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15-letter words containing p, e, r, i, n

  • northern paiute — a member of an American Indian people of Nevada, Oregon, and California, allied to the Paiute.
  • nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
  • odd permutation — a permutation of a set of n elements, x 1 , x 2 , …, xn, which permutes the product of all differences of the form (xi – xj), where i is less than j, into the negative of the product.
  • offset printing — offset (def 6).
  • oil tanker pier — An oil tanker pier is a structure over water where oil tankers can stop and load or unload.
  • on prescription — If a medicine is available on prescription, you can only get it from a chemist or pharmacist if a doctor gives you a prescription for it.
  • open university — higher education by correspondence
  • operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
  • operating table — table on which surgery is performed
  • operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
  • operationalized — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalize.
  • operations room — a room from which all the operations of a military, police, or other disciplined activity are controlled
  • opposite number — counterpart; equivalent: New members with an interest in folk art will find their opposite numbers in the association's directory.
  • opprobriousness — The state or condition of being opprobrious.
  • optical printer — a film printer used in making optical effects, consisting basically of a camera that photographs the image with special lenses to enlarge, reduce, distort, etc., and a projector that transfers the image to the print stock, as distinguished from a contact printer.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • oriental carpet — Oriental rug.
  • ornithodelphian — of or relating to mammals of the class Ornithodelphia
  • orphaned i-node — (operating system)   /or'f*nd i:'nohd/ [Unix] 1. A file that retains storage but no longer appears in the directories of a file system.
  • over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • over-passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
  • over-performing — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • over-population — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overapplication — excessive application
  • overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
  • overexpectation — excessive expectation
  • overexpenditure — the act of expending something, especially funds; disbursement; consumption.
  • overopinionated — too opinionated
  • overpreparation — the act or instance of preparing excessively
  • overprogramming — the act or instance of programming unnecessary details
  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • pacific madrone — any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
  • paedophile ring — a group of people who take part in illegal sexual activity involving children
  • painter's colic — Pathology. lead poisoning causing intense intestinal pain.
  • palaeoanthropic — relating to palaeoanthropology
  • pan-americanism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the countries of North, Central, and South America.
  • panzer division — an armored division of the German army, especially in World War II, consisting chiefly of tanks and organized for making rapid attacks.
  • paracel islands — a group of uninhabited islets and reefs in the N South China Sea, the subject of territorial claims by China and Vietnam
  • paraffin heater — a heater which is fuelled by paraffin
  • paraffin series — methane series
  • parallel cousin — a cousin who is the child either of one's mother's sister or of one's father's brother.
  • parallel motion — a mechanism arranged so as to impart rectilinear motion to a rod connected to a lever that moves through an arc.
  • parallel-veined — having closely spaced longitudinal veins, as the leaves of most monocotyledonous plants.
  • parametrization — a parametric representation; the act of representing as or defining parameters
  • parasiticalness — the condition or characteristic of being parasitic
  • parenthetically — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
  • parish magazine — a magazine containing news and articles of interest to the people of a particular parish church or the local area
  • parking offence — the act of leaving your car somewhere illegally
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