15-letter words containing c, o, m, p, s
- orestes complex — Psychoanalysis. an unconscious desire of a son to kill his mother.
- over-compensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- overcompensated — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- overcompensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate.
- overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- overpessimistic — excessively pessimistic or negative in outlook
- pairs champions — competitors in or winners of a pairs championship
- pamprodactylous — having all four toes directed forward, as in swifts and colies.
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- pantopragmatics — universal intervention in the affairs of others
- pectoral muscle — muscle of the chest
- pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
- periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
- personal column — The personal column in a newspaper or magazine contains messages for individual people and advertisements of a private nature.
- phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- phloem necrosis — a disease of the American elm caused by a mycoplasmalike organism, characterized by yellowing and necrosis of the foliage and yellowish-brown discoloration of the phloem.
- photomicroscope — a microscope having an illuminator and a camera mechanism for producing a photomicrograph.
- 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.
- piero di cosimo — Piero di [pee-air-oh di;; Italian pye-raw dee] /piˈɛər oʊ dɪ;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ di/ (Show IPA), Piero di Cosimo.
- plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
- platform scales — a weighing machine which has a platform that you put something on to be weighed
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
- polysyllabicism — a polysyllabic style
- pontifical mass — (sometimes lowercase) Roman Catholic Church. a High Mass celebrated by a bishop or other prelate.
- positive column — the luminous region between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- posse comitatus — the body of persons that a peace officer of a county is empowered to call upon for assistance in preserving the peace, making arrests, and serving writs.
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- postman's knock — a children's party game in which a kiss is exchanged for a pretend letter
- potting compost — Potting compost is soil that is specially prepared to help plants to grow, especially in containers.
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- pre-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- pre-romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
- primary process — the generally unorganized mental activity characteristic of the unconscious and occurring in dreams, fantasies, and related processes.
- prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
- programme music — music that is intended to depict or evoke a scene or idea
- proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
- pseudo-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
- pseudo-chemical — of, used in, produced by, or concerned with chemistry or chemicals: a chemical formula; chemical agents.
- pseudo-dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- pseudocoelomate — having a pseudocoel.
- psychochemistry — the treatment of mental illnesses by drugs
- psychotomimetic — (of a substance or drug) tending to produce symptoms like those of a psychosis; hallucinatory.
- samuel prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
- sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
- schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
- scolopendriform — resembling scolopendra
- scpi consortium — (body) A body established to promote Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments. Address: 8380 Hercules Drive, Suite P3, La Mesa, CA 91942, USA.