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15-letter words containing m, o, t, r, e, c

  • platform scales — a weighing machine which has a platform that you put something on to be weighed
  • platform ticket — a pass allowing a visitor to enter upon a railroad platform from which those not traveling are ordinarily excluded.
  • pocket computer — palmtop
  • portland cement — a type of hydraulic cement usually made by burning a mixture of limestone and clay in a kiln.
  • posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
  • power macintosh — Power Mac
  • pre-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • pre-romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
  • premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
  • private company — a company whose shareholders may not exceed 50 in number and whose shares may not be offered for public subscription.
  • problematically — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • product manager — sb who oversees product development
  • program counter — (hardware)   (PC) A register in the central processing unit that contains the addresss of the next instruction to be executed. After each instruction is fetched, the PC is automatically incremented to point to the following instruction. It is not normally manipulated like an ordinary register but instead, special instructions are provided to alter the flow of control by writing a new value to the PC, e.g. JUMP, CALL, RTS.
  • program picture — a motion picture produced on a low budget, usually shown as the second film of a double feature.
  • project manager — sb who oversees project plan
  • projection room — projection booth (def 1).
  • 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.
  • psychochemistry — the treatment of mental illnesses by drugs
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • 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.
  • radiometrically — using a radiometric method, in terms of radiometry
  • radiomicrometer — an instrument for measuring small amounts of radiant energy, consisting of a sensitive thermocouple connected to a galvanometer.
  • radiotelemetric — of or relating to radiotelemetry
  • raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
  • recombinant dna — DNA in which one or more segments or genes have been inserted, either naturally or by laboratory manipulation, from a different molecule or from another part of the same molecule, resulting in a new genetic combination.
  • recombinational — belonging or relating to recombination
  • recontamination — the act of contaminating, or of making something impure or unsuitable by contact with something unclean, bad, etc.
  • recreation room — (in a home or public building) a room for informal entertaining, as for dancing, games, cards, etc.
  • redocumentation — The creation or revision of a semantically equivalent representation within the same relative abstraction level. The resulting forms of representation are usually considered alternate views intended for a human audience.
  • remuera tractor — a four-wheel drive vehicle
  • resurrectionism — the exhumation and stealing of dead bodies, especially for dissection.
  • retained income — retained earnings.
  • rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
  • roche moutonnee — a rounded, glacially eroded rock outcrop, usually one of a group, resembling a sheep's back.
  • romantic comedy — a light and humorous movie, play, etc., whose central plot is a happy love story.
  • rules committee — a special committee of a legislature, as of the U.S. House of Representatives, having the authority to establish rules or methods for expediting legislative action, and usually determining the date a bill is presented for consideration.
  • saccharomycetes — a collective name for yeasts
  • samuel prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
  • sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
  • sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
  • sclerodermatous — Zoology. covered with a hardened tissue, as scales.
  • scotch foursome — foursome (def 2b).
  • second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
  • secondary metal — metal derived wholly or in part from scrap.
  • secret mosquito — a high-pitched ringtone for a mobile phone, claimed by its distributors to be inaudible to most adults while remaining audible to children and teenagers
  • semantic memory — the recollection of facts and concepts
  • semiabstraction — a work of art whose subject matter is semi-abstract
  • semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
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