15-letter words containing l, o, n, r, t
- philanthropical — of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent: a philanthropic foundation.
- phosphorylation — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
- photoelectronic — relating to electronic effects or devices affected by light
- photojournalism — journalism in which photography dominates written copy, as in certain magazines.
- pictorial janus — K. Kahn, Xerox. Visual extension of Janus. Requires Strand88 and a PostScript interpreter.
- pierrot lunaire — a cycle of 21 songs (1912) for voice and instruments, by Arnold Schönberg, written in Sprechgesang style and set to poems of Albert Giraud in German translation.
- pinkster flower — a wild azalea, Rhododendron periclymenoides, of the U.S., having pink or purplish flowers.
- plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
- platform tennis — a variation of tennis played on a wooden platform enclosed with chicken wire in which the players hit a rubber ball with wooden paddles following the same basic rules as tennis except that only one serve is permitted and balls can be played off the back and side fences.
- plenipotentiary — a person, especially a diplomatic agent, invested with full power or authority to transact business on behalf of another.
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- polycrystalline — (of a rock or metal) composed of aggregates of individual crystals.
- polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
- portland cement — a type of hydraulic cement usually made by burning a mixture of limestone and clay in a kiln.
- post-industrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
- post-liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- post-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- pre-celebration — an act of celebrating.
- pre-contractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- precinct police — the police responsible for a district of a city
- preconceptional — a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
- preequalization — preemphasis.
- preimplantation — relating to the period before implantation in the uterus
- present oneself — to appear, esp at a specific time and place
- price inflation — inflation fuelled by rising prices
- principal point — the point where a principal plane intersects the axis.
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- pro-nationalist — a person devoted to nationalism.
- process control — a method of controlling and improving a process using statistical analysis
- processionalist — a member of a procession
- production line — an arrangement of machines or sequence of operations involved with a single manufacturing operation or production process. Compare assembly line, line1 (def 29).
- professionalist — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
- profit and loss — the gain and loss arising from commercial or other transactions, applied especially to an account or statement of account in bookkeeping showing gains and losses in business.
- proletarianized — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.
- proletarization — to proletarianize.
- pronunciational — relating to pronunciation
- proportionality — having due proportion; corresponding.
- proportionately — proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional.
- propositionally — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- propylitization — the alteration of igneous rock to propylite
- pulchritudinous — physically beautiful; comely.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- pyrocrystalline — crystallized from a molten magma or highly heated solution.
- pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
- quadruplication — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- quality control — a system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in an existing product or service by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required.
- racial minority — a group of a certain race that are in the minority compared to a larger group, the rest of the population, etc
- radio telephone — A radio telephone is a telephone which carries sound by sending radio signals rather than by using wires. Radio telephones are often used in cars.
- radio-telephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.