15-letter words containing p, r, e, c, t, i
- side impact bar — A side impact bar is a long beam in a car door that is designed to protect passengers during a crash.
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- simple fracture — a fracture in which the bone does not pierce the skin.
- slide projector — device for showing slides
- somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
- special feature — an article differing from the normal format and focusing on a particular topic
- special partner — a partner whose liability for the firm's debts is limited to the amount that partner has invested in the firm.
- spectral series — a series of lines in the spectrum of light emitted by excited atoms of an element, each line being related to the others in the series by a simple numerical equation and identified with a particular energy level of an atom of the element.
- spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
- speech training — training designed to improve spoken skills, such as voice projection
- speed indicator — an instrument for counting the number of revolutions of a gasoline engine.
- spermatoblastic — relating to a spermatoblast
- spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
- sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
- sports medicine — a field of medicine concerned with the functioning of the human body during physical activity and with the prevention and treatment of athletic injuries.
- st. christopher — Saint, died a.d. c250, Christian martyr.
- static pressure — the pressure exerted by a fluid that is not moving or flowing.
- stereotypically — in a stereotypical manner
- straining piece — (in a queen-post roof) a horizontal beam uniting the tops of the two queen posts, and resisting the thrust of the roof.
- streptobacillus — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- styloid process — a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.
- 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.
- super-committee — a committee with members from two or more organizations or political groups
- super-efficient — performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort; having and using requisite knowledge, skill, and industry; competent; capable: a reliable, efficient assistant.
- superconvenient — highly convenient
- superexcitation — the act of exciting.
- superintendence — a district or place under a superintendent.
- superintendency — a district or place under a superintendent.
- superplasticity — the phenomenon, exhibited by certain metals and alloys usually at high temperatures, of stretching to extreme lengths without breaking
- superspecialist — a highly skilled specialist
- symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
- synectics group — a group of people of varied background that meets to attempt creative solutions of problems through the unrestricted exercise of imagination and the correlation of disparate elements.
- talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
- target practice — practice at hitting the target in a sport such as archery or shooting
- telegraphically — of or relating to the telegraph.
- text processing — the handling of alphabetic characters by a computer
- the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
- the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era
- the precambrian — the Precambrian era
- the proterozoic — the Proterozoic Eon or its rocks
- the riot police — the section of the police force that is trained to deal with people who cause trouble in public places
- therapeutically — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
- traffic pattern — Aeronautics. a system of courses about an airfield that aircraft are assigned to fly when taking off, landing, or preparing to land.
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
- triple alliance — the alliance (1882–1915) of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
- udmurt republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the basin of the middle Kama. Capital: Izhevsk. Pop: 1 570 500 (2002). Area: 42 100 sq km (16 250 sq miles)
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.