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15-letter words containing p, o, i, e

  • antiprogressive — opposed to or acting against progression in society
  • antispeculation — opposed to or acting against excessive oil speculation
  • aphrodite terra — a large plateau region that stretches approximately halfway around the middle latitude of Venus.
  • apolipoproteins — Plural form of apolipoprotein.
  • apollo asteroid — one of a number of asteroids whose orbits cross that of the earth.
  • apophthegmatise — to speak in apophthegms
  • apophthegmatist — a person who creates apophthegms
  • apophthegmatize — to use apophthegms
  • apostle pitcher — a stoneware pitcher decorated in relief with figures of the apostles.
  • apostolicalness — The state or quality of being apostolical.
  • apple macintosh — Macintosh
  • apple-pie order — perfect order or condition
  • applesoft basic — (language)   A version of BASIC for Apple computers.
  • apprentice work — work done when young and a novice
  • appropriateness — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
  • approximateness — The quality of being approximate.
  • arc de triomphe — the triumphal arch in Paris begun by Napoleon I to commemorate his victories of 1805–6 and completed in 1836
  • archiepiscopacy — a form of church government in which power is vested in archbishops.
  • archiepiscopate — the rank, office, or term of office of an archbishop
  • armour-piercing — capable of penetrating armour plate
  • arms inspection — the official checking of a country's weapons and other military equipment, usually to check that international agreements have been respected
  • asclepiadaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Asclepiadaceae, a family of mostly tropical and subtropical flowering plants, including the milkweed and swallowwort, having pollen in the form of a waxy mass (pollinium): now usually regarded as a subfamily of the Apocynaceae
  • at the point of — very close to; on the verge of
  • athletic sports — sports, esp track and field events, in which athleticism is required
  • atmospherically — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • audio equipment — electrical devices used to play or record sound
  • autobiographers — Plural form of autobiographer.
  • autobiographies — Plural form of autobiography.
  • autotetraploidy — the generation of the tetraploid state, created by the fusing of two nuclei from the same species
  • back projection — a method of projecting pictures onto a translucent screen so that they are viewed from the opposite side, used esp in films to create the illusion that the actors in the foreground are moving
  • bacteriophagous — Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
  • ballpoint (pen) — a pen having, instead of a point, a small ball bearing that picks up its ink by rolling against an interior ink reservoir
  • bandstop filter — A bandstop filter is a filter designed to eliminate all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • baptism of fire — If someone who has just begun a new job has a baptism of fire, they immediately have to cope with very many severe difficulties and obstacles.
  • barium peroxide — a gray-white powder, BaO2, used as a bleach and in making hydrogen peroxide
  • be spoiling for — to have an aggressive desire for (a fight, etc)
  • bear comparison — to be sufficiently similar in class or range to be compared with (something else), esp favourably
  • bedroom slipper — a soft shoe worn in the house
  • bergius process — a method of hydrogenation formerly used with coal to produce an oil similar to petroleum.
  • bird of passage — If you refer to someone as a bird of passage, you mean that they are staying in a place for a short time before going to another place.
  • bit-mapped font — a computer font whose characters are held in memory as series of dots.
  • bits per second — (communications, unit)   (bps, b/s) The unit in which data rate is measured. For example, a modem's data rate is usually measured in kilobits per second. In 1996, the maximum modem speed for use on the PSTN was 33.6 kbps, rising to 56 kbps in 1997. Note that kilo- (k), mega- (M), etc. in data rates denote powers of 1000, not 1024.
  • black operation — a covert and undocumented military operation
  • bladder campion — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Silene vulgaris, having white flowers with an inflated calyx
  • blasting powder — a form of gunpowder made with sodium nitrate instead of saltpeter, used chiefly for blasting rock, ore, etc.
  • boiled potatoes — potatoes, usually peeled, cooked in boiling water
  • bouillotte lamp — a table lamp of the 18th century, having two or three adjustable candle brackets and a common shade sliding on a central shaft.
  • boustrophedonic — of or relating to lines written in opposite directions
  • bowel complaint — bowel disease or condition
  • brachiocephalic — of, relating to, or supplying the arm and head
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