15-letter words containing p, a, r, m, i, n
- premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
- presbyterianism — church government by presbyters or elders, equal in rank and organized into graded administrative courts.
- presentationism — the doctrine that in perception, or in all forms of knowledge, there is an immediate awareness of the things perceived.
- preservationism — a person who advocates or promotes preservation, especially of wildlife, natural areas, or historical places.
- prima ballerina — the principal ballerina in a ballet company.
- primary contact — a communication or relationship between people that is characterized by intimacy and personal familiarity.
- primary insurer — A primary insurer is the insurance company that first sells insurance to a client, who later purchases reinsurance.
- primary rainbow — the most commonly seen rainbow, formed by light rays that undergo a single internal reflection in a drop of water.
- primary sealing — Primary sealing is devices used for sealing tanks, to reduce emissions, often made of foam.
- primary winding — an induction coil that is the part of an electric circuit in which a changing current induces a current in a neighbouring circuit
- prince charming — (sometimes lowercase) a man who embodies a woman's romantic ideal.
- prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
- private company — a company whose shareholders may not exceed 50 in number and whose shares may not be offered for public subscription.
- professionalism — professional character, spirit, or methods.
- program trading — trading on international stock exchanges using a computer program to exploit differences between stock index futures and actual share prices on world equity markets
- promotion board — group that markets or advertises sth
- proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- pure and simple — sheer, utter
- purslane family — the plant family Portulacaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, often fleshy leaves, sometimes showy flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bitterroot, purslane, red maids, rose moss, and spring beauty.
- pyramid selling — Pyramid selling is a method of selling in which one person buys a supply of a particular product direct from the manufacturer and then sells it to a number of other people at an increased price. These people sell it on to others in a similar way, but eventually the final buyers are only able to sell the product for less than they paid for it.
- pyrimidine base — any of a number of similar compounds having a basic structure that is derived from pyrimidine, including cytosine, thymine, and uracil, which are constituents of nucleic acids
- quasi-permanent — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- random sampling — a method of selecting a sample (random sample) from a statistical population in such a way that every possible sample that could be selected has a predetermined probability of being selected.
- reaping machine — any of various machines for reaping grain, often fitted with a device for automatically throwing out bundles of the cut grain.
- reapportionment — the act of redistributing or changing the apportionment of something.
- refinery revamp — A refinery revamp is a change in the technology or processes used in a refinery.
- remand prisoner — a prisoner who is sent back into custody (or sometimes admitted to bail) to await trial or continuation of their trial
- retirement plan — a systematic plan made and kept by an individual for setting aside income for his or her future retirement.
- room-and-pillar — noting a means of extracting coal or other minerals from underground deposits by first cutting out rooms, then robbing the pillars between them; pillar-and-breast.
- rump parliament — the remnant of the Long Parliament established by the expulsion of the Presbyterian members in 1648, dismissed by force in 1653, and restored briefly in 1659–60.
- sales promotion — the methods or techniques for creating public acceptance of or interest in a product, usually in addition to standard merchandising techniques, as advertising or personal selling, and generally consisting of the offer of free samples, gifts made to a purchaser, or the like.
- sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
- schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
- semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
- semitransparent — imperfectly or almost transparent.
- september rains — rainy weather during the month of September
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- simple interval — an interval of an octave or less.
- slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
- spanish america — the Spanish-speaking countries south of the U.S.: Mexico, Central America (with the exception of Belize), South America (with the exceptions of Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname), and most of the West Indies.
- spanish morocco — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
- spermatogenesis — the origin and development of spermatozoa.
- spread sampling — the selection of a corpus for statistical analysis by selecting a number of short passages at random throughout the work and considering their aggregation
- spring mattress — a mattress containing an arrangement of spiral springs
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- sublapsarianism — infralapsarianism.
- supernaturalism — supernatural character or agency.
- tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.