16-letter words containing p, o, d, e, t, i
- network provider — a business or organization that provides customers with access to a telecommunications network (esp mobile phone networks) or to the internet
- non-incorporated — formed or constituted as a legal corporation.
- non-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- non-reproductive — serving to reproduce.
- north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
- north providence — a town in NE Rhode Island.
- odontoid process — the toothlike upward projection at the back of the second vertebra of the neck
- operating budget — money allocated to a project
- outboard profile — an exterior side elevation of a vessel, showing all deck structures, rigging, fittings, etc.
- over-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- palmitoleic acid — a colorless, unsaturated fatty acid, C 1 6 H 3 0 O 2 , occurring in oils and fats of plants and animals.
- pantothenic acid — a hydroxy acid, C 9 H 1 7 O 5 N, found in plant and animal tissues, rice, bran, etc., that is part of the B complex of vitamins and is essential for cell growth.
- partial ordering — a relation defined on a set, having the properties that each element is in relation to itself, the relation is transitive, and if two elements are in relation to each other, the two elements are equal.
- parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
- passage to india — a novel (1924) by E. M. Forster.
- pentothal sodium — thiopental sodium
- period furniture — furniture that was made during a particular period in time
- periodic tenancy — the letting of a dwelling for a repeated short term, as by the week, month, or quarter, with no end date
- personal details — details about a person such as their name and address
- petrified forest — a national park in E Arizona, containing petrified coniferous trees about 170 000 000 years old
- phagocytic index — the average number of bacteria ingested per phagocyte in an incubated mixture of bacteria, phagocytes, and blood serum: used in determining the opsonic index.
- phase modulation — radio transmission in which the carrier wave is modulated by changing its phase to transmit the amplitude and pitch of the signal.
- photoperiodicity — the response, as affecting growth or reproduction, of an organism to the length of exposure to light in a 24-hour period.
- phytoremediation — a process of decontaminating soil or water by using plants and trees to absorb or break down pollutants.
- pico de sao tome — an island in the Gulf of Guinea, off the W coast of Gabon, just N of the equator: the larger component of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. 318 sq. mi. (824 sq. km).
- picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
- picture postcard — postcard (def 1).
- pithecanthropoid — of, relating to, or resembling the former genus Pithecanthropus or one of its members.
- pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
- point de hongrie — flame stitch.
- polar coordinate — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
- polycondensation — formation of a polymer by chemical condensation with the elimination of a small molecule, such as water.
- portuguese india — a former Portuguese overseas territory on the W coast of India, consisting of the districts of Gôa, Daman, and Diu: annexed by India December 1961. Capital: Gôa.
- posigrade rocket — an auxiliary rocket used to separate the sections of a multistage rocket, fired in the direction of flight.
- postindependence — Also, independency. the state or quality of being independent.
- potassium iodide — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, KI, having a bitter saline taste: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions, as a laboratory reagent, in the preparation of Gram's solution for biological staining, and in medicine as an expectorant and to treat thyroid conditions.
- praetorian guard — the bodyguard of a military commander, especially the imperial guard stationed in Rome.
- predetermination — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
- predispositional — the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.
- prescription pad — a pad of prescriptions used by doctors, etc
- prestidigitation — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
- prevost d'exiles — Antoine François [ahn-twan frahn-swa] /ɑ̃ˈtwan frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Abbé Prévost") 1697–1763, French novelist.
- privet andromeda — a spreading shrub, Lyonia ligustrina, of the eastern U.S., having leafless, white flowers in terminal clusters.
- process industry — business of treating raw materials
- program director — a chief executive responsible for selecting and scheduling programs.
- programme editor — someone responsible for editing, overseeing and selecting the content of radio or television programmes
- project guardian — (project, security) A project which grew out of the ARPA support for Multics and the sale of Multics systems to the US Air Force. The USAF wanted a system that could be used to handle more than one security classification of data at a time. They contracted with Honeywell and MITRE Corporation to figure out how to do this. Project Guardian led to the creation of the Access Isolation Mechanism, the forerunner of the B2 labeling and star property support in Multics. The DoD Orange Book was influenced by the experience in building secure systems gained in Project Guardian.
- projected window — a casement window in which the inner end of the sash slides along a track on the sill as the sash swings outward.
- prolonged-action — sustained-release.
- promotional code — A promotional code is a code offered by retailers to customers who can use it to receive a discounted price when buying products online.