15-letter words containing g, r, e, n, c, u
- product manager — sb who oversees product development
- 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.
- pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
- public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- reference group — a group with which an individual identifies and whose values the individual accepts as guiding principles.
- rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
- scrounge around — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
- secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
- self-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- single currency — a currency that is common to different countries
- sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
- source language — the language in which a text appears that is to be translated into another language. Compare target language (def 1).
- southern gothic — a literary genre depicting life in the southern US and featuring grotesque themes and imagery
- steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
- structural gene — cistron.
- subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
- sugarcane borer — the larva of the pyralid moth, Diatraea saccharalis, a serious pest of sugarcane, corn, rice, and sorghums.
- surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
- synectics group — a group of people of varied background that meets to attempt creative solutions of problems through the unrestricted exercise of imagination and the correlation of disparate elements.
- talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
- target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
- training course — practical programme of study
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
- ultracentrifuge — a high-speed centrifuge for subjecting sols or solutions to forces many times that of gravity and producing concentration differences depending on the weight of the micelle or molecule.
- uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
- unchoreographed — not choreographed; not pre-arranged or pre-prepared; unplanned
- uncomprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- uncorresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.