18-letter words containing m, o, r, a, c
- pernicious anaemia — Pernicious anaemia is a very severe blood disease.
- phantasmagorically — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- philharmonic pitch — a standard of pitch in which A above middle C is established at 440 vibrations per second.
- pneumatic conveyor — a tube through which powdered or granular material, such as cement, grain, etc is transported by a flow of air
- polychromatophilic — having an affinity for more than one kind of stain, especially for acid, neutral, and basic stains, as polychromatophilic erythroblasts characteristic of pernicious anemia.
- potassium chlorate — a white or colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, KClO 3 , used chiefly as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of explosives, fireworks, matches, bleaches, and disinfectants.
- potassium chloride — a white or colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers and mineral water, and as a source of other potassium compounds.
- pragmatic sanction — any one of various imperial decrees with the effect of fundamental law.
- processionary moth — a moth of the family Thaumetopoeidae, esp the oak processionary moth (Thaumetopoea processionea), the larvae of which leave the communal shelter nightly for food in a V-shaped procession
- production company — an organization which produces, films, plays, television or radio programmes
- production manager — a supervisor of the budget, crew and other details in the production of a film or play
- programmer's cheer — (humour) "Shift to the left! Shift to the right! Pop up, push down! Byte! Byte! Byte!" [Origin?]
- project management — leadership of a task or programme
- projection machine — an apparatus that projects motion pictures; projector.
- promotion campaign — a campaign designed to encourage the sale of (a product) by advertising or securing financial support
- propaganda machine — the group of people, publications, etc, such as of a government, country etc, responsible for the organized dissemination of information, allegations, etc, to assist or damage the cause of a government, movement, etc
- provision merchant — a person or company in the business of retailing food and other provisions
- psychogalvanometer — a type of galvanometer for detecting and measuring psychogalvanic currents.
- psychopharmacology — the branch of pharmacology dealing with the psychological effects of drugs.
- pulmonic airstream — a current of lung air set in motion by the respiratory muscles in the production of speech.
- pyromucic aldehyde — furfural.
- quick off the mark — If you are quick off the mark, you are quick to understand or respond to something. If you are slow off the mark, you are slow to understand or respond to something.
- racially motivated — motivated by (the hate or prejudice of) someone's race
- radiocommunication — communication by means of radio waves
- radiometric dating — any method of determining the age of earth materials or objects of organic origin based on measurement of either short-lived radioactive elements or the amount of a long-lived radioactive element plus its decay product.
- raman spectroscopy — a form of spectroscopy which uses the Raman effect for studying molecules
- reach for the moon — to desire or attempt something unattainable or difficult to obtain
- reaction formation — a behavioral tendency developed in direct opposition to a repressed impulse.
- reactive component — the component in an alternating-current circuit that does not contribute power because it is 90° out of phase with the voltage or current.
- real-time computer — a computer that can process data or information almost immediately
- recess appointment — a person appointed to an office by the President of the United States without approval from the Senate because the Senate is in recess
- reciprocating pump — A reciprocating pump is a pump which uses a backward and forward movement to move a fluid.
- registered company — a company which has officially registered its business
- repeat performance — sth done again
- restoration comedy — English comedy of the period of the Restoration, stressing manners and social satire.
- resuscitation room — an intensive care unit
- rhyming dictionary — a specialist dictionary organized by the final sounds of words, used to write poetry
- roman architecture — buildings in style of ancient Rome
- roman congregation — any of the executive departments of the Curia Romana as the administration of the Roman Catholic Church.
- room occupancy tax — Room occupancy tax is a tax that guests at a hotel have to pay in order to stay there.
- running commentary — non-stop description of sth
- second triumvirate — the coalition and joint rule of the Roman Empire by Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian, begun in 43 bc
- secondary consumer — (in the food chain) a carnivore that feeds only upon herbivores.
- secondary emission — the emission of electrons (secondary electrons) from a material that is bombarded with electrons or ions.
- self-incrimination — the act of incriminating oneself or exposing oneself to prosecution, especially by giving evidence or testimony.
- self-mortification — the inflicting of pain or privation on oneself: He was certain that self-mortification was the only road to salvation.
- self-recrimination — the act of recriminating, or countercharging: Hope gave way to recrimination with both sides claiming the moral high ground.
- semi-microanalysis — any analytical method in which the weight of the sample is between 10 and 100 milligrams.
- senior aircraftman — a rank in the Royal Air Force comparable to that of a private in the army, though not the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force
- sex discrimination — the practice of treating male and female people unequally