15-letter words containing e, m, i, c, a, t
- piece to camera — a TV report in which a reporter is filmed saying something
- plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
- planimetrically — in a planimetric manner
- platform ticket — a pass allowing a visitor to enter upon a railroad platform from which those not traveling are ordinarily excluded.
- 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.
- pneumatic drill — a percussive power drill powered by compressed air
- 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.
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
- pre-romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
- premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
- primary teacher — a teacher in a primary school
- prismatic layer — the middle layer of the shell of certain mollusks, consisting chiefly of crystals of calcium carbonate.
- private company — a company whose shareholders may not exceed 50 in number and whose shares may not be offered for public subscription.
- problematically — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- 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.
- pullman kitchen — a kitchenette, often recessed into a wall and concealed by double doors or a screen.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
- radiometrically — using a radiometric method, in terms of radiometry
- radiomicrometer — an instrument for measuring small amounts of radiant energy, consisting of a sensitive thermocouple connected to a galvanometer.
- radiotelemetric — of or relating to radiotelemetry
- recombinant dna — DNA in which one or more segments or genes have been inserted, either naturally or by laboratory manipulation, from a different molecule or from another part of the same molecule, resulting in a new genetic combination.
- recombinational — belonging or relating to recombination
- recontamination — the act of contaminating, or of making something impure or unsuitable by contact with something unclean, bad, etc.
- recreation room — (in a home or public building) a room for informal entertaining, as for dancing, games, cards, etc.
- redocumentation — The creation or revision of a semantically equivalent representation within the same relative abstraction level. The resulting forms of representation are usually considered alternate views intended for a human audience.
- retained income — retained earnings.
- rheumatic fever — a serious disease, associated with streptococcal infections, usually affecting children, characterized by fever, swelling and pain in the joints, sore throat, and cardiac involvement.
- romantic comedy — a light and humorous movie, play, etc., whose central plot is a happy love story.
- sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
- scatter diagram — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
- scientific name — Latin term for sth
- security camera — closed-circuit TV camera
- self-compatible — able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
- self-medication — the use of medicine without medical supervision to treat one's own ailment.
- semantic memory — the recollection of facts and concepts
- semi-analytical — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- semi-articulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- semiabstraction — a work of art whose subject matter is semi-abstract
- semicrystalline — partly or imperfectly crystalline.
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
- semimanufacture — a product which forms an intermediate stage in the manufacture of another, often more complex product
- semitranslucent — imperfectly or almost translucent.