16-letter words containing c, o, m, p, a, r
- primary producer — any green plant or any of various microorganisms that can convert light energy or chemical energy into organic matter.
- prismatic colors — the colors of the visible spectrum produced by passing white light through a prism; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet
- program director — a chief executive responsible for selecting and scheduling programs.
- programmatically — by using a computer program: You can set the value in each field programmatically with a simple algorithm. The background shapes can be programmatically drawn and animated.
- promotional code — A promotional code is a code offered by retailers to customers who can use it to receive a discounted price when buying products online.
- property company — a business that makes money by buying, selling, and renting out land and houses
- proxima centauri — the nearest star to the sun at a distance of 4.3 light-years, part of the Alpha Centauri triple-star system located in the constellation Centaurus.
- proxime accessit — the person coming next after the winner in a competitive examination or an academic prize giving; runner-up
- pseudoparenchyma — (in certain fungi and red algae) a compact mass of tissue, made up of interwoven hyphae or filaments, that superficially resembles plant tissue.
- punctuation mark — any of a group of conventional marks or characters used in punctuation, as the period, comma, semicolon, question mark, or dash.
- pyramidal orchid — a chalk-loving orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis, bearing a dense cone-shaped spike of purplish-pink flowers with a long curved spur
- pyroracemic acid — pyruvic acid.
- quantum computer — a computer that makes use of the quantum states of electrons or other particles to store and process information as quantum bits.
- quasi-compulsory — required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
- radio microphone — a microphone incorporating a radio transmitter so that the user can move around freely
- re-chromatograph — to separate and analyse (a mixture of liquids or gases) by means of chromatography a second or further time
- replacement cost — fee to obtain new version of sth
- secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
- slave labor camp — labor camp (def 1).
- solar prominence — prominence (def 3).
- spanish moroccan — of or relating to the former Spanish colony of Spanish Morocco (now part of Morocco) or its inhabitants
- spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
- spotted mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomberomorus queenslandicus, of northern Australian waters
- start-up company — new business
- stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
- summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
- tandem computers — (company) A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).
- thermoacidophile — any organism, especially a type of archaebacterium, that thrives in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
- thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
- to compare notes — If you compare notes with someone on a particular subject, you talk to them and find out whether their opinion, information, or experience is the same as yours.
- transfer company — a company that transports people or luggage for a relatively short distance, as between terminals of two railroad lines.
- trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
- two-pot screamer — a person easily influenced by alcohol
- ultramicroscopic — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- undercompensated — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- vapor combustion — Vapor combustion is a closed burn system used for treating liquid waste which contains volatile organic compounds.