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15-letter words containing c, e, l, o

  • photoelasticity — the phenomenon of double refraction of polarized light by a transparent substance under elastic stress, used to measure strain in elastic, transparent materials.
  • photoelectronic — relating to electronic effects or devices affected by light
  • photomechanical — noting or pertaining to any of various processes for printing from plates or surfaces prepared by the aid of photography.
  • 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.
  • physicochemical — physical and chemical: the physicochemical properties of an isomer.
  • phytochemically — in a phytochemical manner
  • pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
  • plain chocolate — dark eating chocolate
  • plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
  • planned economy — an economic system in which the government controls and regulates production, distribution, prices, etc.
  • plantaginaceous — relating to or belonging to the family Plantaginaceae
  • plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
  • plate tectonics — a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past adjacent plates.
  • platform rocker — a rocking chair supported on a stationary base
  • platform scales — a weighing machine which has a platform that you put something on to be weighed
  • 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
  • plug compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
  • plug-compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
  • plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
  • plunket society — the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children
  • pocos de caldas — a city in E Brazil.
  • point d'alencon — Alençon lace (def 1).
  • poke mullock at — to ridicule
  • police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
  • police presence — attendance or proximity of police officers
  • police reporter — a news reporter assigned to cover a police department for newsworthy events.
  • policy issuance — Policy issuance is the process of creating an insurance policy and providing it to the policyholder.
  • polycarboxylate — a salt or ester of a polycarboxylic acid. Polycarboxylate esters are used in certain detergents
  • polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
  • polychloroprene — a chloroprene polymer
  • polycrystalline — (of a rock or metal) composed of aggregates of individual crystals.
  • polyelectrolyte — an electrolyte of high molecular weight, usually polymeric, either natural or synthetic.
  • pop one's clogs — If you say that someone has popped their clogs, you mean that they have died.
  • popeye catalufa — See under catalufa.
  • popular culture — cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.
  • portland cement — a type of hydraulic cement usually made by burning a mixture of limestone and clay in a kiln.
  • positive column — the luminous region between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
  • post-apoplectic — of or relating to apoplexy or stroke.
  • post-collegiate — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
  • pre-celebration — an act of celebrating.
  • pre-contractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
  • precinct police — the police responsible for a district of a city
  • 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.
  • prenflo process — The PRENFLO process is a gasification process to convert substances such as oil, gas, coal, and refinery residue into synthetic gas.
  • 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).
  • problematically — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
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