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16-letter words containing a, p, r

  • 3com corporation — (company, networking)   A manufacturer of local area network equipment. 3Com was founded in 1979. They acquired BICC Data Networks in 1992, Star-Tek in 1993, Synernetics in 1993, Centrum in 1994, NiceCom in 1994 AccessWorks, Sonix Communications, Primary Access and Chipcom in 1995 and Axon and OnStream Networks in 1996. They merged with U.S. Robotics in 1997.
  • a propos de rien — apropos of nothing; with reference to nothing in particular.
  • ability grouping — a system whereby students are separated into different groups or classes according to test scores or relative scholastic ability, as to assure that gifted students are not inhibited by slower learners.
  • abruptly pinnate — paripinnate.
  • acanthopterygian — of, relating to, or belonging to the Acanthopterygii, a large group of teleost fishes having spiny fin rays. The group includes most saltwater bony fishes
  • accepted pairing — a technique of advertising in which two or more competing products are compared in such a manner that certain good qualities are conceded but one product is made to appear clearly more beneficial or desirable than its competitors.
  • access programme — a television or radio programme made by the general public as distinguished from one made by professional broadcasters
  • accordion pleats — tiny knife pleats
  • accrued expenses — an expense which has been incurred but has not yet been paid
  • acetyl promazine — acepromazine
  • achromatic prism — a system of two or more prisms of different substances that deflects but does not disperse a beam of light.
  • acid house party — a professionally organized party for young people, with Acid House music, sometimes held in a field or disused building
  • acid metaprotein — a metaprotein derived by means of a hydrolytic acid.
  • acoustic coupler — a device converting computer-data signals into acoustic form for transmission down a telephone line, through the handset microphone
  • acoustic torpedo — a torpedo guided by sound that either emanates from the target or is emitted by the torpedo and bounces off the target.
  • acroparaesthesia — a persistent sensation of numbness and tingling in the hands and feet
  • acrylic painting — a painting done with pigments in a solution of an acrylic resin: it dries quickly with a brilliance and depth comparable to those of both watercolor and oil paints
  • actinopterygians — Plural form of actinopterygian.
  • active transport — a process by which molecules are enabled to pass across a membrane from a region in which they are in a low concentration to one of high concentration; this requires the expenditure of energy in metabolism and is assisted by carrier proteins, commonly referred to as pumps
  • adaptive routing — dynamic routing
  • addition polymer — a polymer formed by the direct reaction of two or more monomers, and with no resulting water or other by-product.
  • additive process — a photographic process in which the desired colours are produced by adding together appropriate proportions of three primary colours
  • adhesive plaster — adhesive tape, especially in wide sheets.
  • adjective phrase — An adjective phrase or adjectival phrase is a group of words based on an adjective, such as 'very nice' or 'interested in football.' An adjective phrase can also consist simply of an adjective.
  • adverbial phrase — a group of two or more words that function together as an adverb, as the phrase in a minute in I'll be with you in a minute.
  • advisory opinion — an opinion given by a court on a case that does not settle the case but sets out the court's view of how the law or the constitution would apply to that case
  • aerometeorograph — an aircraft instrument that records temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure
  • aerotherapeutics — the treatment of disease by the use of air, esp. by exposing patients to changes in atmospheric pressure
  • african elephant — a type of elephant that is native to Africa
  • aggregate supply — the total supply of goods and services produced by a national economy in a specified time period, at a specified price level
  • agreed procedure — an official set of guidelines of the steps that should be followed in the event of a dispute between two parties, esp in arbitration between employee and employer
  • airmail envelope — an envelope made of the very thin blue paper that is used to send letters by airmail
  • airplane carrier — an aircraft carrier.
  • all over the map — changeable
  • allegheny spurge — a low, shrubby evergreen plant, Pachysandra procumbens, having spikes of white or purplish flowers, native to the southeastern U.S. and widely cultivated as a ground cover.
  • alligator pepper — a tropical African zingiberaceous plant, Amomum melegueta, having red or orange spicy seed capsules
  • alpha conversion — (theory)   In lambda-calculus and reduction, the renaming of a formal parameter in a lambda abstraction. This does not change the meaning of the abstraction. For example: \ x . x+1 <--> \ y . y+1 If the actual argument to a lambda abstraction contains instances of the abstraction's formal parameter then it is necessary to rename the parameter before applying the abstraction to avoid name capture.
  • alpha-adrenergic — of or having to do with an alpha receptor
  • alpha-beta brass — a type of brass that contains 35–45 per cent zinc
  • alpha-interferon — interferon (def 2).
  • alpha-tocopherol — Alpha-tocopherol is a form of vitamin E.
  • alphanumerically — In an alphanumeric manner; using alphanumeric characters.
  • alpine bearberry — a related species, A. alpina of European mountains, having black berries
  • alveolar process — the ridgelike border of the upper and lower jaws containing the sockets of the teeth.
  • american cowslip — shooting star (def 2).
  • american spanish — Spanish as used in Latin America. Abbreviation: AmerSp.
  • amerigo vespucci — Amerigo [uh-mer-i-goh;; Italian ah-me-ree-gaw] /əˈmɛr ɪˌgoʊ;; Italian ˌɑ mɛˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), (Americus Vespucius) 1451–1512, Italian merchant, adventurer, and explorer after whom America was named.
  • ancestor worship — (in certain societies) the veneration of ancestors whose spirits are frequently held to possess the power to influence the affairs of the living.
  • angel-hair pasta — spaghetti made in very fine strands
  • angiographically — By the use of angiography.

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