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17-letter words containing p, r, i, c

  • physical training — fitness coaching
  • piccadilly circus — a traffic circle and open square in W London, England: theater and amusement center.
  • picture messaging — Picture messaging is the sending of photographs or pictures from one mobile phone to another.
  • pietro da cortona — Pietro da [pye-traw dah] /ˈpyɛ trɔ dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Pietro Berrettini) 1596–1669, Italian painter and architect.
  • pinckney's treaty — an agreement in 1795 between Spain and the U.S. by which Spain recognized the 31st parallel as the southern boundary of the U.S. and permitted free navigation of the Mississippi to American ships.
  • pincushion flower — scabious2 (def 1).
  • pinpoint accuracy — extreme accuracy
  • pitching rotation — the regular, scheduled succession of starting pitchers designated by a manager: a four-man pitching rotation in September.
  • pituitary extract — a preparation of the pituitary gland, used in medicine for the therapeutic effects of its hormones
  • plastics industry — the industry that makes plastics
  • platinic chloride — chloroplatinic acid.
  • pluvius insurance — insurance against rain
  • pocket dictionary — a small portable dictionary
  • point of presence — (PoP) A site where there exists a collection of telecommunications equipment, usually modems, digital leased lines and multi-protocol routers. An Internet access provider may operate several PoPs distributed throughout their area of operation to increase the chance that their subscribers will be able to reach one with a local telephone call. The alternative is for them to use virtual PoPs (virtual points of presence) via some third party.
  • point of purchase — designating or in use at a retail outlet where an item can be purchased; point-of-sale: point-of-purchase displays to entice the buyer.
  • point reyes lilac — a prostrate shrub, Ceanothus gloriosus, of southern California, having leathery, roundish leaves and purplish or deep-blue flowers.
  • point-of-purchase — designating or in use at a retail outlet where an item can be purchased; point-of-sale: point-of-purchase displays to entice the buyer.
  • polar continental — a type of cold, dry air mass originating at high latitudes over land areas
  • polar coordinates — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
  • police department — A police department is an official organization which is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.
  • police helicopter — a helicopter used in police operations, for example in traffic control, or for observation
  • police procedural — a mystery novel, film, or television drama that deals realistically with police work.
  • police protection — protection from danger, crime etc given by the police force to a community, city etc
  • political liberty — the right to express oneself freely and effectually regarding the conduct, makeup, and principles of the government under which one lives.
  • political refugee — a person who has fled from a homeland because of political persecution.
  • polyacrylonitrile — a polymer of acrylonitrile used in the manufacture of Orlon and other synthetic textiles.
  • polystyrene chips — small pieces of polystyrene used for insulating or packing
  • positive electron — positron.
  • post-resurrection — the act of rising from the dead.
  • poststructuralism — a variation of structuralism, often seen as a critique, emphasizing plurality of meaning and instability of concepts that structuralism uses to define society, language, etc.
  • prairie provinces — the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, which lie in the N Great Plains region of North America: the chief wheat and petroleum producing area of Canada
  • pre-communication — the act or process of communicating; fact of being communicated.
  • pre-concentration — the act of concentrating; the state of being concentrated.
  • pre-configuration — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
  • pre-incorporation — the act of incorporating or the state of being incorporated.
  • pre-modifications — an act or instance of modifying.
  • pre-qualification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • pre-technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • precision bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped, as accurately as possible, on a specific, usually small, target.
  • precision casting — investment casting.
  • predatory pricing — If a company practises predatory pricing, it charges a much lower price for its products or services than its competitors in order to force them out of the market.
  • prefect apostolic — the administrator, usually below the rank of bishop, in charge of a prefecture apostolic.
  • prerogative court — a former ecclesiastical court in England and Ireland for the trial of certain testamentary cases.
  • prescription drug — medication available only on doctor's instruction
  • presentation copy — a copy of a book given by the publisher or author
  • presiding officer — the person who presides over the Scottish Parliament or Welsh Assembly
  • press association — an organization formed for the purpose of gathering news for transmittal to its members. Compare news agency.
  • pressurized cabin — the cabin of an aircraft in which the air has been pressurized
  • price maintenance — measures taken by manufacturers to maintain the price charged for their goods by resellers
  • primary education — junior, elementary schooling
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