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17-letter words containing a, p, u, r, e

  • computer language — programming language
  • computer literacy — basic, nontechnical knowledge about computers and how to use them; familiarity and experience with computers, software, and computer systems.
  • computer literate — basic, nontechnical knowledge about computers and how to use them; familiarity and experience with computers, software, and computer systems.
  • computer terminal — a keyboard and computer monitor connected to a computer
  • computer-literate — If someone is computer-literate, they have enough skill and knowledge to be able to use a computer.
  • concurrent pascal — (language)   An extension of a Pascal subset, Sequential Pascal, developed by Brinch Hansen in 1972-75. Concurrent Pascal was the first language to support monitors. It provided access to hardware devices through monitor calls and also supported processes and classes.
  • consumer sampling — a research technique in which targeted consumers are polled or tested for their receptiveness to a product or service
  • contemporaneously — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
  • corporate culture — the distinctive ethos of an organization that influences the level of formality, loyalty, and general behaviour of its employees
  • corpus cavernosum — either of two masses of erectile tissue in the penis of mammals
  • counter-complaint — an expression of discontent, regret, pain, censure, resentment, or grief; lament; faultfinding: his complaint about poor schools.
  • counter-espionage — Counter-espionage is the same as counter-intelligence.
  • counterparty risk — the risk that a person who is a party to a contract will default on their obligations under that contract
  • counterpropaganda — propaganda to offset or nullify unfriendly or enemy propaganda.
  • course protractor — a navigational instrument for measuring the bearing of a course as given on a chart, having a disk calibrated in degrees and an arm pivoted about the center of the disk.
  • crampon technique — a climbing style that uses crampons
  • critical pressure — the pressure of a gas or the saturated vapour pressure of a substance in its critical state
  • curie-temperature — the temperature beyond that at which a ferromagnetic substance exhibits paramagnetism.
  • cut a person dead — to ignore a person completely
  • cut a poor figure — to appear or behave badly
  • d&o insurance — D&O insurance is a personal liability insurance that provides cover to the directors and senior executives of a company.
  • dagestan republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
  • damp-proof course — A damp-proof course is the same as a damp course.
  • diaphragm shutter — a camera shutter having a group of overlapping blades that open and close at the center when exposing film.
  • dipterocarpaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Dipterocarpaceae, a family of trees chiefly native to tropical SE Asia, having two-winged fruits. Many species yield useful timber and resins
  • disruptive action — action performed by protestors, workers, etc that causes the disruption of a service
  • double pair royal — a set of four cards of the same denomination, worth 12 points.
  • dressed up as sth — portrayed as
  • drive up the wall — to cause to become crazy or furious
  • duality principle — the principle that a mathematical duality exists under certain conditions.
  • empirical formula — a chemical formula indicating the proportion of each element present in a molecule
  • entrepreneurially — In an entrepreneurial manner.
  • equal opportunity — policies that bar discrimination
  • european standard — a specification to be used as a consistent rule or guideline in the manufacture or selling of a certain product or service traded within Europe
  • feint-ruled paper — writing paper with light horizontal lines printed across at regular intervals
  • fourfold purchase — a tackle that is composed of a rope passed through two fourfold blocks in such a way as to provide mechanical power in the ratio of 1 to 5 or 1 to 4, depending on whether hauling is done on the running or the standing block and without considering friction. Compare tackle (def 2).
  • full linear group — the group of all nonsingular linear transformations mapping a finite-dimensional vector space into itself.
  • gause's principle — the principle that similar species cannot coexist for long in the same ecological niche
  • graduated pension — the money that an employee receives after retirement if they have paid into the graduated pension scheme
  • grapefruit league — a series of training games played by major-league teams before the opening of the season (so named because they take place in the citrus-growing South, as in Florida).
  • graphic equalizer — an equalizer in an audio system that is controlled by sliders that show graphically and correct the frequency response within the preset frequency range.
  • have a reputation — to be known or notorious, esp for promiscuity, excessive drinking, or the like
  • heating apparatus — an apparatus that heats something
  • henry of portugal — ("the Navigator") 1394–1460, prince of Portugal: sponsor of geographic explorations.
  • hepatitis b virus — a form of hepatitis caused by a DNA virus (hepatitis B virus, or HBV) that persists in the blood, characterized by a long incubation period: usually transmitted by sexual contact or by injection or ingestion of infected blood or other bodily fluids.
  • housekeeping cart — A housekeeping cart is a large metal basket on wheels which is used by a cleaner in a hotel to move clean bed linen, towels, and cleaning equipment.
  • humpbacked bridge — A humpbacked bridge or humpback bridge is a short and very curved bridge with a shape similar to a semi-circle.
  • hydrotherapeutics — hydrotherapy.
  • hyperintellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
  • i beg your pardon — You say 'Pardon?' or 'I beg your pardon?' or, in American English, 'Pardon me?' when you want someone to repeat what they have just said because you have not heard or understood it.
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