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16-letter words containing p, c, r

  • riau archipelago — a group of islands belonging to Indonesia, off the SE coast of the Malay Peninsula, at the entrance to the Strait of Malacca. 36,510 sq. mi. (94,561 sq. km).
  • rice-paper plant — an araliaceous plant, Tetrapanax papyriferum of Taiwan, the pith of which is pared and flattened into sheets to make rice paper
  • river carpsucker — a carpsucker, Carpiodes carpio, found in silty rivers of the central U.S. south to Mexico.
  • rochelle powders — (not in technical use) Seidlitz powders.
  • rocket-propelled — using rocket power as the chief motive force.
  • rooting compound — a substance, usually a powder, containing auxins in which plant cuttings are dipped in order to promote root growth
  • saint crispinian — Saint, See under Crispin, Saint.
  • scarlet eggplant — a hairy, prickly plant, Solanum integrifolium, of the nightshade family, native to Africa, grown for its furrowed, nearly round, scarlet or yellow ornamental fruit.
  • schaumburg-lippe — a former state in NW Germany.
  • schneider trophy — a trophy for air racing between seaplanes of any nation, first presented by Jacques Schneider (1879–1928) in 1913; won outright by Britain in 1931
  • school inspector — an official whose job is to inspect schools and to report on their quality and conditions
  • score points off — to gain an advantage at someone else's expense
  • scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
  • sculpture garden — a garden that showcases sculptures in landscaped surroundings
  • secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
  • self-deprecating — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprecatory — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-description — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
  • self-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
  • self-exculpatory — intended to excuse oneself from blame or guilt
  • self-preoccupied — preoccupied by one's own concerns
  • self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • self-pronouncing — having the pronunciation indicated, especially by diacritical marks added on original spellings rather than by phonetic symbols: a self-pronouncing dictionary.
  • self-replicating — reproducing itself by its own power or inherent nature: self-replicating organisms.
  • self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • sense perception — perception by the senses rather than by the intellect.
  • service provider — company: provides internet
  • settlement price — The settlement price is the average price of a financial instrument at the end of a trading day.
  • shag pile carpet — a large piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor
  • share repurchase — A share repurchase is a situation in which a company buys back its own shares.
  • sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
  • shepherd's check — a pattern of even checks, used in a variety of fabrics.
  • shepherd's crook — hooked or curved stick
  • showcase project — a project designed to attract attention and show off the abilities of the people involved in it
  • showy crab apple — a large Japanese bush or tree, Malus floribunda, of the rose family, having red fruit and rose-colored flowers that fade to white.
  • sicilian vespers — a general massacre of the French in Sicily by the local population, begun at the sound of the vesper bell on Easter Monday, 1282.
  • sick as a parrot — very disappointed
  • single precision — using one word rather than two or more to represent a number.
  • slave labor camp — labor camp (def 1).
  • software package — bundle of files to execute computer program
  • solar prominence — prominence (def 3).
  • spanish mackerel — an American game fish, Scomberomorus maculatus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.
  • spanish moroccan — of or relating to the former Spanish colony of Spanish Morocco (now part of Morocco) or its inhabitants
  • spanish-american — noting or pertaining to the parts of America where Spanish is the prevailing language.
  • special clearing — (in Britain) the clearing of a cheque through a bank in less than the usual three days, for an additional charge
  • special delivery — (in the U.S. Postal Service) delivery of mail outside the regularly scheduled hours, by a special messenger, upon the payment of an extra fee.
  • special interest — special-interest group (def 1).
  • specific gravity — the ratio of the density of any substance to the density of some other substance taken as standard, water being the standard for liquids and solids, and hydrogen or air being the standard for gases.
  • specific surface — The specific surface is the ratio of a particle's surface area to its volume or mass.
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