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15-letter words containing d, l, c, i

  • partial product — the result obtained when a number is multiplied by one digit of a multiplier
  • pectoral girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs.
  • pelargonic acid — a colorless, oily, water-immiscible liquid, C 9 H 1 8 O 2 , occurring as an ester in a volatile oil in species of pelargonium: used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of lacquers and plastics.
  • perchloric acid — a colorless, syrupy hygroscopic liquid, HClO 4 , an acid of chlorine containing one more oxygen atom than chloric acid: used chiefly as a reagent in analytical chemistry.
  • perpendicularly — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
  • pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
  • pitcairn island — a small British island in the S Pacific, SE of Tuamotu Archipelago: settled 1790 by mutineers of the Bounty. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
  • pneumatic drill — a percussive power drill powered by compressed air
  • point d'alencon — Alençon lace (def 1).
  • point-and-click — of or denoting an interface with which the user typically interacts by using a mouse to move the cursor and then clicking on a screen object.
  • polish corridor — a strip of land near the mouth of the Vistula River: formerly separated Germany from East Prussia; given to Poland in the Treaty of Versailles 1919 to provide it with access to the Baltic.
  • polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
  • pre-delinquency — failure in or neglect of duty or obligation; dereliction; default: delinquency in payment of dues.
  • predicate logic — (logic)   (Or "predicate calculus") An extension of propositional logic with separate symbols for predicates, subjects, and quantifiers. For example, where propositional logic might assign a single symbol P to the proposition "All men are mortal", predicate logic can define the predicate M(x) which asserts that the subject, x, is mortal and bind x with the universal quantifier ("For all"): All x . M(x) Higher-order predicate logic allows predicates to be the subjects of other predicates.
  • prejudicialness — the trait of being prejudicial
  • president-elect — a president after election but before induction into office.
  • prince's island — former name of Príncipe.
  • principal ideal — the smallest ideal containing a given element in a ring; an ideal in a ring with a multiplicative identity, obtained by multiplying each element of the ring by one specified element.
  • production line — an arrangement of machines or sequence of operations involved with a single manufacturing operation or production process. Compare assembly line, line1 (def 29).
  • pseudo-chemical — of, used in, produced by, or concerned with chemistry or chemicals: a chemical formula; chemical agents.
  • pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
  • pseudo-suicidal — pertaining to, involving, or suggesting suicide.
  • psychedelically — of or noting a mental state characterized by a profound sense of intensified sensory perception, sometimes accompanied by severe perceptual distortion and hallucinations and by extreme feelings of either euphoria or despair.
  • psychedelicware — /si:"k*-del"-ik-weir/ [UK] Synonym display hack. See also smoking clover.
  • public building — a building that belongs to a town or state, and is used by the public
  • public defender — a lawyer appointed or elected by a city or county as a full-time, official defender to represent indigents in criminal cases at public expense.
  • public spending — expenditure by central government, local authorities, and public enterprises
  • public-spirited — having or showing an unselfish interest in the public welfare: a public-spirited citizen.
  • pulchritudinous — physically beautiful; comely.
  • pyramidal tract — any of four tracts of descending motor fibers that extend in pairs down each side of the spinal column and function in voluntary movement.
  • pyrogallic acid — pyrogallol
  • pyrogallic-acid — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous, solid, phenolic compound, C 6 H 3 (OH) 3 , obtained by heating gallic acid and water: used chiefly as a developer in photography, as a mordant for wool, in dyeing, and in medicine in the treatment of certain skin conditions.
  • quadruplication — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
  • radial velocity — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.
  • 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.
  • radiochemically — by radiochemical means or methods; from a radiochemical perspective
  • radiometrically — using a radiometric method, in terms of radiometry
  • radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
  • radiotelemetric — of or relating to radiotelemetry
  • reckless driver — sb who drives dangerously
  • recoil-operated — employing the recoil force of an explosive projectile to prepare the firing mechanism for the next shot.
  • reconsolidation — an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidated; unification: consolidation of companies.
  • recording angel — an angel who supposedly keeps a record of every person's good and bad acts
  • redfin pickerel — See under pickerel (def 1).
  • redial facility — a means of dialling a number again by pressing a button
  • reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
  • reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
  • ribonucleotides — an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.
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