15-letter words containing p, r, e, d, c
- recoil-operated — employing the recoil force of an explosive projectile to prepare the firing mechanism for the next shot.
- record producer — sb who manages music recordings
- red-back spider — a venomous spider, Latrodectus hasselti, of Australia and New Zealand, related to the black widow spider and having a bright red stripe on the back.
- redfin pickerel — See under pickerel (def 1).
- reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
- 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.
- reported speech — indirect quotation
- reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- ross dependency — a territory in Antarctica, including Ross Island, the coasts along the Ross Sea, and adjacent islands: a dependency of New Zealand. About 175,000 sq. mi. (453,250 sq. km).
- sale of produce — the selling of something that is produced, esp agricultural products
- scolopendriform — resembling scolopendra
- scorpion spider — whipscorpion.
- second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
- secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
- self-prescribed — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- self-proclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
- shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
- side impact bar — A side impact bar is a long beam in a car door that is designed to protect passengers during a crash.
- slide projector — device for showing slides
- speech disorder — an inability to produce normal speech
- speed indicator — an instrument for counting the number of revolutions of a gasoline engine.
- 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.
- sprinkler dance — a celebratory dance in which participants extend one arm and shake it to imitate the action of a rotating water sprinkler
- styloid process — a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.
- superconfidence — great or extreme confidence, overconfidence
- superintendence — a district or place under a superintendent.
- superintendency — a district or place under a superintendent.
- surface-ripened — (of cheese) ripened on the surface by molds or other microorganisms.
- talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
- threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
- top dead center — Top dead center is the position of an engine's piston when it is at the very top of its stroke.
- top dead-centre — the position of the crank of a reciprocating engine or pump when the piston is at the top of its stroke
- trade paperback — a paperback book of a size similar to a typical hard-cover book, intended for sale in bookstores as distinguished from a cheaper and smaller paperback intended for sale on racks at drugstores, newsstands, etc.
- 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.
- 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)
- una corda pedal — soft pedal (def 1).
- unchoreographed — not choreographed; not pre-arranged or pre-prepared; unplanned
- uncomprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- uncorresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
- under suspicion — suspected of a crime
- undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- underproduction — production that is less than normal or than is required by the demand.
- underpublicized — lacking publicity
- unpolished rice — a partly refined rice, hulled and deprived of its germ but retaining some bran.
- unpractisedness — the quality or state of being unpractised
- unprecedentedly — without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled: an unprecedented event.
- unprotected sex — an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy performed without the use of a condom, thus involving the risk of sexually transmitted diseases