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15-letter words containing c, a, r, o, l, i

  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • oxytetracycline — a dull-yellow, crystalline antibiotic powder, C 2 2 H 2 4 N 2 O 9 , produced by Streptomyces rimosus, used chiefly in treating infections caused by streptococci, staphylococci, Gram-negative bacilli, rickettsiae, and certain protozoans and viruses.
  • painter's colic — Pathology. lead poisoning causing intense intestinal pain.
  • palaeoanthropic — relating to palaeoanthropology
  • palindromically — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • paraheliotropic — (of leaves) turning away from light; sun-avoiding
  • parallel cousin — a cousin who is the child either of one's mother's sister or of one's father's brother.
  • partial product — the result obtained when a number is multiplied by one digit of a multiplier
  • participational — involving participation
  • party political — Party political matters relate to political parties.
  • passifloraceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Passifloraceae, a tropical and subtropical family of climbing plants including the passionflowers: the flowers have five petals and threadlike parts forming a dense mass (corona) around the central disc
  • patchwork quilt — cover sewn from patches of cloth
  • pavel petrovich — Paul I (def 2).
  • pectoral girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs.
  • peculiar people — a small sect of faith healers founded in London in 1838, having no ministers or external organization
  • pelargonic acid — a colorless, oily, water-immiscible liquid, C 9 H 1 8 O 2 , occurring as an ester in a volatile oil in species of pelargonium: used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of lacquers and plastics.
  • perchloric acid — a colorless, syrupy hygroscopic liquid, HClO 4 , an acid of chlorine containing one more oxygen atom than chloric acid: used chiefly as a reagent in analytical chemistry.
  • perissosyllabic — (of a line of verse) containing more syllables than expected for the metre being used
  • pharmacological — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
  • philanthropical — of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent: a philanthropic foundation.
  • phonogramically — in a phonogramic manner
  • phototropically — in a phototropic manner
  • phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
  • physical memory — (memory management)   The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
  • pictorial janus — K. Kahn, Xerox. Visual extension of Janus. Requires Strand88 and a PostScript interpreter.
  • plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
  • platform ticket — a pass allowing a visitor to enter upon a railroad platform from which those not traveling are ordinarily excluded.
  • pleochroic halo — a dark-colored, microscopic ring around a minute radioactive particle in certain mineral crystals, used in estimating the age of the rocks containing these crystals
  • police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
  • political party — an organization of people who share the same views about the way power should be used in a country or society (through government, policy-making, etc)
  • polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
  • polycrystalline — (of a rock or metal) composed of aggregates of individual crystals.
  • polymorphically — in a polymorphic manner
  • pre-celebration — an act of celebrating.
  • preconceptional — a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
  • predicate logic — (logic)   (Or "predicate calculus") An extension of propositional logic with separate symbols for predicates, subjects, and quantifiers. For example, where propositional logic might assign a single symbol P to the proposition "All men are mortal", predicate logic can define the predicate M(x) which asserts that the subject, x, is mortal and bind x with the universal quantifier ("For all"): All x . M(x) Higher-order predicate logic allows predicates to be the subjects of other predicates.
  • price inflation — inflation fuelled by rising prices
  • prince of wales — Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall ("The Black Prince") 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
  • principal focus — focal point (def 1).
  • principal point — the point where a principal plane intersects the axis.
  • prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
  • problematically — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • processionalist — a member of a procession
  • pronunciational — relating to pronunciation
  • proteolytically — by a proteolytic process
  • pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
  • psychographical — relating to psychographics
  • public lavatory — a public toilet
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • pyrocrystalline — crystallized from a molten magma or highly heated solution.
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