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15-letter words containing o, c, i, p, t, e

  • overexpectation — excessive expectation
  • overpessimistic — excessively pessimistic or negative in outlook
  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • painter's colic — Pathology. lead poisoning causing intense intestinal pain.
  • palaeoanthropic — relating to palaeoanthropology
  • paleolithic man — any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.
  • paraheliotropic — (of leaves) turning away from light; sun-avoiding
  • parthenogenetic — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • parti québécois — (in Canada) a political party in Quebec, formed in 1968 and originally advocating the separation of Quebec from the rest of the country
  • passport office — an office which issues passports
  • pavel petrovich — Paul I (def 2).
  • peak production — the maximum production
  • pectoral girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs.
  • percussion tool — a power driven tool which operates by striking rapid blows: the power may be electricity or compressed air
  • perfectionistic — a person who adheres to or believes in perfectionism.
  • perfunctoriness — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • periodic motion — any motion that recurs in identical forms at equal intervals of time.
  • periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
  • personification — the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
  • phenakistoscope — an early form of a zoetrope in which figures are depicted in different poses around the edge of a disc. When the disc is spun, and the figures observed through the apertures around the edge of the disc, they appear to be moving
  • phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
  • phenylketonuric — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
  • phonemicization — a grouping of phonemes
  • phoneticization — the representation of speech in writing using a system in which individual symbols reflect speech sounds in a regular manner
  • 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.
  • photo-secession — an association of photographers founded in New York City in 1902 by Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen that advocated the development and public recognition of photography as a fine art.
  • photoconductive — of, relating to, or exhibiting photoconductivity.
  • photodissociate — to split or break up molecules as a result of the absorption of photons
  • photoelasticity — the phenomenon of double refraction of polarized light by a transparent substance under elastic stress, used to measure strain in elastic, transparent materials.
  • photoelectronic — relating to electronic effects or devices affected by light
  • photoexcitation — the creation of an increase in energy in atoms, molecules or ions caused by the absorption of a photon
  • photomechanical — noting or pertaining to any of various processes for printing from plates or surfaces prepared by the aid of photography.
  • photomicroscope — a microscope having an illuminator and a camera mechanism for producing a photomicrograph.
  • photorefractive — of or relating to a change in the index of refraction by spatial variations of the light intensity, as in a laser.
  • phytochemically — in a phytochemical manner
  • phytopathogenic — of, possessing the properties of, or relating to a phytopathogen
  • 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.
  • piece to camera — a TV report in which a reporter is filmed saying something
  • pincer movement — a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement.
  • pinochet ugarte — Augusto [ou-goos-taw] /aʊˈgus tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–2006, Chilean army general and political leader: president 1973–90.
  • pissing contest — Slang: Vulgar. a contentious argument; confrontation.
  • 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.
  • plain chocolate — dark eating chocolate
  • plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
  • plantaginaceous — relating to or belonging to the family Plantaginaceae
  • plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
  • plate tectonics — a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past adjacent plates.
  • platform ticket — a pass allowing a visitor to enter upon a railroad platform from which those not traveling are ordinarily excluded.
  • plug compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
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