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15-letter words containing p, o, d, e, t

  • ozone depletion — harmful effects to the ozone layer
  • pandorae fretum — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
  • parent compound — a compound from which derivatives may be obtained.
  • passport holder — a person who has a passport
  • pastel-coloured — pale-coloured; in a shade such as pink or pale blue
  • paternity order — a court order which declares a child's paternity
  • payment holiday — a break taken from paying ( a debt etc) back
  • peak production — the maximum production
  • pectoral girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs.
  • pedunculate oak — a large deciduous oak tree, Quercus robur, of Eurasia, having lobed leaves and stalked acorns
  • penetration aid — a device or tactic, as the use of chaff or decoys or the maintaining of a low flight level, that helps an aircraft or missile to enter hostile air space.
  • period-rotation — a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
  • periodic motion — any motion that recurs in identical forms at equal intervals of time.
  • periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
  • philip the bold — 1342–1404, duke of Burgundy (1363–1404), noted for his courage at Poitiers (1356) in the Hundred Years' War: regent of France for his nephew Charles VI (1368–88, 1392–1404)
  • philip the good — 1396–1467, duke of Burgundy 1419–67.
  • photoconductive — of, relating to, or exhibiting photoconductivity.
  • photodegradable — (of a substance) capable of being broken down by light.
  • photodissociate — to split or break up molecules as a result of the absorption of photons
  • phototheodolite — an optical tracking instrument consisting of a camera and theodolite mounted on a single tripod, used in photogrammetry and in tracking rockets.
  • piano reduction — a musical score having the parts condensed or simplified in two staves, to render the music playable on the piano by one person.
  • platinum blonde — a person, especially a girl or woman, whose hair is of a pale blond or silver color, usually colored artificially by bleaching or dyeing.
  • point d'alencon — Alençon lace (def 1).
  • pointing device — an input device, as a mouse, stylus, or joystick, used to control movement of a cursor or pointer.
  • polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
  • polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
  • portland cement — a type of hydraulic cement usually made by burning a mixture of limestone and clay in a kiln.
  • post-depression — the act of depressing.
  • post-tridentine — of or relating to the city of Trent.
  • postdevaluation — the period following the devaluation of a currency
  • postdivestiture — taking place after divestiture
  • posthole digger — a tool or device for digging a posthole.
  • pot-bellied pig — A pot-bellied pig is a small, dark-colored pig, originally from Vietnam, that is sometimes kept as a pet.
  • potash feldspar — any of the feldspar minerals having the composition KAlSi 3 O 8 , as orthoclase.
  • pre-deprivation — the act of depriving.
  • predicate logic — (logic)   (Or "predicate calculus") An extension of propositional logic with separate symbols for predicates, subjects, and quantifiers. For example, where propositional logic might assign a single symbol P to the proposition "All men are mortal", predicate logic can define the predicate M(x) which asserts that the subject, x, is mortal and bind x with the universal quantifier ("For all"): All x . M(x) Higher-order predicate logic allows predicates to be the subjects of other predicates.
  • preferred stock — stock that has a superior claim to that of common stock with respect to dividends and often to assets in the event of liquidation.
  • premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
  • prestidigitator — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
  • private soldier — A private soldier is a soldier of the lowest rank in an army or the marines.
  • privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
  • pro-confederate — united in a league, alliance, or conspiracy.
  • probation order — an order imposed by a magistrate or judge under which an offender is sentenced to probation rather than imprisonment
  • procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
  • product manager — sb who oversees product development
  • production line — an arrangement of machines or sequence of operations involved with a single manufacturing operation or production process. Compare assembly line, line1 (def 29).
  • proletarianized — to convert or transform into a member or members of the proletariat: to proletarianize the middle class.
  • property ladder — progress from cheaper to more expensive housing
  • protonephridium — a tubular, excretory structure in certain invertebrates, as flatworms, rotifers, and some larvae, usually ending internally in flame cells and having an external pore
  • pseudo-artistic — conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
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