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19-letter words containing o, p, l, a, s

  • palomar observatory — an astronomical observatory situated on Palomar Mountain in S California, having a 200-inch (508-cm) reflecting telescope and a 48-inch (122-cm) Schmidt telescope.
  • parallel processing — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
  • particle dispersoid — A particle dispersoid is a suspension of solid particles in a gas.
  • particle separation — a rule that moves the particle of a phrasal verb, thus deriving a sentence like He looked the answer up from a structure that also underlies He looked up the answer
  • particular solution — a solution of a differential equation containing no arbitrary constants.
  • pass someone's lips — to be eaten or drunk by someone
  • pastoral counseling — the use of psychotherapeutic techniques by trained members of the clergy to assist parishioners who seek help for personal or emotional problems.
  • periodontal disease — any of various mixed bacterial infections that affect the soft tissues and bones supporting the teeth.
  • peritoneal dialysis — a form of dialysis in which the peritoneum is used as an autogenous semipermeable membrane
  • peroxysulfuric acid — persulfuric acid (def 1).
  • personal belongings — possessions; things that belong to someone
  • personal stationery — headed notepaper
  • personal watercraft — a jet-propelled boat ridden like a motorcycle.
  • phacoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
  • phakoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
  • philosophical logic — the branch of philosophy that studies the relationship between formal logic and ordinary language, esp the extent to which the former can be held accurately to represent the latter
  • pillars of hercules — the two promontories at the E end of the Strait of Gibraltar: the Rock of Gibraltar on the European side and the Jebel Musa on the African side; according to legend, formed by Hercules
  • pistol-handle knife — a table knife, especially of the 18th century, having a slightly curved handle resembling the grip of a flintlock pistol.
  • planning permission — In Britain, planning permission is official permission that you must get from the local authority before building something new or adding something to an existing building.
  • plastic deformation — In plastic deformation a material changes shape when a stress is applied to it and does not go back to its original state when the stress is removed.
  • play fast and loose — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • play footsie (with) — to touch feet or rub knees (with) in a caressing way, as under the table
  • pleased to meet you — greeting
  • pointe-aux-trembles — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, N of Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
  • police headquarters — building where police are stationed
  • political scientist — A political scientist is someone who studies, writes, or lectures about political science.
  • political-scientist — a social science dealing with political institutions and with the principles and conduct of government.
  • polyphosphoric acid — any one of a series of oxyacids of phosphorus with the general formula Hn+2PnO3n+1. The first member is pyrophosphoric acid (n = 2) and the series includes the highly polymeric metaphosphoric acid. The higher acids exist in an equilibrium mixture
  • popular sovereignty — the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will.
  • population genetics — the branch of genetics concerned with the hereditary makeup of populations.
  • population pressure — the force exerted by a growing population upon its environment, resulting in dispersal or reduction of the population.
  • port jackson willow — an Australian acacia tree, Acacia cyanophylla, introduced in the 19th century into South Africa, where it is now regarded as a pest
  • positional notation — a type of numeration in which the position of a digit affects its value.
  • post-and-rail fence — a fence constructed of upright wooden posts with horizontal timber slotted through it
  • postal savings bank — any of the savings banks formerly operated by local post offices and limited to small accounts.
  • posttranscriptional — Genetics, Biochemistry. occurring after the formation of RNA from DNA but before the RNA strand leaves the nucleus.
  • potassium bisulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KHSO 4 , used chiefly in the conversion of tartrates to bitartrates.
  • pre-order traversal — traversal
  • presentation skills — the set of techniques and skills required successfully to present oral information to others
  • prismatic telescope — a telescope having an eyepiece at the side or top equipped with a reflecting prism, used for taking sights at steep angles.
  • professional advice — advice given by someone trained in a particular and relevant profession or job
  • professional school — a postgraduate school or college which trains students for a particular profession
  • professionalization — to give a professional character or status to; make into or establish as a profession.
  • profitability study — a study of how much profit a company, organization, etc, makes or how profitable it is
  • property speculator — a person who takes part in property speculation
  • propositional logic — (logic)   (or "propositional calculus") A system of symbolic logic using symbols to stand for whole propositions and logical connectives. Propositional logic only considers whether a proposition is true or false. In contrast to predicate logic, it does not consider the internal structure of propositions.
  • provably unsolvable — The set or property of problems for which no algorithm at all exists. E.g. the Halting Problem. See also provably difficult.
  • pseudo-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
  • pseudo-experimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
  • pseudo-intellectual — a person exhibiting intellectual pretensions that have no basis in sound scholarship.
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