16-letter words containing e, a, p, r, o, m
- predetermination — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
- price comparison — Price comparison is comparing the price of the same product in different outlets.
- primary consumer — (in the food chain) an animal that feeds on plants; a herbivore.
- primary election — primary (def 15a).
- primary electron — in thermionics, any of the electrons falling on a body, distinguished from those emitted by it
- primary producer — any green plant or any of various microorganisms that can convert light energy or chemical energy into organic matter.
- primrose jasmine — an evergreen shrub, Jasminum mesnyi, of China, having thick, shiny leaflets and yellow flowers with a darker eye.
- privet andromeda — a spreading shrub, Lyonia ligustrina, of the eastern U.S., having leafless, white flowers in terminal clusters.
- proenvironmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
- professionalisms — professional character, spirit, or methods.
- program director — a chief executive responsible for selecting and scheduling programs.
- programme editor — someone responsible for editing, overseeing and selecting the content of radio or television programmes
- programme seller — someone who sells written or printed lists of the events, performers, etc, in a theatre performance
- progress payment — an instalment of a larger payment made to a contractor for work carried out up to a specified stage of the job
- promotional code — A promotional code is a code offered by retailers to customers who can use it to receive a discounted price when buying products online.
- property company — a business that makes money by buying, selling, and renting out land and houses
- proprietary name — a name of a product or service that is protected by a patent, copyright, or trademark and cannot be used by another party for commercial purposes without permission of the registered owner or licensee.
- proslambanomenos — the lowest note of the scale in ancient Greek music
- proxima centauri — the nearest star to the sun at a distance of 4.3 light-years, part of the Alpha Centauri triple-star system located in the constellation Centaurus.
- proxime accessit — the person coming next after the winner in a competitive examination or an academic prize giving; runner-up
- pseudoparenchyma — (in certain fungi and red algae) a compact mass of tissue, made up of interwoven hyphae or filaments, that superficially resembles plant tissue.
- pullorum disease — a highly contagious, frequently fatal disease of young poultry caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum (pullorum), transmitted by the infected hen during egg production, and characterized by weakness, loss of appetite, and diarrhea.
- pulmonary artery — an artery conveying venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.
- pyroracemic acid — pyruvic acid.
- quantum computer — a computer that makes use of the quantum states of electrons or other particles to store and process information as quantum bits.
- radio microphone — a microphone incorporating a radio transmitter so that the user can move around freely
- ramen profitable — If a startup business is ramen profitable, it is barely profitable, just enough to allow the founder to live on the cheapest diet.
- re-apportionment — the act of redistributing or changing the apportionment of something.
- re-chromatograph — to separate and analyse (a mixture of liquids or gases) by means of chromatography a second or further time
- redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
- replacement cost — fee to obtain new version of sth
- repossession man — someone employed to take back or repossess property, esp due to nonpayment of money due under a hire-purchase agreement
- room temperature — a comfortable temperature range indoors, usually considered to be 68 to 77°F (20 to 25°C).
- secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- semiprivate room — a hospital room shared by two people, typically with a curtain dividing the room and providing some privacy
- semiprofessional — actively engaged in some field or sport for pay but on a part-time basis: semiprofessional baseball players.
- shoemaker's shop — a shop where shoes are repaired, or made
- slave labor camp — labor camp (def 1).
- soapberry family — the plant family Sapindaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, or herbaceous vines having compound leaves, clustered flowers, and berrylike, fleshy, or capsular fruit, and including the balloon vine, golden rain tree, litchi, and soapberry.
- sodium perborate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, NaBO 2 ⋅3H 2 O or NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used chiefly as a bleaching agent and antiseptic.
- solar prominence — prominence (def 3).
- spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
- sphygmomanometer — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- sphygmomanometry — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- spotted mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomberomorus queenslandicus, of northern Australian waters
- stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
- studio apartment — an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom. Compare efficiency apartment.
- summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
- super-patriotism — a person who is patriotic to an extreme.