17-letter words containing i, m, p, r, a, t

pre-modifications — an act or instance of modifying.
premonstratensian — a member of a religious order founded at Prémontré in N France in 1120 by St Norbert (about 1080–1134)
presentationalism — a style of production in which the audience is addressed directly with songs, skits, exposition, etc., and no attempt is made at realism.
price maintenance — measures taken by manufacturers to maintain the price charged for their goods by resellers
prima inter pares — (of a female) first among equals.
primary dentition — the deciduous dentition
primary education — junior, elementary schooling
primary intention — Logic. See under intention (def 5a).
primary qualities — any of the qualities inherent in an object, namely quantity, extent, figure, solidity, and motion or rest.
primary structure — Biochemistry. the basic sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide or protein.
primary-intention — an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
prime ministerial — of or relating to the head of a parliamentary government
primitive baptist — (especially in the Southern U.S.) one belonging to a highly conservative, loosely organized Baptist group, characterized by extreme fundamentalism and by opposition to missionary work, Sunday Schools, and the use of musical instruments in church.
prismatic compass — a hand compass equipped with sights and prisms to permit aiming the instrument at a point and at the same time reading the compass direction of the point.
private placement — a sale of an issue of securities by the issuing company directly to a limited number of investors, often only one or two large institutional investors, such as a bank or an insurance company (opposed to public offering): required to be cleared but not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
pro-environmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
promotional event — occasion organized to market or advertise sth
pronominalization — to replace (a noun or noun phrase) with a pronoun.
pseudo-democratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
pseudo-moralistic — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
putative marriage — a marriage contracted in violation of an impediment, but in good faith on the part of one or both of the contracting persons.
quasiexperimental — (medicine) Describing a trial in which the assignment to a group is based upon an experimental condition.
radiometeorograph — a device for the automatic transmission by radio of the data from a set of meteorological instruments
recoil escapement — anchor escapement.
relative pathname — (file system) A path relative to the working directory. Its first character can be anything but the pathname separator.
repeating decimal — a decimal numeral that, after a certain point, consists of a group of one or more digits repeated ad infinitum, as 2.33333 …. or 23.0218181818 ….
repeating firearm — a firearm capable of discharging a number of shots without reloading.
rhodope mountains — a mountain range in SE Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula extending along the border between Bulgaria and Greece. Highest peak: Golyam Perelik (Bulgaria), 2191 m (7188 ft)
scarlet pimpernel — a plant belonging to the genus Anagallis, of the primrose family, especially A. arvensis (scarlet pimpernel) having scarlet or white flowers that close at the approach of bad weather.
schematic capture — The process of entering the logical design of an electronic circuit into a CAE system by creating a schematic representation of components and interconnections.
seaman apprentice — a noncommissioned enlisted person ranking above seaman recruit and below seaman. Abbreviation: SA.
self-impregnating — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
semi-experimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
semi-permeability — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
sodium propionate — a transparent, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 3 H 5 NaO 2 , used in foodstuffs to prevent mold growth, and in medicine as a fungicide.
sodium pyroborate — borax1 .
sparc xterminal 1 — (computer) Sun's lowest cost networked Unix desktop, it is board-upgradeable to a SPARC 4. It comes with a choice of frame buffers: 8-bit colour, Turbo GX, or Turbo GX plus. This product was expected to replace the SPARCclassic X. UK availability was planned for March 1995.
spark transmitter — a transmitting set that generates electromagnetic waves by the oscillatory discharge from a capacitor through an inductor and a spark gap.
spectroradiometer — an instrument for determining the radiant-energy distribution in a spectrum, combining the functions of a spectroscope with those of a radiometer.
spectrum analysis — the determination of the constitution or condition of bodies and substances by means of the spectra they produce.
sperrin mountains — a mountain range in NW Northern Ireland
steamboat springs — a town in NW Colorado: ski resort.
storm in a teacup — a violent fuss or disturbance over a trivial matter
stratified sample — a sample that is not drawn at random from the whole population, but separately from a number of disjoint strata of the population in order to ensure a more representative sample
stymphalian birds — a flock of predacious birds of Arcadia that were driven away and killed by Hercules as one of his labors.
super-nationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
superalimentation — nourishment; nutrition.
supercolumniation — the placing of one order of columns above another.
supermassive star — Astronomy. a star with a mass more than fifty times the mass of the sun.
support mechanism — any formal system or method of providing support or assistance

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