15-letter words containing p, a, r, c, e, l
- decipherability — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- demographically — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- deprovincialize — to make provincial in character.
- dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- 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
- 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
- electromyograph — A device used in electromyography to generate electromyograms.
- encephalography — Any of various techniques for recording the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- epeirogenically — in the manner of epeirogeny
- epicyclic train — a cluster of gears consisting of a central gearwheel with external teeth (the sun), a coaxial gearwheel of greater diameter with internal teeth (the annulus), and one or more planetary gears engaging with both of them to provide a large gear ratio in a compact space
- facile princeps — an obvious leader
- false pregnancy — physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis.
- false pretences — fraud, deception
- family practice — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
- flock wallpaper — a type of wallpaper with a raised pattern
- franklin pierce — Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- geneva protocol — the agreement in 1925 to ban the use of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases in war. It does not ban the development or manufacture of such gases
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- gila woodpecker — a dull-colored woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- grecian profile — a profile distinguished by the absence of the hollow between the upper ridge of the nose and the forehead, thereby forming a straight line.
- hair specialist — an expert in the treatment and care of human hair
- hardship clause — a clause in a contract which covers unforeseen events that would make it more difficult for one party to complete the contract, and in which case offers alternative terms
- hewlett-packard — (HP) Hewlett-Packard designs, manufactures and services electronic products and systems for measurement, computation and communications. The company's products and services are used in industry, business, engineering, science, medicine and education in approximately 110 countries. HP was founded in 1939 and employs 96600 people, 58900 in the USA. They have manufacturing and R&D establishments in 54 cities in 16 countries and approximately 600 sales and service offices in 110 countries. Their revenue (in 1992/1993?) was $20.3 billion. The Chief Executive Officer is Lewis E. Platt. HP's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Pacific, Tokyo, London, Frankfurt, Zurich and Paris exchanges. Quarterly sales $6053M, profits $347M (Aug 1994).
- hexachlorophene — a white, crystalline powder, C 13 Cl 6 H 6 O 2 , insoluble in water: used as an antibacterial agent chiefly in toothpastes and soaps.
- hip replacement — a surgical procedure involving replacing the hip joint with an artificial implant
- hospital corner — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
- hundred's place — hundred (def 8).
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
- hypercalcinuria — Condition of high levels of calcium in the urine as caused by high levels of bone resorption seen in osteoporosis or hyperthyroidism.
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hypercatalectic — (of a line of verse) containing an additional syllable after the last dipody or foot. Compare acatalectic (def 2), catalectic.
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- hypercritically — In a hypercritical manner.
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- imprescriptable — Alt form imprescriptible.
- in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
- inter-parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- interperceptual — occurring between periods of perceiving
- interprovincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- introspectional — Of or relating to introspection.
- ionospherically — by the ionosphere
- isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
- italian cypress — a tall Eurasian cypress, cupressus sempervirens, native to the eastern Mediterranean region
- kalmyk republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: became subject to Russia in 1646. Capital: Elista. Pop: 292 400 (2002). Area: 76 100 sq km (29 382 sq miles)