15-letter words containing p, r, e, s, i, d
- episodic memory — the recollection of events within their historical setting
- epsilon squared — (jargon) A quantity even smaller than epsilon, as small in comparison to epsilon as epsilon is to something normal; completely negligible. If you buy a supercomputer for a million dollars, the cost of the thousand-dollar terminal to go with it is epsilon, and the cost of the ten-dollar cable to connect them is epsilon squared. Compare lost in the underflow, lost in the noise.
- esprit de corps — military, sport: team spirit
- expulsion order — a legal document ordering someone's expulsion
- file descriptor — (programming, operating system) An integer that identifies an open file within a process. This number is obtained as a result of opening a file. Operations which read, write, or close a file would take the file descriptor as an input parameter. In many operating system implementations, file descriptors are small integers which index a table of open files. In Unix, file descriptors 0, 1 and 2 correspond to the standard input, standard output and standard error files respectively. See file descriptor leak.
- finders keepers — whoever finds something has the right to keep it
- first responder — a person who is certified to provide medical care in emergencies before more highly trained medical personnel arrive on the scene: a firefighter trained as a first responder.
- food processing — transforming raw materials into food
- fool's paradise — a state of enjoyment based on false beliefs or hopes; a state of illusory happiness.
- gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
- gender-specific — for, characteristic of, or limited to either males or females: Left-handedness is not gender-specific.
- geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
- golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
- green sandpiper — a species of sandpiper, Tringa ochropus, with a greenish back and wings
- hardship clause — a clause in a contract which covers unforeseen events that would make it more difficult for one party to complete the contract, and in which case offers alternative terms
- hermaphroditism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- high priesthood — the condition or office of a high priest.
- hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
- hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
- hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
- hypersensitized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersensitize.
- hypersexualised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualise.
- hypersexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualize.
- hyperthyroidism — overactivity of the thyroid gland.
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- identity papers — law: legal documents
- indirect speech — Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words: for example, 'They said you didn't like it', 'I asked him what his plans were', and 'Citizens complained about the smoke'.
- job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
- jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- land of promise — Promised Land.
- least sandpiper — a small, American sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, related to the stints of Europe.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
- 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.
- 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.
- miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
- misproportioned — Having incorrect or distorted proportions.
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- mouse droppings — 1. (graphics, operating system, jargon) Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restored when the mouse pointer moves away from a particular location on the screen, producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are MS-DOS programs that write to the screen memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the graphics mode in use. 2. (web, jargon) The client address recorded in a web server's log whenever a client connects to a site. Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in this way but the potential for misuse of the information is limited.
- neurodepressive — (of a drug) depressing nerve-cell function.
- nil desperandum — never despair
- non-compromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.