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

  • self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
  • self-description — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
  • self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-preparation — a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
  • self-propagating — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
  • semiprivate room — a hospital room shared by two people, typically with a curtain dividing the room and providing some privacy
  • sense perception — perception by the senses rather than by the intellect.
  • separate opinion — an opinion written by a judge separately from other judges, which can either agree or disagree with the opinion written by the majority of judges
  • serpentine front — a front, as of a chest of drawers, having a horizontal compound curve with a convex section between two concave ones.
  • shopping trolley — A shopping trolley is a large metal basket on wheels which is provided by shops such as supermarkets for customers to use while they are in the shop.
  • showbiz reporter — a journalist who writes about the entertainment industry
  • shutter priority — of or relating to a semiautomatic exposure system in which the photographer presets the shutter speed and the camera selects the aperture.
  • shutter-priority — of or relating to a semiautomatic exposure system in which the photographer presets the shutter speed and the camera selects the aperture.
  • singapore strait — a strait between Singapore Island and the Riau Archipelago at the S end of the Malay Peninsula: shipping channel between the South China Sea and the Malacca Strait. 65 miles (105 km) long and 10 miles (16 km) wide.
  • sodium perborate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, NaBO 2 ⋅3H 2 O or NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used chiefly as a bleaching agent and antiseptic.
  • solid propellant — a rocket propellant in solid form, usually containing a mixture or combination of fuel and oxidizer.
  • southern baptist — a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.
  • sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
  • speak for itself — be self-evident
  • specious present — a short time span in which change and duration are alleged to be directly experienced.
  • spectrochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical analysis of substances by means of the spectra of light they absorb or emit.
  • spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
  • speed networking — the practice of trying to form business connections and contacts through meetings at which individuals are given the opportunity to have several conversations of limited duration with strangers
  • sports equipment — gear used to play sport
  • spreading factor — a substance, as hyaluronidase, that promotes the diffusion of a material through body tissues
  • stage production — a play or show which is performed on stage
  • stenothermophile — a stenothermophilic bacterium.
  • stereomicroscope — stereoscopic microscope.
  • stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
  • stop-limit order — stop order.
  • storage capacity — amount of room or space
  • studio apartment — an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom. Compare efficiency apartment.
  • sub-postmistress — (in Britain) a woman who runs a sub-post office
  • subsistence crop — a food plant which is grown by a farmer for consumption by himself and his family, leaving little or nothing to be marketed
  • sulphur trioxide — a white corrosive substance existing in three crystalline forms of which the stable (alpha-) form is usually obtained as silky needles. It is produced by the oxidation of sulphur dioxide, and is used in the sulphonation of organic compounds. Formula: SO3
  • summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
  • super-injunction — an instruction or order issued by a court imposing restrictions on reporting, including any reference to the restriction itself
  • super-patriotism — a person who is patriotic to an extreme.
  • superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
  • supernationalism — an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
  • superunification — a theory intended to describe the electromagnetic force, the strong force, the weak force, and gravity as a single, unified force.
  • tax depreciation — Tax depreciation is depreciation in a company's internal financial records that is different from the amount that is used for the internal books.
  • terminal adaptor — (networking, hardware)   (TA) Equipment used to adapt Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Basic Rate Interface (BRI) channels to existing terminal equipment standards such as EIA-232 and V.35. A Terminal Adaptor is typically packaged like a modem, either as a stand-alone unit or as an interface card that plugs into a computer or other communications equipment (such as a router or PBX). A Terminal Adaptor does not interoperate with a modem; it replaces it.
  • the first couple — the US president and their spouse
  • the herring-pond — the Atlantic Ocean
  • the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
  • the preconscious — preconscious mental activity
  • thermoacidophile — any organism, especially a type of archaebacterium, that thrives in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
  • thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • three-point line — Basketball. a field goal worth three points, made from behind a specified line (three-point line)
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