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15-letter words containing p, r, e, t, i, o

  • pattern bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped on a target in a predetermined pattern.
  • pavel petrovich — Paul I (def 2).
  • peak production — the maximum production
  • pectoral girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs.
  • penetration aid — a device or tactic, as the use of chaff or decoys or the maintaining of a low flight level, that helps an aircraft or missile to enter hostile air space.
  • pentaerythritol — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 1 2 O 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of alkyd resins, varnishes, plasticizers, and explosives.
  • pepin the short — ("Pepin the Short") died a.d. 768, king of the Franks 751–768 (father of Charlemagne).
  • percussion tool — a power driven tool which operates by striking rapid blows: the power may be electricity or compressed air
  • perfectionistic — a person who adheres to or believes in perfectionism.
  • perforating gun — A perforating gun is a device used to make holes in oil and gas wells in preparation for production.
  • performing arts — dance, drama, music
  • perfunctoriness — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • period-rotation — a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
  • periodic motion — any motion that recurs in identical forms at equal intervals of time.
  • periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
  • personalization — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
  • personification — the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
  • peter of amiens — c1050–1115, French monk: preacher of the first Crusade 1095–99.
  • petit bourgeois — a person who belongs to the petite bourgeoisie.
  • petty bourgeois — petit bourgeois
  • phenylketonuria — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
  • phenylketonuric — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
  • phosphocreatine — a compound, C 4 H 1 0 O 5 N 3 P, found chiefly in muscle, formed by the enzymatic interaction of an organic phosphate and creatine, the breakdown of which provides energy for muscle contraction.
  • phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
  • photoelectronic — relating to electronic effects or devices affected by light
  • photoheliograph — an instrument for photographing the sun, consisting of a camera and a specially adapted telescope.
  • photomicroscope — a microscope having an illuminator and a camera mechanism for producing a photomicrograph.
  • photomultiplier — an extremely sensitive detector of light and of other radiation, consisting of a tube in which the electrons released by radiation striking a photocathode are accelerated, greatly amplifying the signal obtainable from small quantities of radiation.
  • photorefractive — of or relating to a change in the index of refraction by spatial variations of the light intensity, as in a laser.
  • photosensitizer — a drug, food, or other chemical that increases sensitivity to light and other visible photons
  • physiotherapist — physical therapy.
  • piano reduction — a musical score having the parts condensed or simplified in two staves, to render the music playable on the piano by one person.
  • piece to camera — a TV report in which a reporter is filmed saying something
  • pierrot lunaire — a cycle of 21 songs (1912) for voice and instruments, by Arnold Schönberg, written in Sprechgesang style and set to poems of Albert Giraud in German translation.
  • pincer movement — a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement.
  • pinkster flower — a wild azalea, Rhododendron periclymenoides, of the U.S., having pink or purplish flowers.
  • pinochet ugarte — Augusto [ou-goos-taw] /aʊˈgus tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–2006, Chilean army general and political leader: president 1973–90.
  • pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
  • pithecanthropus — a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
  • plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
  • platform tennis — a variation of tennis played on a wooden platform enclosed with chicken wire in which the players hit a rubber ball with wooden paddles following the same basic rules as tennis except that only one serve is permitted and balls can be played off the back and side fences.
  • platform ticket — a pass allowing a visitor to enter upon a railroad platform from which those not traveling are ordinarily excluded.
  • play favourites — to display favouritism
  • plenipotentiary — a person, especially a diplomatic agent, invested with full power or authority to transact business on behalf of another.
  • poikilothermism — the state or quality of being cold-blooded, as fishes and reptiles.
  • police reporter — a news reporter assigned to cover a police department for newsworthy events.
  • polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
  • polycrystalline — (of a rock or metal) composed of aggregates of individual crystals.
  • pontine marshes — an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932–34 after numerous attempts since 160 bc had failed
  • port wine stain — a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
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