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15-letter words containing i, m, p, r, o

  • pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
  • pyrometric cone — (in a kiln) a triangular piece of material that indicates by bending or melting that a certain temperature has been reached.
  • radio programme — something that is broadcast on radio
  • random sampling — a method of selecting a sample (random sample) from a statistical population in such a way that every possible sample that could be selected has a predetermined probability of being selected.
  • reapportionment — the act of redistributing or changing the apportionment of something.
  • remand prisoner — a prisoner who is sent back into custody (or sometimes admitted to bail) to await trial or continuation of their trial
  • rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
  • rollmop herring — a herring fillet rolled, usually around onion slices, and pickled in spiced vinegar
  • room-and-pillar — noting a means of extracting coal or other minerals from underground deposits by first cutting out rooms, then robbing the pillars between them; pillar-and-breast.
  • round-trip time — (RTT) A measure of the current delay on a network, found by timing a packet bounced off some remote host. This can be done with ping -s.
  • sales promotion — the methods or techniques for creating public acceptance of or interest in a product, usually in addition to standard merchandising techniques, as advertising or personal selling, and generally consisting of the offer of free samples, gifts made to a purchaser, or the like.
  • sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
  • schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
  • scolopendriform — resembling scolopendra
  • scpi consortium — (body)   A body established to promote Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments. Address: 8380 Hercules Drive, Suite P3, La Mesa, CA 91942, USA.
  • self-proclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
  • shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
  • simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
  • simple majority — less than half of the total votes cast but more than the minimum required to win, as when there are more than two candidates or choices.
  • slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
  • sodium peroxide — a yellowish-white, hygroscopic, water-soluble powder, Na 2 O 2 , used chiefly as a bleaching agent and as an oxidizing agent.
  • somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
  • spanish morocco — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
  • spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
  • spelling reform — an attempt to change the spelling of English words to make it conform more closely to pronunciation.
  • spermatoblastic — relating to a spermatoblast
  • spermatogenesis — the origin and development of spermatozoa.
  • spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
  • sports medicine — a field of medicine concerned with the functioning of the human body during physical activity and with the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries.
  • stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
  • stomping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
  • strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
  • super-committee — a committee with members from two or more organizations or political groups
  • superimposition — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • superpatriotism — the quality of being superpatriotic
  • support mission — assistance given by one military unit to another to assist in the accomplishment of the supported unit's mission.
  • supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
  • supreme council — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
  • symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
  • symphony writer — a composer of an extended large-scale orchestral composition, usually with several movements, at least one of which is in sonata form
  • tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
  • the prime mover — God, esp when considered as a first cause
  • theriomorphosis — transformation into an animal form, often associated with mythological characters
  • thermoperiodism — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
  • topographic map — a map showing topographic features, usually by means of contour lines.
  • trading company — a company that is owned by the people who have bought shares in that company
  • trypanosomiasis — any infection caused by a trypanosome.
  • ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
  • ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
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