18-letter words containing p, o, t, a, m, g
- parallel importing — the importing of certain goods, esp pharmaceutical drugs, by dealers who undersell local manufacturers
- passing modulation — a modulation of a temporary nature.
- pathologic anatomy — the branch of pathology dealing with the morphologic changes in tissues.
- phantasmagorically — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- photochemical smog — air pollution containing ozone and other reactive chemical compounds formed by the action of sunlight on nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons, especially those in automobile exhaust.
- phytohemagglutinin — a lectin, obtained from the red kidney bean, that binds to the membranes of T cells and stimulates metabolic activity, cell division, etc.
- pigmy hippopotamus — a related but smaller animal, Choeropsis liberiensis
- plane trigonometry — the branch of trigonometry dealing with plane triangles.
- postmaster general — the executive head of the postal system of a country.
- pragmatic sanction — any one of various imperial decrees with the effect of fundamental law.
- primate of england — a title of the archbishop of Canterbury.
- production manager — a supervisor of the budget, crew and other details in the production of a film or play
- programme of study — the prescribed syllabus that pupils must be taught at each key stage in the National Curriculum
- project management — leadership of a task or programme
- promotion campaign — a campaign designed to encourage the sale of (a product) by advertising or securing financial support
- psychogalvanometer — a type of galvanometer for detecting and measuring psychogalvanic currents.
- ptomaine poisoning — (erroneously) food poisoning thought to be caused by ptomaine.
- pygmy hippopotamus — a small hippopotamus, Choeropsis liberiensis, of forests and swamps in western Africa.
- reciprocating pump — A reciprocating pump is a pump which uses a backward and forward movement to move a fluid.
- registered company — a company which has officially registered its business
- repayment mortgage — a mortgage that you pay back in monthly repayments which consist of the accrued interest in addition to the original amount borrowed
- segmental phonemes — phonemes consisting of sound segments; hence, the vowel, consonant, and semivowel sounds of a language
- something to spare — a surplus of something
- spherical geometry — the branch of geometry that deals with figures on spherical surfaces.
- super giant slalom — a slalom race in which the course is longer and has more widely spaced gates than in a giant slalom.
- sustaining program — a radio or television program without a commercial sponsor.
- system-programming — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
- systems programmer — a person whose job is to program systems software
- unit magnetic pole — the unit of magnetic pole strength equal to the strength of a magnetic pole that repels a similar pole with a force of one dyne, the two poles being placed in a vacuum and separated by a distance of one centimeter.
- work-study program — a program enabling high-school or college students to combine academic work with actual job experience.