15-letter words containing p, e, o, l, s, c
- lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
- loose chippings — pieces of gravel spread on the top of tarmac that fail to stick to it
- lzh compression — (algorithm) (After Lempel-Ziv and Haruyasu, the inventors) A compression algorithm derived from the LZSS scheme with a sliding window and additional compression applied to the output of the LZSS compressor by dynamic Huffman coding.
- lzw compression — Lempel-Ziv Welch compression
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- master corporal — a noncommissioned officer in the Canadian forces senior to a corporal and junior to a sergeant
- microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
- mitotic spindle — spindle (def 11).
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- multiprocessors — Plural form of multiprocessor.
- myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
- napoleonic wars — French-led war in early 19th century
- natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
- neo-pentecostal — charismatic (def 2).
- nephrosclerosis — (pathology) arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries.
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
- neuropsychology — The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
- non-compensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
- non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- non-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- non-susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- noncompressible — not able to be compressed
- nonencapsulated — not encapsulated
- nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
- oedipus complex — the unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, especially the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.
- office politics — power play in the workplace
- ones complement — A system used in some computers to represent negative numbers. To negate a number, each bit of the number is inverted (zeros are replaced with ones and vice versa). This has the consequence that there are two reperesentations for zero, either all zeros or all ones. ... 000...00011 = +3 000...00010 = +2 000...00001 = +1 000...00000 = +0 111...11111 = -0 111...11110 = -1 111...11101 = -2 111...11100 = -3 ... Naive logic for ones complement addition might easily conclude that -0 + 1 = +0. The twos complement avoids this by using all ones to represent -1.
- ophthalmoscopes — Plural form of ophthalmoscope.
- optical scanner — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
- optical storage — optical disk drive
- optoelectronics — the branch of electronics dealing with devices that generate, transform, transmit, or sense optical, infrared, or ultraviolet radiation, as cathode-ray tubes, electroluminescent and liquid crystal displays, lasers, and solar cells.
- orestes complex — Psychoanalysis. an unconscious desire of a son to kill his mother.
- outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
- over-capitalise — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
- over-scrupulous — excessively scrupulous.
- overcapitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcapitalize.
- overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- painter's colic — Pathology. lead poisoning causing intense intestinal pain.
- paleogeophysics — (used with a plural verb) inferred geophysical conditions or processes of designated periods of the geologic past.
- parallel cousin — a cousin who is the child either of one's mother's sister or of one's father's brother.
- passifloraceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Passifloraceae, a tropical and subtropical family of climbing plants including the passionflowers: the flowers have five petals and threadlike parts forming a dense mass (corona) around the central disc
- pastel-coloured — pale-coloured; in a shade such as pink or pale blue
- peachblow glass — an American art glass made in various pale colors and sometimes having an underlayer of milk glass.
- pectoral muscle — muscle of the chest
- percussion lock — a gunlock on a firearm that fires by striking a percussion cap.
- percussion tool — a power driven tool which operates by striking rapid blows: the power may be electricity or compressed air
- perissosyllabic — (of a line of verse) containing more syllables than expected for the metre being used
- peroxysulphuric — as in peroxysulphuric acid
- person of color — the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.