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15-letter words containing o, t, p, r

  • over-population — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overapplication — excessive application
  • overcapitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of overcapitalize.
  • overcapitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcapitalize.
  • overcompensated — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
  • overcompensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate.
  • overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • overdevelopment — Excessive development; the state or quality of being overdeveloped.
  • overexpectation — excessive expectation
  • overexpenditure — the act of expending something, especially funds; disbursement; consumption.
  • overopinionated — too opinionated
  • overpessimistic — excessively pessimistic or negative in outlook
  • overpreparation — the act or instance of preparing excessively
  • overrepresented — represented disproportionately or in too large a number (corresponding to the number in the population, etc)
  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • painter's colic — Pathology. lead poisoning causing intense intestinal pain.
  • pair production — Physics. the simultaneous creation of a particle and its antiparticle by a nucleus or particle in an excited state, as when a photon is absorbed.
  • palaeoanthropic — relating to palaeoanthropology
  • palaeontography — the branch of palaeontology concerned with the description of fossils
  • palato-alveolar — articulated with the blade or tip of the tongue approaching or touching the alveolar ridge and the main body of the tongue near the hard palate; having a primary alveolar articulation and a secondary palatal articulation.
  • pamprodactylous — having all four toes directed forward, as in swifts and colies.
  • pandorae fretum — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
  • panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
  • pantopragmatics — universal intervention in the affairs of others
  • paraheliotropic — (of leaves) turning away from light; sun-avoiding
  • paralation lisp — Embeds the paralation model in Common LISP. Available from MIT Press, (800)356-0343.
  • parallel motion — a mechanism arranged so as to impart rectilinear motion to a rod connected to a lever that moves through an arc.
  • parametrization — a parametric representation; the act of representing as or defining parameters
  • parent compound — a compound from which derivatives may be obtained.
  • part of fortune — the celestial longitude of the moon plus the celestial longitude of the ascendant minus the celestial longitude of the sun: said to connote an area of life through which one achieves emotional satisfaction.
  • parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • parthenogenetic — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • parti québécois — (in Canada) a political party in Quebec, formed in 1968 and originally advocating the separation of Quebec from the rest of the country
  • partial product — the result obtained when a number is multiplied by one digit of a multiplier
  • participational — involving participation
  • partition ratio — A partition ratio is a measurement of the relative degree to which a solute which is going to be separated is distributed between a solvent and sorption medium.
  • party political — Party political matters relate to political parties.
  • passport holder — a person who has a passport
  • passport office — an office which issues passports
  • pastel-coloured — pale-coloured; in a shade such as pink or pale blue
  • pastoral letter — pastoral (defs 11, 12).
  • pastoral prayer — the main prayer in a church service.
  • pastoralization — to make pastoral or rural.
  • patagonian hare — a burrowing, gray, long-eared and long-legged cavy of the genus Dolichotis, native to South America.
  • patchwork quilt — cover sewn from patches of cloth
  • paternity order — a court order which declares a child's paternity
  • patio furniture — furniture in an area adjoining a house, esp one that is paved and used for outdoor activities
  • patria potestas — the power vested in the paterfamilias or head of the Roman family with respect to his wife, natural or adopted children, and agnatic descendants: title to family property is vested exclusively in the paterfamilias. Property acquired by a family member becomes family property, and no family member can enter into a transaction in his or her own right.
  • pattern bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped on a target in a predetermined pattern.
  • paurometabolous — designating or of a group of insect orders, as orthopterans or hemipterans, in which metamorphosis to the adult state from the juvenile state is gradual and without any sudden, radical change of body form
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