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15-letter words containing c, o, m, p, u, t

  • macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
  • mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • motoring public — the population that drive road vehicles
  • multiple choice — question: with several options
  • multiple factor — polygene.
  • multiple-choice — consisting of several possible answers from which the correct one must be selected: a multiple-choice question.
  • multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
  • multiprocessors — Plural form of multiprocessor.
  • municipal court — a court whose jurisdiction is confined to a city or municipality, with criminal jurisdiction usually corresponding to that of a police court and civil jurisdiction over small causes.
  • neural computer — a computer or a software program that uses a neural network simulating the human brain and can be trained to perform specific tasks, as pattern recognition.
  • non-consumptive — tending to consume; destructive; wasteful.
  • noncomputerized — not computerized or controlled by computers
  • open-cut mining — mining by excavating from the surface
  • optical pumping — a method for increasing the number of atoms or molecules occupying higher energy levels by irradiating them with light of the proper frequencies to raise them to those levels.
  • overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • pamprodactylous — having all four toes directed forward, as in swifts and colies.
  • parent compound — a compound from which derivatives may be obtained.
  • pectoral muscle — muscle of the chest
  • pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
  • phantom circuit — a circuit derived from two suitably arranged pairs of wires, each pair being a circuit (side circuit) and also acting as one half of an additional derived circuit, the entire system providing the capabilities of three circuits while requiring wires for only two.
  • 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.
  • plymouth colony — the colony established in SE Massachusetts by the Pilgrims in 1620.
  • pocket computer — palmtop
  • poke mullock at — to ridicule
  • 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.
  • pre-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • primary product — a product consisting of a natural raw material; an unmanufactured product
  • product manager — sb who oversees product development
  • program counter — (hardware)   (PC) A register in the central processing unit that contains the addresss of the next instruction to be executed. After each instruction is fetched, the PC is automatically incremented to point to the following instruction. It is not normally manipulated like an ordinary register but instead, special instructions are provided to alter the flow of control by writing a new value to the PC, e.g. JUMP, CALL, RTS.
  • program picture — a motion picture produced on a low budget, usually shown as the second film of a double feature.
  • 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.
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
  • 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.
  • scpi consortium — (body)   A body established to promote Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments. Address: 8380 Hercules Drive, Suite P3, La Mesa, CA 91942, USA.
  • spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
  • stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
  • sumatra camphor — borneol.
  • super-committee — a committee with members from two or more organizations or political groups
  • symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
  • tablet computer — a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
  • talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
  • tandem-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.
  • ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
  • ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
  • uncompassionate — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
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