15-letter words containing p, i, c, r, a
- programme music — music that is intended to depict or evoke a scene or idea
- pronunciational — relating to pronunciation
- proper fraction — a fraction having the numerator less, or lower in degree, than the denominator.
- proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
- proteolytically — by a proteolytic process
- pseudo-artistic — conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
- pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- pseudo-dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- psychedelicware — /si:"k*-del"-ik-weir/ [UK] Synonym display hack. See also smoking clover.
- psychiatrically — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychobiography — a biographical study focusing on psychological factors, as childhood traumas and unconscious motives.
- psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
- psychographical — relating to psychographics
- psychohistorian — a person who writes psychohistory
- psychotherapist — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
- public lavatory — a public toilet
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- pyramidal tract — any of four tracts of descending motor fibers that extend in pairs down each side of the spinal column and function in voluntary movement.
- pyrocrystalline — crystallized from a molten magma or highly heated solution.
- pyrogallic acid — pyrogallol
- pyrogallic-acid — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous, solid, phenolic compound, C 6 H 3 (OH) 3 , obtained by heating gallic acid and water: used chiefly as a developer in photography, as a mordant for wool, in dyeing, and in medicine in the treatment of certain skin conditions.
- pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
- pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
- quadruplication — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- quasi-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- rack-and-pinion — of or relating to a mechanism in which a rack engages a pinion: rack-and-pinion steering.
- radio telescope — a system consisting of an antenna, either parabolic or dipolar, used to gather radio waves emitted by celestial sources and bring them to a receiver placed in the focus.
- radioprotection — protection against radiation
- radioprotective — giving protection against the effects of radiation
- raster graphics — (graphics) Computer graphics in which an image is composed of an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Opposite: vector graphics.
- reaping machine — any of various machines for reaping grain, often fitted with a device for automatically throwing out bundles of the cut grain.
- rear projection — the projection of filmed action or stills on a translucent screen in front of which actors are lit and filmed: used to simulate an outdoor or location background in the studio.
- rear-projection — the projection of filmed action or stills on a translucent screen in front of which actors are lit and filmed: used to simulate an outdoor or location background in the studio.
- reception class — A reception class is a class that children go into when they first start school at the age of four or five.
- recoil-operated — employing the recoil force of an explosive projectile to prepare the firing mechanism for the next shot.
- reconceptualize — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- recycling plant — a factory for processing used or abandoned materials
- red-back spider — a venomous spider, Latrodectus hasselti, of Australia and New Zealand, related to the black widow spider and having a bright red stripe on the back.
- reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
- refugee capital — money from abroad invested, esp for a short term, in the country offering the highest interest rate
- reincorporation — the act of incorporating or the state of being incorporated.
- reservoir patch — A reservoir patch is an adhesive patch enclosing an amount of medicine. The patch is applied to the skin, and the medicine in it is delivered through a membrane into the skin and into the bloodstream.
- respecification — the act of specifying.
- retail politics — a political strategy or campaign style of meeting and speaking directly to as many voters as possible: New Hampshire is a state where retail politics are decisive. Not every candidate is good at retail politics.
- rice-paper tree — an Asian shrub or small tree, Tetrapanax papyriferus, of the ginseng family, the pith of which is used in making rice paper.
- rocket airplane — an airplane propelled wholly or mainly by a rocket engine.
- royal poinciana — a tree, Delonix regia, of the legume family, native to Madagascar, having showy clusters of brilliant scarlet flowers and long, flat, woody pods.
- saprophytically — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.