15-letter words containing p, r, a, d
- industrial park — an industrial complex, typically in a suburban or rural area and set in parklike surroundings with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreation areas.
- interdependable — capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable: a dependable employee.
- interpenetrated — Simple past tense and past participle of interpenetrate.
- interrecord gap — the area or space separating consecutive physical records of data on an external storage medium.
- ipod generation — members of the generation of adults born after 1970, who are less financially secure than their parents, due to student debt, high house prices, and job insecurity
- iridocapsulitis — inflammation of the iris and the capsule of the lens.
- joseph jacquard — Joseph Marie [zhoh-zef ma-ree] /ʒoʊˈzɛf ma ri/ (Show IPA), 1752–1834, French inventor.
- jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- keyboard plaque — (jargon) The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards. "Are there any other terminals I can use? This one has a bad case of keyboard plaque."
- lambda particle — any of a family of neutral baryons with strangeness −1 or charm +1, and isotopic spin 0. The least massive member of the lambda family was the first strange particle to be discovered. Symbol: Λ.
- land of promise — Promised Land.
- leaf primordium — a group of cells that will develop into a leaf, seen as small bulges just below the shoot apex.
- lean production — Lean production is the same as lean manufacturing.
- least sandpiper — a small, American sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, related to the stints of Europe.
- leyland cypress — a fast-growing cypress, Cupressocyparis leylandii, that is a hybrid produced by crossing the macrocarpa with the Nootka cypress (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis): widely grown for hedging
- limited partner — special partner.
- liquid paraffin — a colourless almost tasteless oily liquid obtained by petroleum distillation and used as a laxative
- livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- loading program — a series of instructions entered automatically in a program that starts the processing.
- lombardy poplar — a poplar, Populus nigra italica, having a columnar manner of growth, with branches erect and parallel.
- lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
- lords spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- malappropriated — misused or mishandled
- mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- massed practice — learning with no intervals or short intervals between successive bouts of learning
- mastoid process — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- mermaid's purse — the horny or leathery egg case of certain cartilaginous fishes, as skates.
- metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
- microradiograph — an enlarged version of an image obtained by a form of radiography that reveals minute details
- midgard serpent — a serpent, the child of Loki and Angerboda, who lies wrapped around the world, tail in mouth, and is destined to kill and to be killed by Thor at Ragnarok; Jormungand.
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- misapprehending — Present participle of misapprehend.
- misappropriated — to put to a wrong use.
- modulo operator — (mathematics) (mod) The operator that returns the remainder after integer division of its first argument by its second. Written as "%" in C and some other languages. Where the second argument is a power of two, the result can be calculated much more quickly using bitwise and with the appropriate bit-mask.
- moral turpitude — conduct that is regarded as immoral.
- morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
- mustard plaster — a black mixture of mustard and rubber placed on a cloth and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- nil desperandum — never despair
- non-depreciable — capable of depreciating or being depreciated in value.
- non-disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- non-repudiation — the act of repudiating.
- nondepartmental — not limited to or related to a specific department
- nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- nonincorporated — Not incorporated.
- nonprecedential — Not precedential.
- nuclear-powered — powered by nuclear energy