16-letter words containing p, o, t, s
- put one's oar in — to interfere or interrupt
- put out to grass — If you say that someone is being put out to grass, you mean they are no longer being employed because they are considered to be too old or no longer useful.
- put someone wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- put sth to sleep — If a sick or injured animal is put to sleep, it is killed by a vet in a way that does not cause it pain.
- put the question — to require members of a deliberative assembly to vote on a motion presented
- put the skids to — to thwart or cause to fail
- put to the sword — to kill with a sword or swords
- pyloric stenosis — an abnormal narrowing of the valve at the outlet from the stomach, preventing normal passage of food into the small intestine.
- quasi-diplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- radiotransparent — transparent to radiation; invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiopaque).
- record separator — (character) (RS) ASCII character 30.
- replacement cost — fee to obtain new version of sth
- report structure — A report structure is a structure containing a reporting clause and a reported clause or a quote.
- reporting clause — A reporting clause is a clause which indicates that you are talking about what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'She said' is a reporting clause.
- representational — of or relating to representation.
- repressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
- responsibilities — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- restoring spring — a spring so located that it returns a displaced part to its normal position.
- restriction play — a limited number of opening moves that are predetermined by their chance selection from an accepted list.
- rhinopharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and pharynx.
- rising diphthong — a diphthong in which the first of two apparent vocalic elements is of lesser stress or sonority than the second, as the (wä) in guava [gwah-vuh] /ˈgwɑ və/ (Show IPA).
- robin's plantain — the rattlesnake weed, Hieracium venosum.
- run-time support — run-time system
- safe deposit box — A safe deposit box is a small box, usually kept in a special room in a bank, in which you can store valuable objects.
- safe-deposit box — a lockable metal box or drawer, especially in a bank vault, used for safely storing valuable papers, jewelry, etc.
- saint peter port — a port and resort in the Channel Islands: the capital of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, on the E coast of the island of Guernsey. Pop: 28 310 (2001)
- saint-john perse — (Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- san antonio peak — a mountain in S California: highest peak in the San Gabriel Mountains, near San Bernardino. 10,080 feet (3072 meters).
- saratoga springs — a city in E New York: health resort; horse races.
- saturation point — the point at which a substance will receive no more of another substance in solution, chemical combination, etc.
- schneider trophy — a trophy for air racing between seaplanes of any nation, first presented by Jacques Schneider (1879–1928) in 1913; won outright by Britain in 1931
- school inspector — an official whose job is to inspect schools and to report on their quality and conditions
- score points off — to gain an advantage at someone else's expense
- seidlitz powders — a mild laxative consisting of tartaric acid, sodium bicarbonate, and Rochelle salt, which are dissolved separately, mixed, and drunk after effervescence.
- self-approbation — approval; commendation.
- self-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
- self-deprecatory — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
- self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
- self-description — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- self-development — the act or process of developing; growth; progress: child development; economic development.
- self-exculpatory — intended to excuse oneself from blame or guilt
- self-explanatory — explaining itself; needing no explanation; obvious.
- self-explication — the act of explicating.
- self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
- self-opinionated — conceited; having an inordinately high regard for oneself, one's own opinions, views, etc.
- self-pollination — the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the same flower, another flower on the same plant, or the flower of a plant of the same clone.
- self-preparation — a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
- self-propagating — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- semiprivate room — a hospital room shared by two people, typically with a curtain dividing the room and providing some privacy