15-letter words containing p, r, e, t
- prelate nullius — a prelate having independent jurisdiction over a district not under a diocesan bishop.
- premanufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- premiere partie — (in buhl) the primary inlay formed, in which the tortoise shell forms the ground for a design cut in brass.
- premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
- prenotification — notice that is given or served prior to a specific date; advance notice.
- prepresidential — describing the period before a person's rise to presidency
- preregistration — early registration, in advance of event or general registration
- prerequirements — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- presbyterianism — church government by presbyters or elders, equal in rank and organized into graded administrative courts.
- presbyterianize — to convert or be converted into Presbyterianism
- presence detect — (storage) A means of identifying a memory chip to the memory controller logic. The original scheme, Parallel Presence Detect (PPD) used a separate pin for each bit of information. The limited number of pins available only gave the density and the speed of the chips. To pass more information, the Serial Presence Detect (SPD) scheme was introduced, storing the information in serial EEPROM with one pin to enable it and one for data.
- present oneself — to appear, esp at a specific time and place
- present perfect — (in English) the tense form consisting of the present tense of have with a past participle and noting that the action of the verb was completed prior to the present, as I have finished.
- presentationism — the doctrine that in perception, or in all forms of knowledge, there is an immediate awareness of the things perceived.
- preservationism — a person who advocates or promotes preservation, especially of wildlife, natural areas, or historical places.
- preservationist — a person who advocates or promotes preservation, especially of wildlife, natural areas, or historical places.
- president-elect — a president after election but before induction into office.
- presidents' day — the third Monday in February, a legal holiday in the U.S., commemorating the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
- press secretary — a person officially responsible for press and public relations for a prominent figure or organization and who often holds press conferences to answer journalists' questions.
- press the flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- pressure center — the central point of an atmospheric high or low.
- prestidigitator — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
- presynaptically — in a presynaptic manner
- pretentiousness — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- preternaturally — out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal: preternatural powers.
- pretty pictures — (scientific computation) The next step up from numbers. Interesting graphical output from a program that may not have any sensible relationship to the system the program is intended to model, but good for showing to management.
- prevent defense — the defensive strategy of adding a defender to prevent completion of a long pass or other long gain.
- preverification — the state of being verified.
- preview monitor — (in a television studio control room) a picture monitor used for inspecting a picture source before it is switched to transmission
- price inflation — inflation fuelled by rising prices
- price-sensitive — likely to affect the price of property, esp shares and securities
- primary feather — any of the flight feathers growing from the manus of a bird's wing
- primary storage — main memory
- primary teacher — a teacher in a primary school
- princess regent — a princess who is regent of a country.
- printed circuit — a circuit in which the interconnecting conductors and some of the circuit components have been printed, etched, etc., onto a sheet or board of dielectric material (PC board, printed-circuit board)
- printer's devil — devil (def 5).
- printer's error — an error introduced into typeset copy by the compositor, so that the printer cannot charge for correcting it. Abbreviation: P.E., p.e.
- printing office — a shop or factory in which printing is done.
- prior restraint — a court order banning publication of unpublished material.
- prismatic layer — the middle layer of the shell of certain mollusks, consisting chiefly of crystals of calcium carbonate.
- prison sentence — confinement in prison as a punishment imposed on a person who has been found guilty of a crime
- prittle-prattle — foolish or idle talk; babble
- private company — a company whose shareholders may not exceed 50 in number and whose shares may not be offered for public subscription.
- private hearing — a formal or official trial that is not open to the public
- private patient — a patient receiving medical treatment not paid for by the National Health Service
- private pay bed — (in Britain) a bed in a National Health Service hospital, reserved for private patients who pay a consultant acting privately for treatment and who are charged by the health service for use of hospital facilities
- private soldier — A private soldier is a soldier of the lowest rank in an army or the marines.
- private tuition — instruction, esp that received in a small group or individually, that is arranged and paid for by an individual rather than by the state
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body