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17-letter words containing p, e, n, t, y

  • primary-intention — an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
  • priority check-in — Priority check-in at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check in without waiting in a line.
  • production system — (programming)   A production system consists of a collection of productions (rules), a working memory of facts and an algorithm, known as forward chaining, for producing new facts from old. A rule becomes eligible to "fire" when its conditions match some set of elements currently in working memory. A conflict resolution strategy determines which of several eligible rules (the conflict set) fires next. A condition is a list of symbols which represent constants, which must be matched exactly; variables which bind to the thing they match and "<> symbol" which matches a field not equal to symbol. Example production systems are OPS5, CLIPS, flex.
  • proof of identity — a document or documents used to verify someone's identity
  • proprietary brand — a brand of product that is privately owned and controlled
  • protein synthesis — the process by which amino acids are linearly arranged into proteins through the involvement of ribosomal RNA, transfer RNA, messenger RNA, and various enzymes.
  • protocol analyser — (communications, hardware, networking, testing, tool)   Any device that captures and interprets the network traffic between two or more connected computer systems. The traffic can then be decoded so that it is possible to see what processes are occurring. By examining the flow of traffic, protocol analysers can be used to find out where problems (such as bottlenecks or the failure of a network device) are on a LAN. Advanced protocol analysers can also provide statistics on the traffic that can help to identify trends that may in future lead to further problems with the network.
  • psychoeducational — designating or of psychological methods, as intelligence tests, used in evaluating learning ability
  • publicity-seeking — eager to attract publicity
  • purdue university — http://purdue.edu/.
  • pythagorean scale — the major scale as derived acoustically by Pythagoras from the perfect fifth.
  • quality newspaper — a more serious newspaper which gives detailed accounts of world events, as well as reports on business, culture, and society
  • radiation therapy — x-rays used as treatment
  • reality principle — the motivating force or mechanism by which the child, who has previously sought immediate gratification of all wishes, realizes that gratification must sometimes be deferred or forgone.
  • recovery position — a position in which an unconscious person can be lain on the floor, which minimises them from further risk
  • repertory company — repertory (def 2).
  • respiratory chain — a series of mitochondrial proteins that transport electrons of hydrogen, released in the Krebs cycle, from acetyl coenzyme A to inhaled oxygen to form H 2 O: the energy released in the process is conserved as ATP.
  • reticulate python — a python, Python reticulatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, sometimes growing to a length of 32 feet (10 meters): usually considered to be the largest snake in the world.
  • safety inspection — an inspection of a place carried out to ensure that it is safe and not dangerous
  • safety precaution — a precaution that is taken in order to ensure that something is safe and not dangerous
  • secondary product — a product that is not the main product of an industry; a by-product
  • sensitivity group — a group of persons participating in sensitivity training.
  • separation energy — binding energy (def 1).
  • serendipity berry — miracle fruit (def 2).
  • south sea company — a British joint stock company that traded in South America in the 18th century. The South Sea Company took over the national debt in return for a monopoly of trade with the South Seas, causing feverish speculation in their stocks, and a financial crash in 1720 (the South Sea Bubble)
  • spatial frequency — the measure of fine detail in an optical image in terms of cycles per millimetre
  • spectrum analyser — an instrument that splits an input waveform into its frequency components, which are then displayed
  • spectrum analysis — the determination of the constitution or condition of bodies and substances by means of the spectra they produce.
  • split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
  • split personality — multiple personality.
  • spondylolisthesis — the forward displacement of a vertebra.
  • steamship company — a company which has a fleet of steamships
  • stray capacitance — undesired capacitance in equipment, occurring between the wiring, between the wiring and the chassis, or between components and the chassis
  • suction lipectomy — the removal of fatty tissue by making a small incision in the skin, loosening the fat layer, and withdrawing it by suction.
  • sunday supplement — a special section incorporated in the Sunday editions of many newspapers, often containing features on books, celebrities, home entertainment, gardening, and the like.
  • superconductivity — the phenomenon of almost perfect conductivity shown by certain substances at temperatures approaching absolute zero. The recent discovery of materials that are superconductive at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero raises the possibility of revolutionary developments in the production and transmission of electrical energy.
  • supply management — business purchasing
  • synthetic phonics — a method of teaching people to read by training them to pronounce sounds associated with particular letters in isolation and then blend them together
  • temporary account — A temporary account is an account which is closed out at the end of the year.
  • terminal capacity — The terminal capacity is the volume which can be stored in a terminal (= building or area with tanks).
  • ternary operation — an operation in a mathematical system by which three elements are combined to yield a single result.
  • the alpine valley — a straight fracture on the moon that cuts the Alps in two
  • the death penalty — capital punishment
  • the pennsylvanian — the Pennsylvanian period or rock system, equivalent to the Upper Carboniferous of Europe
  • the penny dropped — If you say the penny dropped, you mean that someone suddenly understood or realized something.
  • the underemployed — underemployed people
  • to open your eyes — If something opens your eyes, it makes you aware that something is different from the way that you thought it was.
  • to open your mind — If something opens your mind to new ideas or experiences, it makes you more willing to accept them or try them.
  • top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
  • tympanic membrane — eardrum.
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