15-letter words containing o, n, s, t, r
- post-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- post-tridentine — of or relating to the city of Trent.
- postirradiation — occurring after or due to irradiation
- postsynchronize — to add sound, such as dubbing, to a film or video after shooting is completed
- posttransfusion — occurring after or as a result of a transfusion
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- pre-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- pre-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- pre-romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
- preconstruction — the act or art of constructing.
- preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
- preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
- preregistration — early registration, in advance of event or general registration
- present oneself — to appear, esp at a specific time and place
- presentationism — the doctrine that in perception, or in all forms of knowledge, there is an immediate awareness of the things perceived.
- preservationism — a person who advocates or promotes preservation, especially of wildlife, natural areas, or historical places.
- preservationist — a person who advocates or promotes preservation, especially of wildlife, natural areas, or historical places.
- pretentiousness — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- printer's error — an error introduced into typeset copy by the compositor, so that the printer cannot charge for correcting it. Abbreviation: P.E., p.e.
- prior restraint — a court order banning publication of unpublished material.
- prison sentence — confinement in prison as a punishment imposed on a person who has been found guilty of a crime
- pro-abortionist — pro-choice.
- pro-nationalist — a person devoted to nationalism.
- probationership — the position of a probationer
- process control — a method of controlling and improving a process using statistical analysis
- process costing — a method of assigning costs to production processes where products must of necessity be produced in one continuous process, with unit cost arrived at by averaging units produced to the total cost of the process.
- process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
- processionalist — a member of a procession
- procrastinating — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- procrastination — the act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off or delaying, especially something requiring immediate attention: She was smart, but her constant procrastination led her to be late with almost every assignment.
- procrastinative — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- procrastinatory — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- procreativeness — the quality of being procreative
- procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
- professionalist — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
- profit and loss — the gain and loss arising from commercial or other transactions, applied especially to an account or statement of account in bookkeeping showing gains and losses in business.
- prognostication — the act of prognosticating.
- prognosticators — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- programme notes — notes designed to act as guide to an audience listening to live (esp classical) music. They will inform about the sequence of music played and may give some information about the music
- promissory note — a written promise to pay a specified sum of money to a designated person or to his or her order, or to the bearer of the note, at a fixed time or on demand.
- propositionally — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- prospectiveness — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- prostate cancer — cancer of the prostate
- protectionistic — Economics. the theory, practice, or system of fostering or developing domestic industries by protecting them from foreign competition through duties or quotas imposed on importations.
- proxy statement — a statement containing information, frequently exhaustive, about a corporation, its officers, and any propositions to be voted on, sent to stockholders when their proxies are being solicited for an annual or a special stockholders' meeting.
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- pseudonephritis — a condition, thought to be benign, in which microscopic amounts of blood and protein are present in the urine, occurring commonly among athletes after strenuous exercise.
- psychohistorian — a person who writes psychohistory
- pulchritudinous — physically beautiful; comely.
- put years on sb — If you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older.