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

  • pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
  • 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-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
  • pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • pseudoarthrosis — a joint formed by fibrous tissue bridging the gap between the two fragments of bone of an old fracture that have not united
  • pseudoephedrine — a dextrorotatory, isomeric compound, C 1 0 H 1 5 NO, used as a nasal decongestant.
  • pseudonephritis — a condition, thought to be benign, in which microscopic amounts of blood and protein are present in the urine, occurring commonly among athletes after strenuous exercise.
  • pseudoparalysis — the inability to move a part of the body owing to factors, as pain, other than those causing actual paralysis.
  • pseudotripteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a tripteral structure but without the inner colonnades.
  • psion organiser — (computer)   A popular pocket computer from the UK Company Psion plc. The organiser uses a graphical user interface with windows, menus, icons and dialog boxes. There have been several versions so far: Series3a, Series3, HC, MC, OrgII.
  • psychedelicware — /si:"k*-del"-ik-weir/ [UK] Synonym display hack. See also smoking clover.
  • psychochemistry — the treatment of mental illnesses by drugs
  • psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
  • psychotherapist — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
  • public interest — the welfare or well-being of the general public; commonwealth: health programs that directly affect the public interest.
  • public-spirited — having or showing an unselfish interest in the public welfare: a public-spirited citizen.
  • pulitzer prizes — one of a group of annual prizes in journalism, literature, music, etc., established by Joseph Pulitzer: administered by Columbia University; first awarded 1917.
  • pure and simple — sheer, utter
  • purslane family — the plant family Portulacaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, often fleshy leaves, sometimes showy flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bitterroot, purslane, red maids, rose moss, and spring beauty.
  • pyramid selling — Pyramid selling is a method of selling in which one person buys a supply of a particular product direct from the manufacturer and then sells it to a number of other people at an increased price. These people sell it on to others in a similar way, but eventually the final buyers are only able to sell the product for less than they paid for it.
  • pyrimidine base — any of a number of similar compounds having a basic structure that is derived from pyrimidine, including cytosine, thymine, and uracil, which are constituents of nucleic acids
  • pyrocrystalline — crystallized from a molten magma or highly heated solution.
  • quasi-permanent — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
  • quasi-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
  • query expansion — (information science)   Adding search terms to a user's search. Query expansion is the process of a search engine adding search terms to a user's weighted search. The intent is to improve precision and/or recall. The additional terms may be taken from a thesaurus. For example a search for "car" may be expanded to: car cars auto autos automobile automobiles. The additional terms may also be taken from documents that the user has specified as being relevant; this is the basis for the "more like this" feature of some search engines. The extra terms can have positive or negative weights.
  • question period — a period of time set aside each day for members of parliament to question government ministers
  • 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.
  • range paralysis — Marek's disease.
  • raster graphics — (graphics)   Computer graphics in which an image is composed of an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Opposite: vector graphics.
  • re-presentation — the act of representing.
  • reception class — A reception class is a class that children go into when they first start school at the age of four or five.
  • red spider mite — a plant-feeding mite, Panonychus ulmi, of the family Tetranychidae, which is a serious orchard pest
  • 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.
  • reference strip — a strip of film used to help calculate and monitor the exposing and processing of photographs
  • refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
  • refuse disposal — the act of disposing of rubbish and waste
  • registered port — (networking)   Any TCP or UDP port with a number in the range 1025 to 65535 (i.e. not a well-known port) that is registered with IANA.
  • registered post — a Post Office service by which compensation is paid for loss or damage to mail for which a registration fee has been paid
  • relapsing fever — one of a group of fevers characterized by relapses, occurring in many tropical countries, and caused by several species of spirochetes transmitted by several species of lice and ticks.
  • relief supplies — food, water, medication, clothes, etc given to people in need, esp in disaster areas
  • remand prisoner — a prisoner who is sent back into custody (or sometimes admitted to bail) to await trial or continuation of their trial
  • representations — statements of facts, true or alleged, esp set forth by way of remonstrance or expostulation
  • representatives — a person or thing that represents another or others.
  • 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.
  • resist printing — a fabric-printing method in which a dye-resistant substance is applied to certain specified areas of the material prior to immersion in a dye bath and subsequently removed so as to permit the original hue to act as a pattern against the colored ground.
  • resolving power — Optics. the ability of an optical device to produce separate images of close objects.
  • respecification — the act of specifying.
  • responsibleness — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
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