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16-letter words containing p, o, e, t

  • electroreception — The detection by an aquatic animal of electric fields or currents.
  • electroreceptors — Plural form of electroreceptor.
  • electrotherapist — One who administers electrotherapy.
  • emancipationists — Plural form of emancipationist.
  • emulator program — (networking)   (EP) IBM software that emulates a 2701/2/3 hard-wired IBM 360 communications controller and resides in a 370x/372x/374x comms controller. See also Partitioned Emulation Program (PEP).
  • encephalitogenic — That can cause encephalitis.
  • endowment policy — a document containing a record, and the terms and conditions of, an endowment mortgage.
  • epigallocatechin — Gallocatechol.
  • escutcheon plate — a plate or shield that surrounds a keyhole, door handle, light switch, etc, esp an ornamental one protecting a door or wall surface
  • ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
  • etiopathogenesis — (medicine) The cause and subsequent development of an abnormal condition or of a disease.
  • exceptionalities — Plural form of exceptionality.
  • exemplifications — Plural form of exemplification.
  • exemption clause — a clause in a contract that exempts one party from liability for something
  • expansion bottle — a tank collecting coolant from a radiator while an engine is heated, and from which the coolant returns to the radiator when the engine cools
  • expectant mother — a pregnant woman
  • experimentations — Plural form of experimentation.
  • exploration well — An exploration well is a borehole which is drilled to find out if there is any oil or gas in a place.
  • exponential horn — a horn for the radiation of acoustic or high-frequency electromagnetic waves, of which the cross-sectional area increases exponentially with the length
  • exponential-time — (complexity)   The set or property of problems which can be solved by an exponential-time algorithm but for which no polynomial-time algorithm is known.
  • extemporaneously — In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
  • extracorporeally — Outside the body.
  • ferrous sulphate — an iron salt with a saline taste, usually obtained as greenish crystals of the heptahydrate, which are converted to the white monohydrate above 100°C: used in inks, tanning, water purification, and in the treatment of anaemia. Formula: FeSO4
  • file composition — A typesetting language.
  • filter promotion — (algorithm)   In a generate and test algorithm, combining part of the filter with the generator in order to reduce the number of potential solutions generated. A trivial example: filter (< 100) [1..1000] ==> [1..99] where [1..n] generates the list of integers from 1 to n. Here the filter has been combined completely with the generator. This is an example of fusion.
  • finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
  • fissure eruption — the emergence of lava from a fissure in the ground rather than from a volcanic cone or vent
  • flat-bed plotter — a mechanized drafting device, usually computer driven, incorporating a moving pen whose horizontal and vertical range in two dimensions is limited only by the size of the bed of the device.
  • fluorescent lamp — a tubular electric discharge lamp in which light is produced by the fluorescence of phosphors coating the inside of the tube.
  • follow-up letter — a letter sent as a follow-up to an initial letter or to a telephone call, meeting, etc
  • football special — a train service provided specially to transport football supporters to and from a match
  • footsteps editor — the technician who adds sound effects, such as doors closing, rain falling, etc, during the postproduction sound-dubbing process
  • for pete's sake! — an expression of frustration, exasperation or annoyance
  • formation packer — A formation packer is a substance that is used as a seal between the casing and the borehole so that part of the hole can be tested.
  • four-star petrol — petrol containing lead, formerly sold in the UK
  • french telephone — handset (def 1).
  • front projection — a display system that projects an enlarged television picture on the front surface of a reflective screen.
  • frontier dispute — a conflict concerning a frontier between countries and which usually involves those countries
  • fuel consumption — use of a material to generate power
  • full court press — Basketball. a tactic of harassing, close-guarding defense in which the team without the ball pressures the opponent man-to-man the entire length of the court in order to disrupt dribbling or passing and force a turnover: Suddenly behind by eighteen points, they went to a full-court press.
  • full-court press — Basketball. a tactic of harassing, close-guarding defense in which the team without the ball pressures the opponent man-to-man the entire length of the court in order to disrupt dribbling or passing and force a turnover: Suddenly behind by eighteen points, they went to a full-court press.
  • furniture polish — product: shines wood
  • gastroesophageal — Of or relating to the stomach and to the esophagus.
  • gemini telescope — either of two identical 8-metre telescopes for optical and near-infrared observations built by an international consortium. Gemini North is in Hawaii at an altitude of 4200 m on Mauna Kea and Gemini South is in Chile at 2715 m on Cerro Pachón
  • general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
  • geometrical pace — a pace of 5 feet (1.5 meters), representing the distance between the places at which the same foot rests on the ground in walking.
  • geostrophic wind — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
  • geothermal power — power generated using steam produced by heat emanating from the molten core of the earth
  • gerontomorphosis — Biology. evolutionary specialization of a species to a degree that decreases its capability for further adaptation and eventually leads to its extinction.
  • get up sb's nose — If you say that someone or something gets up your nose, you mean that they annoy you.
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