15-letter words containing p, r, e, c, t, s
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- italian cypress — a tall Eurasian cypress, cupressus sempervirens, native to the eastern Mediterranean region
- job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
- juristic person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
- magnetic stripe — magnetic strip.
- massed practice — learning with no intervals or short intervals between successive bouts of learning
- master corporal — a noncommissioned officer in the Canadian forces senior to a corporal and junior to a sergeant
- 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.
- microenterprise — A business operating on a very small scale, especially one with a sole proprietor and fewer than six employees.
- microsporocytes — Plural form of microsporocyte.
- misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
- misappreciative — not fully or properly appreciative
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- multiprocessors — Plural form of multiprocessor.
- natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- no respecter of — If you say that someone or something is no respecter of a rule or tradition, you mean that the rule or tradition is not important to them.
- non-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- noncompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- nonprescription — (of drugs, medication, etc.) legally available for purchase without a doctor's prescription; over-the-counter.
- nonprescriptive — that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
- nonstereoscopic — Not stereoscopic.
- objective prism — a large prism placed in front of the objective lens or mirror of a telescope, allowing the simultaneous acquisition of the spectra of many stars.
- on prescription — If a medicine is available on prescription, you can only get it from a chemist or pharmacist if a doctor gives you a prescription for it.
- optical scanner — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
- optical storage — optical disk drive
- optoelectronics — the branch of electronics dealing with devices that generate, transform, transmit, or sense optical, infrared, or ultraviolet radiation, as cathode-ray tubes, electroluminescent and liquid crystal displays, lasers, and solar cells.
- orestes complex — Psychoanalysis. an unconscious desire of a son to kill his mother.
- outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
- over-capitalise — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
- over-compensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- overcapitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcapitalize.
- overcompensated — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- overcompensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate.
- overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- overpessimistic — excessively pessimistic or negative in outlook
- overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- painter's colic — Pathology. lead poisoning causing intense intestinal pain.
- parasiticalness — the condition or characteristic of being parasitic
- parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
- parti québécois — (in Canada) a political party in Quebec, formed in 1968 and originally advocating the separation of Quebec from the rest of the country
- partial eclipse — astronomy
- pass-the-parcel — a children's game in which a parcel with lots of wrappings is passed round while music plays; each time the music stops the person holding the parcel takes a layer of wrapping off
- passport office — an office which issues passports