philippine Commonwealth 1933–44.
- quiche lorraine — a quiche containing bits of bacon or ham and often cheese.
- radio telephone — A radio telephone is a telephone which carries sound by sending radio signals rather than by using wires. Radio telephones are often used in cars.
- radio-telephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- railway journey — a journey made by railway train
- railway network — a system of intersecting rail routes
- random variable — a quantity that takes any of a set of values with specified probabilities.
- rational number — a number that can be expressed exactly by a ratio of two integers.