19-letter words containing n, o, p, e, r
- captains courageous — a novel (1897) by Rudyard Kipling.
- carbon steel piping — Carbon steel piping is pipes made of steel with carbon as the main alloying component, used for transporting fluids.
- cathodic protection — a technique for protecting metal structures, such as steel ships and pipelines, from electrolytic corrosion by making the structure the cathode in a cell, either by applying an electromotive force directly or by putting it into contact with a more electropositive metal
- cerebrospinal fluid — the clear colourless fluid in the spaces inside and around the spinal cord and brain
- champagne corks pop — If you say that champagne corks are popping, you mean that people are celebrating something.
- chemical processing — Chemical processing is a way of making changes to chemical compounds.
- christmas pantomime — pantomime (def 5).
- cinematographically — a motion-picture projector.
- clinical depression — depression in a patient that meets defined criteria and that is deemed to merit treatment
- clockwork precision — regularity
- co-respondent shoes — men's two-coloured shoes, usually black and white or brown and white
- coherent parallel c — (language) A data parallel version of C.
- colonial experience — experience of farming, etc, gained by a young Englishman in colonial Australia
- columnar epithelium — epithelium consisting of one or more layers of elongated cells of cylindrical or prismatic shape.
- combination therapy — a therapy that combines two or more drugs, or two or more treatments
- command interpreter — (operating system) A program which reads textual commands from the user or from a file and executes them. Some commands may be executed directly within the interpreter itself (e.g. setting variables or control constructs), others may cause it to load and execute other files. When an IBM PC is booted BIOS loads and runs the MS-DOS command interpreter into memory from file COMMAND.COM found on a floppy disk or hard disk drive. The commands that COMMAND.COM recognizes (e.g. COPY, DIR, PRN) are called internal commands, in contrast to external commands which are executable files.
- command performance — A command performance is a special performance of a play or show which is given for a head of state.
- community programme — (in Britain) a former government scheme to provide temporary work for people unemployed for over a year
- complementary angle — either of two angles whose sum is 90°
- complementary color — Art. one of a pair of primary or secondary colors opposed to the other member of the pair on a schematic chart or scale (color wheel) as green opposed to red, orange opposed to blue, or violet opposed to yellow. Compare analogous color. the relationship of these pairs of colors perceived as completing or enhancing each other.
- complete quadrangle — a plane figure consisting of four points connected by six lines
- complimentary close — the part of a letter that by convention immediately precedes the signature, as “Very truly yours,” “Cordially,” or “Sincerely yours.”.
- compound microscope — an instrument for magnifying small objects, consisting of a lens of short focal length for forming an image that is further magnified by a second lens of longer focal length
- compression molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic by closing a mold on it, forming the material by heat and pressure.
- compromise solution — a solution to a problem reached by compromise
- comptroller general — the director of the General Accounting Office
- computer dictionary — Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
- computer simulation — an event, process, or scenario that is created on a computer
- computer-controlled — controlled by computers, esp without direct human intervention
- confectioner's shop — a sweet shop
- confocal microscope — a light microscope with an optical system designed to reject background from matter outside the focal plane and therefore allowing images of different sections of a specimen to be obtained
- consultation period — a period during which consultations are held before a policy decision is made
- consumer protection — laws and policies designed to protect consumers against unfair trade and credit practices
- container transport — the transport of cargo in containers
- contemplative order — a religious order whose members are devoted to prayer rather than works.
- contemporaneousness — The state or characteristic of being contemporaneous.
- continuous spectrum — a spectrum that contains or appears to contain all wavelengths but not spectrum lines over a wide portion of its range. The emission spectrum of incandescent solids is continuous; bremsstrahlung spectra consisting of a large number of lines may appear continuous
- contract programmer — (job, programming) A programmer who works on a fixed-length or temporary contract, and is often employed to write certain types of code or to work on a specific project. Despite the fact that contractors usually cost more than hiring a permanent employee with the same skills, it is common for organisations to employ them for extended periods, sometimes renewing their contracts for many years, due to lack of certainty about the future or simple lack of planning. A contract programmer may be independent or they may work in a supplier's professional services department, providing consultancy and programming services for the supplier's products.
- conversational lisp — (language) (CLISP) A mixed English-like, ALGOL-like surface syntax for Interlisp.
- corporal punishment — Corporal punishment is the punishment of people by hitting them.
- corporate venturing — the provision of venture capital by one company for another in order to obtain information about the company requiring capital or as a step towards acquiring it
- correspondence card — a piece of card, often with the sender's name and address printed on the top, designed to be used for sending brief notes to people through the post
- counter-programming — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
- counter-proposition — a proposition made in place of or in opposition to a preceding one.
- counterpoint-rhythm — Music. the art of combining melodies.
- counterpoise bridge — another name for bascule bridge
- counterproductively — In a counterproductive way.
- court correspondent — (in Britain) a journalist who covers stories about the royal family
- cox's orange pippin — a variety of eating apple with sweet flesh and a red-tinged green skin
- cracked compression — Cracked compression is a separation process for separating hydrocarbons further, with an increase in the pressure of the cracked gas.