19-letter words containing p, r, a, e, c
- specular reflection — Specular reflection is reflection of heat or light in which the angles of different parts of the surface are important.
- spherical astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the determination of the positions of celestial bodies on the celestial sphere.
- stationers' company — a company or guild of the city of London composed of booksellers, printers, dealers in writing materials, etc., incorporated in 1557.
- stationery cupboard — a cupboard where things like paper, pens and paper clips are kept
- subnuclear particle — any of the elementary particles, including those that do not exist in stable matter but appear as a result of high-energy collisions of other particles or nuclei.
- subtractive process — a process of color photography in which the colors are formed by combination of cyan, yellow, and magenta lights.
- supercritical fluid — A supercritical fluid is a fluid at a temperature and pressure at which there is no difference between liquid and gas.
- surface effect ship — a large, ship-size air cushion vehicle operated over water.
- surplus reinsurance — Surplus reinsurance is reinsurance of amounts over a specified amount of insurance.
- teacher-pupil ratio — the number of teachers relative to the number of pupils in a particular school
- telescopic umbrella — an umbrella having parts that telescope
- the eroica symphony — Symphony No. 3 in E flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven
- the little corporal — a nickname of Napoleon Bonaparte
- the patriotic front — a political party in Zimbabwe, founded in 2001 as a coalition of two communist parties, the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU) and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), which had worked together to fight against White minority rule in Rhodesia
- the pickwick papers — a novel written by the English novelist Charles Dickens(1812--70)
- theatrical producer — a person who is responsible for all aspects of a theatrical production
- theoretical physics — abstract use of physics
- therapeutic cloning — the permitted creation of cloned human tissues for surgical transplant
- transparent context — an expression in which any term may be replaced by another with the same reference without changing its truth-value
- tropical depression — an atmospheric low-pressure system originating in the tropics, specifically, a tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained wind speed is 38 miles per hour (62 kilometers per hour) or less.
- tuamotu archipelago — a group of about 80 coral islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 15 973 (2002; including the Gambier Islands). Area: 860 sq km (332 sq miles)
- tussock caterpillar — the larva of a tussock moth.
- typographical error — an error in printed or typewritten matter resulting from striking the improper key of a keyboard, from mechanical failure, or the like.
- ultracrepidarianism — noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.
- universal recipient — a person with blood type AB, able to receive blood from a person of any blood type but able to donate blood only to a person with the same blood type
- unnatural practices — acts which are deemed to be contrary to expected standards of human behaviour
- upper carboniferous — Pennsylvanian (defs 2, 4).
- upset the applecart — a pushcart used by a vendor of apples.
- vapor recovery unit — A vapor recovery unit is a system for recovering vapors from inside sealed crude oil or condensate tanks, with a scrubber (= a device for removing unwanted substances) and compressor (= a device that raises pressure).
- vicariate apostolic — a district under the jurisdiction of a vicar apostolic.
- video tape recorder — a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- war of independence — American Revolution.
- whispering campaign — the organized spreading of insinuations or rumors to destroy the reputation of a person, organization, etc.
- wireless local loop — (communications) (WLL, radio in the loop, RITL, fixed-radio access, FRA) Connecting subscribers to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) using radio signals instead of copper wires. The wireless link may be all or part of the connection between the subscriber and the switch. WLL includes cordless access systems, proprietary fixed radio access and fixed cellular systems.
- zenithal projection — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it, either at one of the poles (polar zenithal), at the equator (equatorial zenithal), or between (oblique zenithal)
- zero and add packed — (language) (ZAP) An IBM 360/370 assembly language instruction used when performing packed arithmatic to initialise an accumulator.