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15-letter words containing p, a, r, l, e, o

  • choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
  • chorale prelude — a composition for organ using a chorale as a cantus firmus or as the basis for variations
  • chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
  • ciliary process — one of the folds on the ciliary body, connected with the suspensory ligament of the crystalline lens.
  • cleptoparasites — Plural form of cleptoparasite.
  • clouded leopard — a feline, Neofelis nebulosa, of SE Asia and Indonesia with a yellowish-brown coat marked with darker spots and blotches
  • compleat angler — a book on fishing (1653) by Izaak Walton.
  • complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
  • complementarily — In a complementary manner.
  • complementarity — a state or system that involves complementary components
  • complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • complimentarily — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • compromise rail — a rail for linking rails having different sections.
  • contrapropeller — one of two propellers, usually attached to a ship or aircraft, which rotates in the opposite direction to the other
  • copper sulphate — a copper salt found naturally as chalcanthite and made by the action of sulphuric acid on copper oxide. It usually exists as blue crystals of the pentahydrate that form a white anhydrous powder when heated: used as a mordant, in electroplating, and in plant sprays. Formula: CuSO4
  • corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
  • corps de ballet — In ballet, the corps de ballet is the group of dancers who dance together, in contrast to the main dancers, who dance by themselves.
  • counterexamples — Plural form of counterexample.
  • counterproposal — a proposal offered as an alternative to a previous proposal
  • couples therapy — a counseling procedure that attempts to improve the adaptation and adjustment of two people who form a conjugal unit.
  • court of appeal — A Court of Appeal is a court which deals with appeals against legal judgments.
  • cowper's glands — two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males
  • cricopharyngeal — of, relating to, or involving the cricoid cartilage and the pharynx.
  • critical period — a period in a lifetime during which a specific stage of development usually occurs. If it fails to do so, it cannot readily occur afterwards
  • cross-pollinate — to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
  • customer appeal — attractiveness to customers
  • cyclobenzaprine — A particular antidepressant generally prescribed as an analgesic and muscle relaxant.
  • d. c. power lab — The former site of SAIL. This name was very funny because the obvious connection to electrical engineering was nonexistent - the lab was named after a Donald C. Power. Compare Marginal Hacks.
  • dadchelor party — a party primarily attended by men and held to honour and present gifts to a prospective father
  • davenport table — a table with drawers, having drop leaves at both ends, often placed in front of or behind a sofa.
  • demographically — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
  • depersonalizing — Present participle of depersonalize.
  • dephosphorylate — to remove a phosphate group from (an organic compound)
  • depletion layer — a region at the interface between dissimilar zones of conductivity in a semiconductor, in which there are few charge carriers
  • 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
  • diaheliotropism — the tendency among plants to respond to the light of the sun by orienting their leaves perpendicular to the sun's rays, such that the upper surface of the leaves receives maximum light
  • double jeopardy — the subjecting of a person to a second trial or punishment for the same offense for which the person has already been tried or punished.
  • doublet pattern — a pattern, as on a fabric, in which a figure or group is duplicated in reverse order on the opposite side of a centerline.
  • draw oneself up — to assume a straighter posture; stand or sit straight
  • drop handlebars — aerodynamic handlebars that drop down and curve towards the rider at the ends rather than turning upwards as on conventional bicycles
  • edgar allan poe — Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • eleutherophobia — the fear of freedom
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