15-letter words containing p, a, r, n, t
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- kernmantel rope — a rope made of many straight nylon fibres within a plaited sheath; used for its tensile strength, freedom from twisting, and elasticity
- keynote speaker — sb: gives opening speech
- langres plateau — a calcareous plateau of E France north of Dijon between the Seine and the Saône, reaching over 580 m (1900 ft): forms a watershed between rivers flowing to the Mediterranean and to the English Channel
- lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
- learn the ropes — become familiar with sth
- least sandpiper — a small, American sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, related to the stints of Europe.
- leaving present — a present given to a person when they leave a job, place etc
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
- limited partner — special partner.
- linear operator — a mathematical operator with the property that applying it to a linear combination of two objects yields the same linear combination as the result of applying it to the objects separately.
- linear topology — (theory) A linear topology on a left A-module M is a topology on M that is invariant under translations and admits a fundamental system of neighborhood of 0 that consists of submodules of M. If there is such a topology, M is said to be linearly topologized. If A is given a discrete topology, then M becomes a topological A-module with respect to a linear topology.
- liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
- long parliament — the Parliament that assembled November 3, 1640, was expelled by Cromwell in 1653, reconvened in 1659, and was dissolved in 1660.
- lumbar puncture — Medicine/Medical. puncture into the arachnoid membrane of the spinal cord, in the lumbar region, and withdrawal of spinal fluid, performed for diagnosis of the fluid, injection of dye for imaging, or administration of anesthesia or medication.
- lung transplant — a medical operation in which the lungs are taken out of someone who has died and are placed into another person's body
- luster painting — a method of decorating glazed pottery with metallic pigment, originated in Persia, popular from the 9th through the mid-19th centuries.
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- magnetic stripe — magnetic strip.
- magnetoreceptor — The part of an organism responsible for magnetoreception.
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- malpresentation — Abnormal positioning of a fetus at the time of delivery.
- mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- mechanoreceptor — any of the sense organs that respond to vibration, stretching, pressure, or other mechanical stimuli.
- megacorporation — a giant company formed from two or more large companies or a number of companies of various sizes.
- merchant prince — a very wealthy or influential merchant.
- metanitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
- methylpropanone — (organic compound) The industrial solvent butanone.
- metropolitanate — the office or province of a metropolitan
- metropolitanism — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- metropolitanize — to make metropolitan.
- microangiopathy — any disease of the small blood vessels.
- midgard serpent — a serpent, the child of Loki and Angerboda, who lies wrapped around the world, tail in mouth, and is destined to kill and to be killed by Thor at Ragnarok; Jormungand.
- mineral spirits — a volatile distillation product of petroleum, used as a thinner for paints and varnishes. Compare naphtha (def 1).
- misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- mount parnassus — a mountain in central Greece, in NW Boeotia: in ancient times sacred to Dionysus, Apollo, and the Muses, with the Castalian Spring and Delphi on its slopes. Height: 2457 m (8061 ft)
- mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
- multum in parvo — much in a small space
- municipal court — a court whose jurisdiction is confined to a city or municipality, with criminal jurisdiction usually corresponding to that of a police court and civil jurisdiction over small causes.
- nansen passport — a passport issued after World War I by the League of Nations to refugees unable to establish citizenship.
- napier-hastings — a seaport on E North Island, in New Zealand.
- nappa (leather) — a soft, supple leather produced, esp. from sheepskin, by tawing
- nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
- natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
- native compiler — (programming, tool) A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.