15-letter words containing g, o, a, t
- plant pathology — the branch of botany dealing with diseases of plants.
- plantaginaceous — relating to or belonging to the family Plantaginaceae
- plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
- plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
- 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.
- polling station — voting venue
- port washington — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- portative organ — capable of being carried; portable.
- portugal laurel — Prunus lusitanica; type of cherry
- post-collegiate — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- pre-negotiation — mutual discussion and arrangement of the terms of a transaction or agreement: the negotiation of a treaty.
- 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.
- preregistration — early registration, in advance of event or general registration
- prestidigitator — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
- primary storage — main memory
- pro-integration — an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
- process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
- procrastinating — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- product manager — sb who oversees product development
- prognostication — the act of prognosticating.
- prognosticators — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- program counter — (hardware) (PC) A register in the central processing unit that contains the addresss of the next instruction to be executed. After each instruction is fetched, the PC is automatically incremented to point to the following instruction. It is not normally manipulated like an ordinary register but instead, special instructions are provided to alter the flow of control by writing a new value to the PC, e.g. JUMP, CALL, RTS.
- program picture — a motion picture produced on a low budget, usually shown as the second film of a double feature.
- program trading — trading on international stock exchanges using a computer program to exploit differences between stock index futures and actual share prices on world equity markets
- programmability — capable of being programmed.
- programme notes — notes designed to act as guide to an audience listening to live (esp classical) music. They will inform about the sequence of music played and may give some information about the music
- project manager — sb who oversees project plan
- psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
- psychopathology — the science or study of mental disorders.
- pyrophotography — the production of pyrophotographs
- radiator grille — a grille in an automobile or the like for air cooling of the liquid in the cooling system.
- radioautography — autoradiography.
- radiogoniometer — a device used to detect the direction of radio waves, consisting of a coil that is free to rotate within two fixed coils at right angles to each other
- radiogoniometry — the science of detecting the direction of radio waves
- radiophotograph — a photograph or other image transmitted by radio.
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
- ramrod straight — having a very straight figure
- reaction engine — an engine that produces power as a reaction to the momentum given to gases ejected from it, as a rocket or jet engine.
- recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- regionalization — the process or tendency of dividing a country into administrative regions
- regulation time — the standard duration of a sports game, before the addition of any extra time to determine a winner, etc
- regulatory gene — any gene that exercises control over the expression of another gene or genes.
- regulatory risk — a risk to which private companies are subject, arising from the possibility of legislation or regulations that will affect business being adopted by a government
- reinterrogation — a second or new interrogation or inquiry
- remonstratingly — in an remonstrating or dissenting manner