15-letter words containing i, s, o, c, r, a
- pre-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- pre-romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
- primary process — the generally unorganized mental activity characteristic of the unconscious and occurring in dreams, fantasies, and related processes.
- prince of wales — Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall ("The Black Prince") 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
- principal focus — focal point (def 1).
- prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
- process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
- processionalist — a member of a procession
- procrastinating — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- procrastination — the act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off or delaying, especially something requiring immediate attention: She was smart, but her constant procrastination led her to be late with almost every assignment.
- procrastinative — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- procrastinatory — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- procreativeness — the quality of being procreative
- prognostication — the act of prognosticating.
- prognosticators — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- programme music — music that is intended to depict or evoke a scene or idea
- proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
- pseudo-artistic — conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
- pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- 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.
- psychobiography — a biographical study focusing on psychological factors, as childhood traumas and unconscious motives.
- psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
- psychographical — relating to psychographics
- psychohistorian — a person who writes psychohistory
- psychotherapist — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
- pyrocrystalline — crystallized from a molten magma or highly heated solution.
- quarter section — (in surveying and homesteading) a square tract of land, half a mile on each side, thus containing ¼ sq. mi. or 160 acres. Abbreviation: q.s.
- quasihistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- radio broadcast — sth transmitted via radio signal
- radio telescope — a system consisting of an antenna, either parabolic or dipolar, used to gather radio waves emitted by celestial sources and bring them to a receiver placed in the focus.
- reception class — A reception class is a class that children go into when they first start school at the age of four or five.
- reconsideration — to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action: to reconsider a refusal.
- reconsolidation — an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidated; unification: consolidation of companies.
- reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- recreationalist — recreationist.
- rediscount rate — the rate charged by the Federal Reserve Bank to member banks for rediscounting commercial paper.
- reorchestration — a renewed or second orchestration of a piece of music, the act of reorchestrating
- reservoir patch — A reservoir patch is an adhesive patch enclosing an amount of medicine. The patch is applied to the skin, and the medicine in it is delivered through a membrane into the skin and into the bloodstream.
- residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
- resocialization — the process of learning new attitudes and norms required for a new social role.
- respecification — the act of specifying.
- resurrectionary — pertaining to or of the nature of resurrection.
- retail politics — a political strategy or campaign style of meeting and speaking directly to as many voters as possible: New Hampshire is a state where retail politics are decisive. Not every candidate is good at retail politics.
- right ascension — the arc of the celestial equator measured eastward from the vernal equinox to the foot of the great circle passing through the celestial poles and a given point on the celestial sphere, expressed in degrees or hours.
- right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
- robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- rockrose family — the plant family Cistaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually opposite leaves, solitary or clustered flowers, and capsular fruit, and including the frostweed, pinweed, and rockrose.
- rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
- rural sociology — the sociological study of life in rural areas and the effects of ruralization.