15-letter words containing d, i, o, p, t
- purified cotton — bleached and sterilized cotton from which the gross impurities, such as the seeds and waxy matter, have been removed: used for surgical dressings, tampons, etc
- put paid to sth — If an unexpected event puts paid to someone's hopes, chances, or plans, it completely ends or destroys them.
- pycnodysostosis — a disorder characterized by fragile bones
- pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
- quadripartition — A division into four parts.
- quadruplication — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- question period — a period of time set aside each day for members of parliament to question government ministers
- radio telephone — A radio telephone is a telephone which carries sound by sending radio signals rather than by using wires. Radio telephones are often used in cars.
- radio telescope — a system consisting of an antenna, either parabolic or dipolar, used to gather radio waves emitted by celestial sources and bring them to a receiver placed in the focus.
- radio-telephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radioautography — autoradiography.
- radiophotograph — a photograph or other image transmitted by radio.
- radioprotection — protection against radiation
- radioprotective — giving protection against the effects of radiation
- radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
- recoil-operated — employing the recoil force of an explosive projectile to prepare the firing mechanism for the next shot.
- registered port — (networking) Any TCP or UDP port with a number in the range 1025 to 65535 (i.e. not a well-known port) that is registered with IANA.
- registered post — a Post Office service by which compensation is paid for loss or damage to mail for which a registration fee has been paid
- reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- río de la plata — Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- round-trip time — (RTT) A measure of the current delay on a network, found by timing a packet bounced off some remote host. This can be done with ping -s.
- second position — a position in which the feet are spread apart and are at right angles to the direction of the body, the toes pointing out.
- seidlitz powder — a laxative consisting of two powders, tartaric acid and a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt (sodium potassium tartrate)
- self-hypnotized — hypnotized by oneself.
- self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
- septendecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 54 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 102 zeros.
- serendipitously — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
- slide projector — device for showing slides
- sodium sulphate — a solid white substance that occurs naturally as thenardite and is usually used as the white anhydrous compound (salt cake) or the white crystalline decahydrate (Glauber's salt) in making glass, detergents, and pulp. Formula: Na2SO4
- sophisticatedly — (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of an experienced journalist.
- special edition — newspaper, magazine: extra issue
- speed indicator — an instrument for counting the number of revolutions of a gasoline engine.
- sphaerosiderite — a type of siderite
- spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
- spit and polish — great care in maintaining smart appearance and crisp efficiency: The commander was concerned more with spit and polish than with the company's morale.
- sports medicine — a field of medicine concerned with the functioning of the human body during physical activity and with the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries.
- spotted sunfish — a sunfish, Lepomis punctatus, inhabiting streams from South Carolina to Florida, having the body marked with longitudinal rows of spots.
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- stilpnosiderite — a resinous variety of limonite with a black-brown colour
- stomping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- studio portrait — a photograph of a person taken in a studio
- styloid process — a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.
- superordination — Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
- the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
- thermoperiodism — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
- threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
- to get mixed up — if you get mixed up, you get confused about something
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
- trading company — a company that is owned by the people who have bought shares in that company
- trading profits — profits made from the buying and selling of goods and services