0%

13-letter words containing c, o, r, e, t, s

  • priority case — a matter that takes precedence over others
  • proactiveness — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
  • process table — (operating system, process)   A table containing all of the information that must be saved when the CPU switches from running one process to another in a multitasking system. The information in the process table allows the suspended process to be restarted at a later time as if it had never been stopped. Every process has an entry in the table. These entries are known as process control blocks and contain the following information: process state - information needed so that the process can be loaded into memory and run, such as the program counter, the stack pointer, and the values of registers. memory state - details of the memory allocation such as pointers to the various memory areas used by the program resource state - information regarding the status of files being used by the process such as user ID. Accounting and scheduling information. An example of a UNIX process table is shown below. SLOT ST PID PGRP UID PRI CPU EVENT NAME FLAGS 0 s 0 0 0 95 0 runout sched load sys 1 s 1 0 0 66 1 u init load 2 s 2 0 0 95 0 10bbdc vhand load sys SLOT is the entry number of the process. ST shows whether the process is paused or sleeping (s), ready to run (r), or running on a CPU (o). PID is the process ID. PGRP is the process Group. UID is the user ID. PRI is the priority of the process from 127 (highest) to 0 (lowest). EVENT is the event on which a process is paused or sleeping. NAME is the name of the process. FLAGS are the process flags. A process that has died but still has an entry in the process table is called a zombie process.
  • procrastinate — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • profectitious — (of money or property) proceeding from a parent or derived from an ancestor
  • progestogenic — relating to progestogen
  • prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
  • projectionist — an operator of a motion-picture or slide projector.
  • prosectorship — the position or responsibility of a prosector
  • prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
  • prospectively — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
  • prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
  • protected sex — sexual activity during which a condom is used to protect against sexually transmitted disease and pregnancy.
  • protectionism — Economics. the theory, practice, or system of fostering or developing domestic industries by protecting them from foreign competition through duties or quotas imposed on importations.
  • protectionist — Economics. the theory, practice, or system of fostering or developing domestic industries by protecting them from foreign competition through duties or quotas imposed on importations.
  • protectorless — without a protector
  • protectorship — a person or thing that protects; defender; guardian.
  • proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
  • proteoclastic — of, related to, or initiating proteolysis
  • protest march — public demonstration
  • psychometrics — the measurement of mental traits, abilities, and processes.
  • psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
  • psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
  • public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
  • puerto cortes — a seaport in NW Honduras.
  • queen consort — the wife of a ruling king.
  • racket sports — sports, such as tennis, squash, badminton, etc, that are played using a racket
  • radiopacities — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
  • radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
  • re-escalation — the act of re-escalating
  • re-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
  • reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • reactionarism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
  • reassociation — an organization of people with a common purpose and having a formal structure.
  • recessionista — a person whose clothes, whether cheap, second-hand, or suitably subdued, are considered appropriate to an economic downturn
  • recitationist — someone who gives recitations
  • recomfortless — having no comfort; comfortless
  • recomposition — to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
  • reconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
  • reconsignment — a consigning again.
  • reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
  • reconstituted — constituted again, especially of a liquid product made by adding water to dry solids from which the water has been evaporated: reconstituted orange juice.
  • recreationist — a person who advocates that national parks, seashores, lakes, etc., be preserved in their natural state for recreation, farming, or scientific study.
  • rectitudinous — characterized by or given to rectitude.
  • redescription — the act of redescribing
  • regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
  • remote access — Remote access is a system which allows you to gain access to a particular computer or network using a separate computer.
  • reorchestrate — to orchestrate (a piece of music) again
  • respirometric — of or relating to respirometers or respirometry
  • resuscitation — to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?