15-letter words containing a, t, p, o
- pro-nationalist — a person devoted to nationalism.
- probation order — an order imposed by a magistrate or judge under which an offender is sentenced to probation rather than imprisonment
- probationership — the position of a probationer
- probit equation — A probit equation is used to quantify the relationship between the concentration of a dangerous material and its effect on people.
- problematically — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
- processionalist — a member of a procession
- procrastinating — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- procrastination — the act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off or delaying, especially something requiring immediate attention: She was smart, but her constant procrastination led her to be late with almost every assignment.
- procrastinative — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- procrastinatory — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- procreativeness — the quality of being procreative
- procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
- product manager — sb who oversees product development
- professionalist — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
- profit and loss — the gain and loss arising from commercial or other transactions, applied especially to an account or statement of account in bookkeeping showing gains and losses in business.
- prognostication — the act of prognosticating.
- prognosticators — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- program counter — (hardware) (PC) A register in the central processing unit that contains the addresss of the next instruction to be executed. After each instruction is fetched, the PC is automatically incremented to point to the following instruction. It is not normally manipulated like an ordinary register but instead, special instructions are provided to alter the flow of control by writing a new value to the PC, e.g. JUMP, CALL, RTS.
- program picture — a motion picture produced on a low budget, usually shown as the second film of a double feature.
- program trading — trading on international stock exchanges using a computer program to exploit differences between stock index futures and actual share prices on world equity markets
- programmability — capable of being programmed.
- programme notes — notes designed to act as guide to an audience listening to live (esp classical) music. They will inform about the sequence of music played and may give some information about the music
- project manager — sb who oversees project plan
- proletarianized — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.
- proletarization — to proletarianize.
- promotion board — group that markets or advertises sth
- pronunciational — relating to pronunciation
- propeller shaft — a shaft that transmits power from an engine to a propeller.
- proper fraction — a fraction having the numerator less, or lower in degree, than the denominator.
- property ladder — progress from cheaper to more expensive housing
- property market — business or trade in land and houses
- proportionality — having due proportion; corresponding.
- proportionately — proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional.
- propositionally — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- proprietorially — in the manner of a proprietor
- propylitization — the alteration of igneous rock to propylite
- prostate cancer — cancer of the prostate
- proteolytically — by a proteolytic process
- protospatharius — (of the Byzantine empire) a high-ranking official in the imperial guard
- provost marshal — Army. an officer on the staff of a commander, charged with the maintaining of order and with other police functions within a command.
- proximity talks — a diplomatic process whereby an impartial representative acts as go-between for two opposing parties who are willing to attend the same conference but unwilling to meet face to face
- proxy statement — a statement containing information, frequently exhaustive, about a corporation, its officers, and any propositions to be voted on, sent to stockholders when their proxies are being solicited for an annual or a special stockholders' meeting.
- pseudo-artistic — conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
- pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- pseudo-dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- pseudo-national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- pseudoarthrosis — a joint formed by fibrous tissue bridging the gap between the two fragments of bone of an old fracture that have not united