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15-letter words containing c, e, t, y

  • pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
  • planimetrically — in a planimetric manner
  • plastic surgery — the branch of surgery dealing with the repair or replacement of malformed, injured, or lost organs or tissues of the body, chiefly by the transplant of living tissues.
  • plunket society — the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children
  • polycarboxylate — a salt or ester of a polycarboxylic acid. Polycarboxylate esters are used in certain detergents
  • polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
  • 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.
  • popeye catalufa — See under catalufa.
  • postsynchronize — to add sound, such as dubbing, to a film or video after shooting is completed
  • press secretary — a person officially responsible for press and public relations for a prominent figure or organization and who often holds press conferences to answer journalists' questions.
  • presynaptically — in a presynaptic manner
  • pretty pictures — (scientific computation) The next step up from numbers. Interesting graphical output from a program that may not have any sensible relationship to the system the program is intended to model, but good for showing to management.
  • primary teacher — a teacher in a primary school
  • prismatic layer — the middle layer of the shell of certain mollusks, consisting chiefly of crystals of calcium carbonate.
  • private company — a company whose shareholders may not exceed 50 in number and whose shares may not be offered for public subscription.
  • problematically — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • property centre — a service for buying and selling property, including conveyancing, provided by a group of local solicitors
  • proteolytically — by a proteolytic process
  • psychochemistry — the treatment of mental illnesses by drugs
  • psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
  • psychosynthesis — a theoretical effort to reconcile components of the unconscious, including dreams, with the rest of the personality.
  • psychotherapist — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
  • psychotomimetic — (of a substance or drug) tending to produce symptoms like those of a psychosis; hallucinatory.
  • pubic directory — [NYU] (also "pube directory" /pyoob' d*-rek't*-ree/) The "pub" (public) directory on a machine that allows FTP access. So called because it is the default location for SEX (software exchange).
  • public property — Public property is land and other assets that belong to the general public and not to a private owner.
  • publicity agent — A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.
  • publicity event — an event designed to generate publicity
  • puerto ayacucho — a city in S Venezuela, on the Orinoco River.
  • punch the bundy — to start work
  • pyrocrystalline — crystallized from a molten magma or highly heated solution.
  • pyroelectricity — electrification or electrical polarity produced in certain crystals by temperature changes.
  • pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
  • pyrometric cone — (in a kiln) a triangular piece of material that indicates by bending or melting that a certain temperature has been reached.
  • pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
  • quarter century — a period of twenty five years
  • quatercentenary — a 400th aniversary or its celebration.
  • radial velocity — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.
  • radiometrically — using a radiometric method, in terms of radiometry
  • radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
  • reality fiction — a satirical parody of a reality TV show
  • rechargeability — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
  • recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
  • reconcilability — capable of being reconciled.
  • recycle solvent — A recycle solvent is a solvent (= a substance that can dissolve another substance) which is used in a recovery system.
  • recycling plant — a factory for processing used or abandoned materials
  • redial facility — a means of dialling a number again by pressing a button
  • reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
  • reentry vehicle — the section of a spacecraft or ballistic missile designed to return to earth.
  • refectory table — a long, narrow table having a single stretcher between trestlelike supports at the ends.
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