15-letter words containing p, o, e, t
- pyrometric bead — (in a kiln) a ball of material that indicates by changing color that a certain temperature has been reached.
- pyrometric cone — (in a kiln) a triangular piece of material that indicates by bending or melting that a certain temperature has been reached.
- pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
- quarter pounder — A quarter pounder is a hamburger that weighs four ounces before it is cooked. Four ounces is a quarter of a pound.
- queen's proctor — a British judiciary officer who may intervene in probate, nullity, or divorce actions when collusion, suppression of evidence, or other irregularities are alleged.
- question period — a period of time set aside each day for members of parliament to question government ministers
- radar telescope — (in radar astronomy) a very large radar antenna used to study planetary bodies in the solar system.
- radio telephone — A radio telephone is a telephone which carries sound by sending radio signals rather than by using wires. Radio telephones are often used in cars.
- 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.
- radio-telephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radioprotection — protection against radiation
- radioprotective — giving protection against the effects of radiation
- radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
- raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
- re-presentation — the act of representing.
- reapportionment — the act of redistributing or changing the apportionment of something.
- reappropriation — the act of appropriating.
- 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.
- reception clerk — a person who works in a hotel at the desk or office where guests can books rooms or ask the staff questions
- 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.
- reference point — a point used to find or describe the location of something
- refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
- 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
- reincorporation — the act of incorporating or the state of being incorporated.
- repeat offender — A repeat offender is someone who commits the same sort of crime more than once.
- repeating group — (database) Any attribute that can have multiple values associated with a single instance of some entity. For example, a book might have multiple authors. Such a "-to-many" relationship might be represented in an unnormalised relational database as multiple author columns in the book table or a single author(s) column containing a string which was a list of authors. Converting this to "first normal form" is the first step in database normalisation. Each author of the book would appear in a separate row along with the book's primary key. Later nomalisation stages would move the book-author relationship into a separate table to avoid repeating other book attibutes (e.g. title, publisher) for each author.
- reported clause — A reported clause is a subordinate clause that indicates what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'she was hungry' is a reported clause.
- reported speech — indirect quotation
- represent-to-be — to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize: In this painting the cat represents evil and the bird, good.
- representations — statements of facts, true or alleged, esp set forth by way of remonstrance or expostulation
- reprivatization — the action or process of reprivatizing, or an instance thereof
- reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- 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.
- retro-operative — affecting or operating on past events; retroactive
- retroperitoneal — of or relating to the area behind the abdominal lining, where organs such as the kidneys and bladder are located
- retrospectively — with contemplation of past situations, events, etc.: You should examine your relationship retrospectively.
- rhesus positive — relating to blood containing Rhesus antigen D
- rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
- río de la plata — Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- rite of passage — Anthropology. a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person's change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan.
- rocket airplane — an airplane propelled wholly or mainly by a rocket engine.
- roentgenography — roentgenogram.
- roentgenoparent — visible by means of x-rays.
- round-trip time — (RTT) A measure of the current delay on a network, found by timing a packet bounced off some remote host. This can be done with ping -s.