15-letter words containing p, a, r, i, l
- superspecialist — a highly skilled specialist
- surgical spirit — Surgical spirit is a liquid which is used to clean wounds or surgical instruments. It consists mainly of alcohol.
- talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
- telegraphically — of or relating to the telegraph.
- thalassographic — relating to thalassography
- the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
- therapeutically — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- thermal printer — a printer that produces output by selectively heating a heat-sensitive paper (thermal paper) in patterns corresponding to the characters to be produced.
- tiglath-pileser — died 727 b.c, king of Assyria 745–727.
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
- trading capital — the total amount of money available for buying assets
- transplantation — to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
- trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
- triple alliance — the alliance (1882–1915) of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
- triple integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of three variables and which requires three applications of the integration process to evaluate.
- trivial pursuit — a board game that is based the ability to answer questions on popular culture and general knowledge
- tropicalization — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- turk's-cap lily — either of two lilies, Lilum martagon or L. superbum, having nodding flowers with the perianth segments rolled backward.
- typographically — of or relating to typography.
- ultra-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
- umbrella policy — An umbrella policy is a policy that provides excess limits and gives additional excess coverage over the normal limits and coverage of liability policies.
- unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended
- uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
- underpopulation — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- uninterpretable — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- unparliamentary — not parliamentary; at variance with or contrary to the methods employed by parliamentary bodies.
- unpatriotically — in a manner that is not enthusiastically supporting one's country and its ways of life
- unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
- upper peninsula — a peninsula in the northern US between Lakes Superior and Michigan, constituting the N part of the state of Michigan
- upward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
- upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- uropygial gland — a gland opening on the back at the base of the tail in most birds that secretes an oily fluid used by the bird in preening its feathers.
- utility program — system software used to perform standard operations, as sorting data or copying data from one file to another, for application programs or other system software.
- variola porcina — an acute infectious viral disease of pigs characterized by skin eruptions
- venture capital — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
- vernier caliper — a caliper formed of two pieces sliding across one another, one having a graduated scale and the other a vernier.
- vicar apostolic — Roman Catholic Church. a titular bishop serving either in a district where no episcopal see has been established, or in one where the succession of bishops has been interrupted.
- vicar capitular — a cleric chosen by a cathedral chapter to manage a bishopric during a vacancy.
- vine phylloxera — a homopterous insect, Phylloxera vitifolia, typically feeding on vine juices
- wallpaper music — music that is pleasant but not interesting, so people do not pay much attention to it
- walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.