15-letter words containing c, h, i, t, s
- physical optics — the branch of optics concerned with the wave properties of light, the superposition of waves, the deviation of light from its rectilinear propagation in a manner other than that considered by geometrical optics, the interaction of light with matter, and the quantum, corpuscular aspects of light.
- physicalization — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
- pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
- pithecanthropus — a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
- plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- postsynchronize — to add sound, such as dubbing, to a film or video after shooting is completed
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
- psychiatrically — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychoacoustics — the study of sound perception.
- psychobiologist — the use of biological methods to study normal and abnormal emotional and cognitive processes, as the anatomical basis of memory or neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia.
- psychochemistry — the treatment of mental illnesses by drugs
- psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
- psychohistorian — a person who writes psychohistory
- psychophysicist — a person who specializes in psychophysics
- 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.
- pulchritudinous — physically beautiful; comely.
- quasi-technical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- quasihistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- raster graphics — (graphics) Computer graphics in which an image is composed of an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Opposite: vector graphics.
- reorchestration — a renewed or second orchestration of a piece of music, the act of reorchestrating
- 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.
- right ascension — the arc of the celestial equator measured eastward from the vernal equinox to the foot of the great circle passing through the celestial poles and a given point on the celestial sphere, expressed in degrees or hours.
- right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
- right to choose — the right of a woman to have a legal abortion if she chooses to do so.
- rochester hills — city in SE Mich., near Detroit: pop. 69,000
- saddle-stitched — having a binding in which the sections of a publication are inserted inside each other and secured through the middle fold with thread, or wire staples
- sadomasochistic — interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.
- saprophytically — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- saskatchewanian — a native or inhabitant of Saskatchewan
- scared shitless — terrified
- scarlet lychnis — a plant, Lychnis chalcedonica, of the pink family, having scarlet or sometimes white flowers, the arrangement and shape of the petals resembling a Maltese cross.
- scatter cushion — Scatter cushions are small cushions for use on sofas and chairs.
- schiffs-reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- schillerization — the process of altering crystals to produce schiller
- schistosomiasis — an infection caused by parasitic flukes of the genus Schistosoma, occurring commonly in eastern Asia and in tropical regions and transmitted to humans through feces-contaminated fresh water or snails: symptoms commonly include pain, anemia, and malfunction of the infected organ.
- schmitt trigger — a bistable circuit that gives a constant output when the input voltage is above a specified value
- school district — A school district is an area which includes all the schools that are situated within that area and are governed by a particular authority.
- school teaching — School teaching is the work done by teachers in a school.
- schrecklichkeit — frightfulness; horror.
- scotch highland — any of a breed of small, hardy, usually dun-colored, shaggy-haired beef cattle with long, widespread horns, able to withstand the cold and sparse pasturage of its native western Scottish uplands.
- scottish gaelic — the Gaelic of the Hebrides and the Highlands of Scotland, also spoken as a second language in Nova Scotia.
- scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
- security thread — a colored thread running through the paper of a piece of paper money, used to deter counterfeiting.
- security threat — a threat to the security of a country
- self-enrichment — an act of enriching.