15-letter words containing p, o, u, l, t, r
- plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
- popular culture — cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.
- portugal laurel — Prunus lusitanica; type of cherry
- post-industrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
- post-revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- poststimulatory — following stimulation
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- pre-contractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- preequalization — preemphasis.
- production line — an arrangement of machines or sequence of operations involved with a single manufacturing operation or production process. Compare assembly line, line1 (def 29).
- pronunciational — relating to pronunciation
- pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- pseudotripteral — having an arrangement of columns suggesting a tripteral structure but without the inner colonnades.
- public lavatory — a public toilet
- public property — Public property is land and other assets that belong to the general public and not to a private owner.
- puerto vallarta — a city in W Mexico.
- pulchritudinous — physically beautiful; comely.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- quadruplication — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- reconceptualize — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
- reported clause — A reported clause is a subordinate clause that indicates what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'she was hungry' is a reported clause.
- reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
- samuel prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
- sculptor's tool — the constellation Caelum.
- security police — a police force responsible for maintaining order at a specific locale or under specific circumstances, as at an airport or factory.
- self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
- self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- serendipitously — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
- slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
- spill your guts — If someone spills their guts, they tell you everything about something secret or private.
- streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- subperiosteally — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- subreptitiously — in a subreptitious manner
- sulfite process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an acid liquor consisting of sulfurous acid and a salt, usually calcium bisulfite.
- superexaltation — extreme or supreme exaltation; the act of superexalting; the process or condition of being superexalted
- superinvolution — an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
- superior planet — any of the five planets whose orbits are outside the orbit of the earth, namely, the planets Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- supporting role — acting: secondary part
- surreptitiously — obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
- 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
- to pull strings — If you pull strings, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.
- trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
- ultra-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.