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15-letter words containing p, l, a, c, e, m

  • ophthalmoscopes — Plural form of ophthalmoscope.
  • over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
  • paleolithic man — any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.
  • pectoral muscle — muscle of the chest
  • personal column — The personal column in a newspaper or magazine contains messages for individual people and advertisements of a private nature.
  • pessimistically — pertaining to or characterized by pessimism or the tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; unhopeful: His pessimistic outlook kept him from applying for jobs for which he was perfectly qualified.
  • phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
  • photomechanical — noting or pertaining to any of various processes for printing from plates or surfaces prepared by the aid of photography.
  • physical memory — (memory management)   The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
  • physicochemical — physical and chemical: the physicochemical properties of an isomer.
  • phytochemically — in a phytochemical manner
  • pinball machine — the tablelike, usually coin-operated machine on which pinball is played.
  • plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
  • planimetrically — in a planimetric manner
  • planned economy — an economic system in which the government controls and regulates production, distribution, prices, etc.
  • platform rocker — a rocking chair supported on a stationary base
  • platform scales — a weighing machine which has a platform that you put something on to be weighed
  • platform ticket — a pass allowing a visitor to enter upon a railroad platform from which those not traveling are ordinarily excluded.
  • plug compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
  • plug-compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
  • plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
  • pneumatic drill — a percussive power drill powered by compressed air
  • poke mullock at — to ridicule
  • police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
  • portland cement — a type of hydraulic cement usually made by burning a mixture of limestone and clay in a kiln.
  • pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
  • prismatic layer — the middle layer of the shell of certain mollusks, consisting chiefly of crystals of calcium carbonate.
  • problematically — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • pseudo-chemical — of, used in, produced by, or concerned with chemistry or chemicals: a chemical formula; chemical agents.
  • pseudocoelomate — having a pseudocoel.
  • pullman kitchen — a kitchenette, often recessed into a wall and concealed by double doors or a screen.
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • rhombencephalon — the hindbrain.
  • samuel prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
  • self-compatible — able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
  • self-complacent — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
  • self-proclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
  • simple fracture — a fracture in which the bone does not pierce the skin.
  • simplicidentate — belonging or pertaining to the Simplicidentata, formerly regarded as a suborder or division of rodents having only one pair of upper incisor teeth.
  • spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
  • spermatoblastic — relating to a spermatoblast
  • sympathetically — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
  • tablet computer — a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
  • talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
  • the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
  • the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
  • ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
  • umbrella policy — An umbrella policy is a policy that provides excess limits and gives additional excess coverage over the normal limits and coverage of liability policies.
  • uncompanionable — not companionable or friendly; antisocial
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