15-letter words containing n, a, c, r, e
- overcompensated — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- overcompensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate.
- overcultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- overexpectation — excessive expectation
- overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- oxytetracycline — a dull-yellow, crystalline antibiotic powder, C 2 2 H 2 4 N 2 O 9 , produced by Streptomyces rimosus, used chiefly in treating infections caused by streptococci, staphylococci, Gram-negative bacilli, rickettsiae, and certain protozoans and viruses.
- pacific madrone — any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- painter's colic — Pathology. lead poisoning causing intense intestinal pain.
- palaeoanthropic — relating to palaeoanthropology
- pan-americanism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the countries of North, Central, and South America.
- paracel islands — a group of uninhabited islets and reefs in the N South China Sea, the subject of territorial claims by China and Vietnam
- parallel cousin — a cousin who is the child either of one's mother's sister or of one's father's brother.
- parasiticalness — the condition or characteristic of being parasitic
- parchment paper — a waterproof and grease-resistant paper produced by treating ordinary paper with concentrated sulfuric acid.
- parent compound — a compound from which derivatives may be obtained.
- parenthetically — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- parking offence — the act of leaving your car somewhere illegally
- parmesan cheese — of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
- part and parcel — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- parthenogenetic — development of an egg without fertilization.
- passenger coach — a carriage in which passengers sit
- peak experience — a high point in the life of a self-actualizer, during which the person feels ecstatic and more alive and whole than is usual.
- peak production — the maximum production
- pelargonic acid — a colorless, oily, water-immiscible liquid, C 9 H 1 8 O 2 , occurring as an ester in a volatile oil in species of pelargonium: used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of lacquers and plastics.
- penshurst place — a 14th-century mansion near Tunbridge Wells in Kent: birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney; gardens laid out from 1560
- perchloroethane — hexachloroethane.
- perfect cadence — a cadence in which the tonic chord has its root in both bass and soprano.
- perfluorocarbon — a fluorocarbon consisting only of fluorine and carbon atoms
- performance art — a collaborative art form originating in the 1970s as a fusion of several artistic media, as painting, film, video, music, drama, and dance, and deriving in part from the 1960s performance happenings.
- performance car — a car that can go very fast and can increase its speed very quickly
- pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
- perpendicularly — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- personal column — The personal column in a newspaper or magazine contains messages for individual people and advertisements of a private nature.
- personification — the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
- phosphocreatine — a compound, C 4 H 1 0 O 5 N 3 P, found chiefly in muscle, formed by the enzymatic interaction of an organic phosphate and creatine, the breakdown of which provides energy for muscle contraction.
- phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
- piano reduction — a musical score having the parts condensed or simplified in two staves, to render the music playable on the piano by one person.
- picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
- pinochet ugarte — Augusto [ou-goos-taw] /aʊˈgus tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–2006, Chilean army general and political leader: president 1973–90.
- pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
- pithecanthropus — a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
- planet-stricken — believed to be adversely affected mentally or physically by the planets
- planimetrically — in a planimetric manner
- planter's punch — a punch made with rum, lime juice, sugar, and water or soda.
- plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
- pneumatic drill — a percussive power drill powered by compressed air
- police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- polycrystalline — (of a rock or metal) composed of aggregates of individual crystals.
- portland cement — a type of hydraulic cement usually made by burning a mixture of limestone and clay in a kiln.