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15-letter words containing o, c, t, p, l

  • platform rocker — a rocking chair supported on a stationary base
  • 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.
  • play havoc with — bring chaos to
  • plug compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
  • plug-compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
  • plunket society — the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children
  • plymouth colony — the colony established in SE Massachusetts by the Pilgrims in 1620.
  • point d'alencon — Alençon lace (def 1).
  • point-and-click — of or denoting an interface with which the user typically interacts by using a mouse to move the cursor and then clicking on a screen object.
  • poke mullock at — to ridicule
  • police reporter — a news reporter assigned to cover a police department for newsworthy events.
  • policy priority — the most important idea or plan that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
  • political party — an organization of people who share the same views about the way power should be used in a country or society (through government, policy-making, etc)
  • polycarboxylate — a salt or ester of a polycarboxylic acid. Polycarboxylate esters are used in certain detergents
  • polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
  • polycrystalline — (of a rock or metal) composed of aggregates of individual crystals.
  • polyelectrolyte — an electrolyte of high molecular weight, usually polymeric, either natural or synthetic.
  • pontifical mass — (sometimes lowercase) Roman Catholic Church. a High Mass celebrated by a bishop or other prelate.
  • popeye catalufa — See under catalufa.
  • popular culture — cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.
  • portland cement — a type of hydraulic cement usually made by burning a mixture of limestone and clay in a kiln.
  • positive column — the luminous region between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
  • post-apoplectic — of or relating to apoplexy or stroke.
  • post-collegiate — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
  • postapocalyptic — of or like an apocalypse; affording a revelation or prophecy.
  • postconsonantal — immediately following a consonant.
  • postinoculation — the act or process of inoculating.
  • pre-celebration — an act of celebrating.
  • pre-contractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
  • precinct police — the police responsible for a district of a city
  • preconceptional — a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
  • predicate logic — (logic)   (Or "predicate calculus") An extension of propositional logic with separate symbols for predicates, subjects, and quantifiers. For example, where propositional logic might assign a single symbol P to the proposition "All men are mortal", predicate logic can define the predicate M(x) which asserts that the subject, x, is mortal and bind x with the universal quantifier ("For all"): All x . M(x) Higher-order predicate logic allows predicates to be the subjects of other predicates.
  • price inflation — inflation fuelled by rising prices
  • principal point — the point where a principal plane intersects the axis.
  • problematically — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • process control — a method of controlling and improving a process using statistical analysis
  • processionalist — a member of a procession
  • production line — an arrangement of machines or sequence of operations involved with a single manufacturing operation or production process. Compare assembly line, line1 (def 29).
  • pronunciational — relating to pronunciation
  • proteolytically — by a proteolytic process
  • pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
  • pseudocoelomate — having a pseudocoel.
  • psychobiologist — the use of biological methods to study normal and abnormal emotional and cognitive processes, as the anatomical basis of memory or neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia.
  • psychopathology — the science or study of mental disorders.
  • public footpath — a footpath along which the public has right of way
  • public lavatory — a public toilet
  • public property — Public property is land and other assets that belong to the general public and not to a private owner.
  • pulchritudinous — physically beautiful; comely.
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
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