15-letter words containing o, l, e, c, r, a
- 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.
- pre-celebration — an act of celebrating.
- pre-contractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- 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
- prince of wales — Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall ("The Black Prince") 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
- problematically — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- processionalist — a member of a procession
- proteolytically — by a proteolytic process
- pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- pyrocrystalline — crystallized from a molten magma or highly heated solution.
- pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
- quiche lorraine — a quiche containing bits of bacon or ham and often cheese.
- radar telescope — (in radar astronomy) a very large radar antenna used to study planetary bodies in the solar system.
- radial velocity — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.
- radio telescope — a system consisting of an antenna, either parabolic or dipolar, used to gather radio waves emitted by celestial sources and bring them to a receiver placed in the focus.
- radiochemically — by radiochemical means or methods; from a radiochemical perspective
- radiometrically — using a radiometric method, in terms of radiometry
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- radiotelemetric — of or relating to radiotelemetry
- rape of lucrece — a narrative poem (1594) by Shakespeare.
- reality fiction — a satirical parody of a reality TV show
- reception class — A reception class is a class that children go into when they first start school at the age of four or five.
- recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recoil-operated — employing the recoil force of an explosive projectile to prepare the firing mechanism for the next shot.
- recombinational — belonging or relating to recombination
- reconceptualize — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- reconcilability — capable of being reconciled.
- reconsolidation — an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidated; unification: consolidation of companies.
- reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- recontextualize — to contextualize (something) again
- recording angel — an angel who supposedly keeps a record of every person's good and bad acts
- recoverableness — the ability to be recovered or chance of being able to recover
- recreationalist — recreationist.
- refectory table — a long, narrow table having a single stretcher between trestlelike supports at the ends.
- reggio calabria — a seaport in S Italy, on the Strait of Messina: almost totally destroyed by an earthquake 1908.
- renal corpuscle — Malpighian body (sense 2)
- reported clause — A reported clause is a subordinate clause that indicates what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'she was hungry' is a reported clause.
- requalification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
- research fellow — A research fellow is a member of an academic institution whose job is to do research.
- residual income — the remaining income (of a business or person) after necessary debts, expenses, etc, have been paid
- resocialization — the process of learning new attitudes and norms required for a new social role.
- retail politics — a political strategy or campaign style of meeting and speaking directly to as many voters as possible: New Hampshire is a state where retail politics are decisive. Not every candidate is good at retail politics.
- rhombencephalon — the hindbrain.
- ricinoleic acid — a colorless to yellow, viscous, liquid, water-insoluble, unsaturated hydroxyl acid, C 1 8 H 3 4 O 3 , occurring in castor oil in the form of the glyceride: used chiefly in soaps and textile finishing.
- rocket airplane — an airplane propelled wholly or mainly by a rocket engine.
- rocket launcher — a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.