15-letter words containing o, p
- durchkomponiert — having a different tune for each section rather than having repeated melodies
- dwarf poinciana — royal poinciana.
- dynamic scoping — dynamic scope
- dysmorphophobia — an obsessive fear that one's body, or any part of it, is repulsive or may become so
- dysmorphophobic — relating to or affected with dysmorphophobia
- dystrophication — the process by which a body of water becomes dystrophic.
- east providence — a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.
- echocardiograph — an instrument employing reflected ultrasonic waves to examine the structures and functioning of the heart.
- eclipse scotoma — a blind spot; a permanent or temporary area of depressed or absent vision caused by viewing the sun directly
- edgar allan poe — Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- editio princeps — first edition.
- edmund randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
- edriophthalmian — edriophthalmous
- edriophthalmous — (of certain crustaceans) having stalkless eyes
- egyptian clover — a Mediterranean clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley
- electing a pope — (electronics, humour) (From the smoke signals given out when the guys in funny hats choose a new Pope) Causing an integrated circuit or other electronic component to emit smoke by passing too much current through it. See magic smoke.
- electra complex — the sexual attachment of a female child to her father
- electra paradox — the supposed paradox that one may know something to be true of an object under one description but not another, as when Electra knew that Orestes was her brother but not that the man before her was her brother although he was Orestes. This shows the predicate "knows" to be intensional, that Electra's knowledge here is de dicto, and that the statement of it yields an opaque context
- electrodeposits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electrodeposit.
- electromyograph — A device used in electromyography to generate electromyograms.
- electron optics — the study and use of beams of electrons and of their deflection and focusing by electric and magnetic fields
- electrophoreses — Plural form of electrophoresis.
- electrophoresis — The movement of charged particles in a fluid or gel under the influence of an electric field.
- electrophoretic — Of, pertaining to, or produced by electrophoresis.
- electropositive — Electrically positive.
- electropuncture — a therapy in which a small electric current is passed through the body via electrodes placed on the skin
- electroreceptor — A cell or organ responsible for electroreception.
- elegiac couplet — a couplet composed of a dactylic hexameter followed by a dactylic pentameter
- elephant's-foot — a monocotyledonous plant, Testudinaria elephantipes, of southern Africa, with a very large starchy tuberous stem, covered in corky scales: family Dioscoreaceae
- eleutherophobia — the fear of freedom
- eleutherophobic — afraid of freedom
- ellipsis points — the characters (… or formerly ***) forming a punctuation mark indicating an intentional omission of words or letters or an abrupt change of thought, lapse of time, incomplete statement, etc.
- emancipationist — An advocate of the emancipation of slaves.
- emperor penguin — large Antarctic penguin
- enantiomorphism — (chemistry) The relationship exhibited by a pair of enantiomorphs.
- enantiomorphous — Of or pertaining to enantiomorphs or enantiomorphism; enantiomorphic.
- encephalization — (biology) the amount of brain mass exceeding that related to an animal's total body mass.
- encephalography — Any of various techniques for recording the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- encephalopathic — Relating to encephalopathy.
- encounter group — a group of people who meet in order to develop self-awareness and mutual understanding by openly expressing their feelings, by confrontation, physical contact, etc
- encyclopaedical — Of or pertaining to encyclopaediae.
- encyclopedicity — The quality or state of being encyclopedic.
- endolymphangial — (anatomy) Within a lymphatic vessel.
- english sparrow — a small Eurasian weaverbird, Passer domesticus, now established in North America and Australia. It has a brown streaked plumage with grey underparts
- enterohepatitis — dual inflammation of the intestine and liver
- enteropeptidase — Enterokinase.
- enterprise zone — An enterprise zone is an area, usually a depressed or inner-city area, where the government offers incentives in order to attract new businesses.
- epeirogenically — in the manner of epeirogeny
- epichlorohydrin — an organic compound used as a solvent in resin-making
- epidemiological — Of or pertaining to epidemiology.