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17-letter words containing l, i, o, n, c, e

  • palace revolution — a challenge to or overthrow of a sovereign or other leader by members of the ruling family or group.
  • paleoconservative — a person advocating an older, traditional type of conservatism, especially in politics.
  • papanicolaou test — Pap test.
  • percussion bullet — a bullet that is exploded by percussion
  • peridot of ceylon — a honey-colored tourmaline, used as a gem: not a true peridot.
  • personal distance — personal space.
  • personality clash — friction between two people who have different personalities or points of view
  • personnel carrier — a vehicle used for transporting troops
  • personnel officer — a worker responsible for recruiting employees and dealing with matters relating to them
  • phenyl isocyanate — a liquid reagent, C 7 H 5 NO, having an unpleasant, irritating odor: used chiefly for identifying alcohols and amines.
  • phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
  • phonetic alphabet — an alphabet containing a separate character for each distinguishable speech sound.
  • phonological rule — an operation in generative phonology that substitutes one sound or class of sounds for another in a phonological derivation.
  • photoluminescence — luminescence induced by the absorption of infrared radiation, visible light, or ultraviolet radiation.
  • pincushion flower — scabious2 (def 1).
  • platinic chloride — chloroplatinic acid.
  • point reyes lilac — a prostrate shrub, Ceanothus gloriosus, of southern California, having leathery, roundish leaves and purplish or deep-blue flowers.
  • polar continental — a type of cold, dry air mass originating at high latitudes over land areas
  • polar coordinates — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
  • police department — A police department is an official organization which is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.
  • police protection — protection from danger, crime etc given by the police force to a community, city etc
  • polioencephalitis — a disease characterized by inflammation of the gray matter of the brain.
  • political economy — a social science dealing with political policies and economic processes, their interrelations, and their influence on social institutions.
  • political science — a social science dealing with political institutions and with the principles and conduct of government.
  • polyacrylonitrile — a polymer of acrylonitrile used in the manufacture of Orlon and other synthetic textiles.
  • polyadenylic acid — a homopolymer of adenylic acid enzymatically added to messenger RNA in eukaryotic cells to inhibit the hydrolytic breakdown of messenger RNA.
  • polystyrene chips — small pieces of polystyrene used for insulating or packing
  • polyvinyl acetate — a colorless, odorless, nontoxic, transparent, thermoplastic, water-insoluble resin used as an adhesive in certain paints and as an intermediate in the synthesis of polyvinyl acetal and polyvinyl alcohol.
  • positive electron — positron.
  • pre-qualification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • pre-technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • production values — the quality of a media production (such as a film) in regards to elements such as colours, quality, style, etc
  • profile component — attainment targets in different subjects brought together for the general assessment of a pupil
  • propelling pencil — a pencil consisting of a metal or plastic case containing a replaceable lead. As the point is worn away the lead can be extended, usually by turning part of the case
  • provincial police — (in Canada) the police force of a province, esp Ontario or Quebec
  • psychoeducational — designating or of psychological methods, as intelligence tests, used in evaluating learning ability
  • public television — a type of noncommercial, usually educational, television programming funded by the government, grants, viewers, and corporations. Compare educational television.
  • pyroligneous acid — a yellowish, acidic, water-soluble liquid, containing about 10 percent acetic acid, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood: used for smoking meats.
  • quattuordecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 45 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 84 zeros.
  • radioluminescence — luminescence induced by nuclear radiation.
  • recoil escapement — anchor escapement.
  • recreational drug — drug taken for pleasure
  • recreationalist's — recreationist.
  • recrystallization — to become crystallized again.
  • recursion formula — a formula for determining the next term of a sequence from one or more of the preceding terms.
  • reduce to silence — If someone or something reduces you to silence, they make you feel so upset or confused that you cannot speak.
  • reduction formula — a formula, such as sin (90° ± A) = cos A, expressing the values of a trigonometric function of any angle greater than 90° in terms of a function of an acute angle
  • reflection nebula — a cloud of interstellar gas and dust that reflects the light of neighboring stars.
  • refuse collection — the collection of rubbish and waste, usually in a rubbish or refuse truck, before final disposal
  • rental collection — a group of books, in a public or other free library, for which a borrower must pay a fee.
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