15-letter words containing m, y, p, r

presbyterianism — church government by presbyters or elders, equal in rank and organized into graded administrative courts.
primary contact — a communication or relationship between people that is characterized by intimacy and personal familiarity.
primary feather — any of the flight feathers growing from the manus of a bird's wing
primary insurer — A primary insurer is the insurance company that first sells insurance to a client, who later purchases reinsurance.
primary process — the generally unorganized mental activity characteristic of the unconscious and occurring in dreams, fantasies, and related processes.
primary product — a product consisting of a natural raw material; an unmanufactured product
primary quality — any of the qualities inherent in an object, namely quantity, extent, figure, solidity, and motion or rest.
primary rainbow — the most commonly seen rainbow, formed by light rays that undergo a single internal reflection in a drop of water.
primary sealing — Primary sealing is devices used for sealing tanks, to reduce emissions, often made of foam.
primary storage — main memory
primary teacher — a teacher in a primary school
primary winding — an induction coil that is the part of an electric circuit in which a changing current induces a current in a neighbouring circuit
primrose family — the plant family Primulaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having simple, opposite, whorled, or basal leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including cyclamen, loosestrife of the genus Lysimachia, pimpernel, primrose, and shooting star.
primrose yellow — primrose (def 3).
prismatic layer — the middle layer of the shell of certain mollusks, consisting chiefly of crystals of calcium carbonate.
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.
programmability — capable of being programmed.
promissory note — a written promise to pay a specified sum of money to a designated person or to his or her order, or to the bearer of the note, at a fixed time or on demand.
property market — business or trade in land and houses
proximity probe — A proximity probe is an instrument for measuring how far the surface of a component is away from the end of the probe.
proximity talks — a diplomatic process whereby an impartial representative acts as go-between for two opposing parties who are willing to attend the same conference but unwilling to meet face to face
proxy statement — a statement containing information, frequently exhaustive, about a corporation, its officers, and any propositions to be voted on, sent to stockholders when their proxies are being solicited for an annual or a special stockholders' meeting.
pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
psychochemistry — the treatment of mental illnesses by drugs
pulmonary valve — a semilunar valve between the pulmonary artery and the right ventricle of the heart that prevents the blood from flowing back into the right ventricle.
purslane family — the plant family Portulacaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, often fleshy leaves, sometimes showy flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bitterroot, purslane, red maids, rose moss, and spring beauty.
pyramid selling — Pyramid selling is a method of selling in which one person buys a supply of a particular product direct from the manufacturer and then sells it to a number of other people at an increased price. These people sell it on to others in a similar way, but eventually the final buyers are only able to sell the product for less than they paid for it.
pyramidal tract — any of four tracts of descending motor fibers that extend in pairs down each side of the spinal column and function in voluntary movement.
pyrimidine base — any of a number of similar compounds having a basic structure that is derived from pyrimidine, including cytosine, thymine, and uracil, which are constituents of nucleic acids
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.
re-entry permit — a permit required to return to certain countries after leaving for an extended period of time
refinery revamp — A refinery revamp is a change in the technology or processes used in a refinery.
rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
simple majority — less than half of the total votes cast but more than the minimum required to win, as when there are more than two candidates or choices.
slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
sully-prudhomme — René François Armand [ruh-ney frahn-swa ar-mahn] /rəˈneɪ frɑ̃ˈswa arˈmɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1839–1907, French poet: Nobel prize 1901.
symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
sympathy strike — a strike by a body of workers, not because of grievances against their own employer, but by way of endorsing and aiding another group of workers who are on strike or have been locked out.
symphony writer — a composer of an extended large-scale orchestral composition, usually with several movements, at least one of which is in sonata form
system operator — a person who maintains a computer system or network, especially one who operates a computer bulletin board.
temperamentally — having or exhibiting a strongly marked, individual temperament.
the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
theatre company — an organization that produces theatrical performances
thermogeography — the study of the geographical variation and distribution of temperature.
to jump for joy — If you say that someone is jumping for joy, you mean that they are very pleased or happy about something.

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