15-letter words containing c, a, p, t, o, r
- pyrocrystalline — crystallized from a molten magma or highly heated solution.
- pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
- pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
- quadruplication — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- radar telescope — (in radar astronomy) a very large radar antenna used to study planetary bodies in the solar system.
- radio telescope — a system consisting of an antenna, either parabolic or dipolar, used to gather radio waves emitted by celestial sources and bring them to a receiver placed in the focus.
- radioprotection — protection against radiation
- radioprotective — giving protection against the effects of radiation
- raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
- rear projection — the projection of filmed action or stills on a translucent screen in front of which actors are lit and filmed: used to simulate an outdoor or location background in the studio.
- rear-projection — the projection of filmed action or stills on a translucent screen in front of which actors are lit and filmed: used to simulate an outdoor or location background in the studio.
- reception class — A reception class is a class that children go into when they first start school at the age of four or five.
- recoil-operated — employing the recoil force of an explosive projectile to prepare the firing mechanism for the next shot.
- reconceptualize — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- reincorporation — the act of incorporating or the state of being incorporated.
- reported clause — A reported clause is a subordinate clause that indicates what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'she was hungry' is a reported clause.
- reservoir patch — A reservoir patch is an adhesive patch enclosing an amount of medicine. The patch is applied to the skin, and the medicine in it is delivered through a membrane into the skin and into the bloodstream.
- respecification — the act of specifying.
- retail politics — a political strategy or campaign style of meeting and speaking directly to as many voters as possible: New Hampshire is a state where retail politics are decisive. Not every candidate is good at retail politics.
- rocket airplane — an airplane propelled wholly or mainly by a rocket engine.
- samuel prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
- saprophytically — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
- scrape together — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
- separate school — (in Canada) a school for a large religious minority financed by its rates and administered by its own school board but under the authority of the provincial department of education
- shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
- shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- socialist party — a U.S. political party advocating socialism, formed about 1900 chiefly by former members of the Social Democratic Party and the Socialist Labor Party.
- somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
- sparcstation 10 — (computer) A SPARCStation with a 4-way associative data cache and a five-way associative instruction cache. The 10/31, 10/41 and 10/51 also have a secondary cache not present on earlier SPARCStations.
- sparcstation 20 — (computer) A SPARCStation based on the HyperSPARC processor. The 20 is compatible with the earlier SPARCstation 10. It has a clock rate of 100MHz and delivers a SPECfp92 of 127.6. The SPARCstation 20 Model 71 and 712MP uses the 75MHz SuperSPARC processors that give a 35% and 14% boost to SPECint92 and SPECfp92 respectively compared to the 61/612MP.
- spectator sport — any sport that can be watched by spectators, as football or basketball, usually for a fee.
- spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
- speed indicator — an instrument for counting the number of revolutions of a gasoline engine.
- spermatoblastic — relating to a spermatoblast
- spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
- sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
- stereotypically — in a stereotypical manner
- streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- sub-corporation — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
- sumatra camphor — borneol.
- superexcitation — the act of exciting.
- tablet computer — a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
- talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
- thalassographic — relating to thalassography
- the other place — (at Oxford University) Cambridge University
- the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era