15-letter words containing p, o, l, r
- tablet computer — a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
- talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
- telephotography — photography of distant objects, using a telephoto lens.
- telestereoscope — a binocular optical instrument used for stereoscopic viewing of distant objects; a small range finder.
- thalassographer — a person who studies the sea; an oceanographer
- thalassographic — relating to thalassography
- thalassotherapy — the use of sea water and marine products as a therapeutic treatment
- the other place — (at Oxford University) Cambridge University
- the riot police — the section of the police force that is trained to deal with people who cause trouble in public places
- threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
- to pull strings — If you pull strings, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.
- tobacco planter — a tool that was formerly used by tobacco farmers to plant tobacco with
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
- transplantation — to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
- trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
- tropicalization — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- two-star petrol — leaded petrol that has a low octane number; inferior leaded petrol
- typographically — of or relating to typography.
- ultra-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
- ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
- umbrella policy — An umbrella policy is a policy that provides excess limits and gives additional excess coverage over the normal limits and coverage of liability policies.
- una corda pedal — soft pedal (def 1).
- uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
- uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- underemployment — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
- underpopulation — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- unleaded petrol — petrol containing a reduced amount of tetraethyl lead
- unpatriotically — in a manner that is not enthusiastically supporting one's country and its ways of life
- unpolished rice — a partly refined rice, hulled and deprived of its germ but retaining some bran.
- unpretentiously — without pretension
- unprogressively — in an unprogressive manner
- unpronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
- upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
- upward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
- upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- uropygial gland — a gland opening on the back at the base of the tail in most birds that secretes an oily fluid used by the bird in preening its feathers.
- utility program — system software used to perform standard operations, as sorting data or copying data from one file to another, for application programs or other system software.
- variola porcina — an acute infectious viral disease of pigs characterized by skin eruptions
- vespertilionine — of or relating to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae, common in temperate regions and including most familiar species.
- vicar apostolic — Roman Catholic Church. a titular bishop serving either in a district where no episcopal see has been established, or in one where the succession of bishops has been interrupted.
- vine phylloxera — a homopterous insect, Phylloxera vitifolia, typically feeding on vine juices
- viper's bugloss — the blueweed.
- visible exports — goods sold to a foreign country or countries