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17-letter words containing c, a, n, t, i, e

  • polar continental — a type of cold, dry air mass originating at high latitudes over land areas
  • polar coordinates — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
  • police department — A police department is an official organization which is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.
  • polioencephalitis — a disease characterized by inflammation of the gray matter of the brain.
  • political economy — a social science dealing with political policies and economic processes, their interrelations, and their influence on social institutions.
  • political science — a social science dealing with political institutions and with the principles and conduct of government.
  • polyacrylonitrile — a polymer of acrylonitrile used in the manufacture of Orlon and other synthetic textiles.
  • polyvinyl acetate — a colorless, odorless, nontoxic, transparent, thermoplastic, water-insoluble resin used as an adhesive in certain paints and as an intermediate in the synthesis of polyvinyl acetal and polyvinyl alcohol.
  • potassium cyanide — a white, granular, water-soluble, poisonous powder, KCN, having a faint almondlike odor, used chiefly in metallurgy and photography.
  • pre-communication — the act or process of communicating; fact of being communicated.
  • pre-concentration — the act of concentrating; the state of being concentrated.
  • pre-configuration — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
  • pre-incorporation — the act of incorporating or the state of being incorporated.
  • pre-modifications — an act or instance of modifying.
  • pre-qualification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • pre-technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • precision casting — investment casting.
  • predatory pricing — If a company practises predatory pricing, it charges a much lower price for its products or services than its competitors in order to force them out of the market.
  • presentation copy — a copy of a book given by the publisher or author
  • press association — an organization formed for the purpose of gathering news for transmittal to its members. Compare news agency.
  • price maintenance — measures taken by manufacturers to maintain the price charged for their goods by resellers
  • primary education — junior, elementary schooling
  • private education — education provided by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
  • private placement — a sale of an issue of securities by the issuing company directly to a limited number of investors, often only one or two large institutional investors, such as a bank or an insurance company (opposed to public offering): required to be cleared but not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • probation officer — an officer who investigates and reports on the conduct of offenders who are free on probation.
  • production values — the quality of a media production (such as a film) in regards to elements such as colours, quality, style, etc
  • protection factor — a figure representing the relative degree of protection from the sun's rays afforded by a particular sunscreen
  • protection racket — a criminal activity in which money gangsters extort money from victims in exchange for freedom from molestation
  • pseudo-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
  • psychoeducational — designating or of psychological methods, as intelligence tests, used in evaluating learning ability
  • public assistance — government aid to the poor, disabled, or aged or to dependent children, as financial assistance or food stamps.
  • put into practice — If you put a belief or method into practice, you behave or act in accordance with it.
  • quality assurance — a system for ensuring a desired level of quality in the development, production, or delivery of products and services: Quality assurance for nursing homes begins with a set of standards. Abbreviation: QA.
  • quantum cell wire — (electronics, computing)   (Or "quantum wire", "binary wire") Quantum cells arranged in a line to carry signals. Adjacent cells with the same orientation are at a low energy state and a change of orientation at one end of a quantum wire propagates along the wire, transmitting a signal. However, unlike conventional wire, since only the orientation of charge pairs changes, no current flows. Circuits created using quantum cell wires are referred to as Quantum-dot Wireless Digital Circuits, see quantum dot, Quantum-dot Cellular Automata.
  • quantum chemistry — the application of quantum mechanics to the study of chemical phenomena.
  • quantum mechanics — a theory of the mechanics of atoms, molecules, and other physical systems that are subject to the uncertainty principle. Abbreviation: QM.
  • quasquicentennial — pertaining to or marking a period of 125 years.
  • quatercentenaries — Plural form of quatercentenary.
  • quattuordecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 45 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 84 zeros.
  • quick on the draw — having fast reflexes
  • racial harassment — persecution on the basis of race
  • radiant emittance — radiant flux emitted per unit area.
  • reality principle — the motivating force or mechanism by which the child, who has previously sought immediate gratification of all wishes, realizes that gratification must sometimes be deferred or forgone.
  • received standard — the form of educated English spoken originally in southern England and having Received Pronunciation as a chief distinguishing feature.
  • receiving blanket — a small blanket, usually of cotton, for wrapping an infant, especially following a bath.
  • recoil escapement — anchor escapement.
  • recreation centre — a facility open to the public for leisure and recreation activities
  • recreation ground — an open space for public recreation, esp one in a town, with swings and slides, etc, for children
  • recreational drug — drug taken for pleasure
  • recreationalist's — recreationist.
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