16-letter words containing p, r, i, m
- primary election — primary (def 15a).
- primary electron — in thermionics, any of the electrons falling on a body, distinguished from those emitted by it
- primary industry — an industry, as agriculture, forestry, or fishing, that deals in obtaining natural materials.
- primary meristem — primary tissue derived from an apical meristem.
- primary producer — any green plant or any of various microorganisms that can convert light energy or chemical energy into organic matter.
- primary syphilis — the first stage of syphilis, characterized by the formation of a chancre at the site of infection.
- primitive church — the early Christian church, especially in reference to its earliest form and organization.
- primrose jasmine — an evergreen shrub, Jasminum mesnyi, of China, having thick, shiny leaflets and yellow flowers with a darker eye.
- print journalism — journalism as practiced in newspapers and magazines.
- prismatic colors — the colors of the visible spectrum produced by passing white light through a prism; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet
- private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
- privet andromeda — a spreading shrub, Lyonia ligustrina, of the eastern U.S., having leafless, white flowers in terminal clusters.
- proboscis monkey — a reddish, arboreal monkey, Nasalis larvatus, of Borneo, the male of which has a long, flexible nose: an endangered species.
- proenvironmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
- professionalisms — professional character, spirit, or methods.
- program director — a chief executive responsible for selecting and scheduling programs.
- programmatically — by using a computer program: You can set the value in each field programmatically with a simple algorithm. The background shapes can be programmatically drawn and animated.
- programme editor — someone responsible for editing, overseeing and selecting the content of radio or television programmes
- promiscuous mode — (networking) Where a node on a network accepts all packets, regardless of their destination address.
- promotional code — A promotional code is a code offered by retailers to customers who can use it to receive a discounted price when buying products online.
- proprietary name — a name of a product or service that is protected by a patent, copyright, or trademark and cannot be used by another party for commercial purposes without permission of the registered owner or licensee.
- protection money — law: criminal fee
- proxima centauri — the nearest star to the sun at a distance of 4.3 light-years, part of the Alpha Centauri triple-star system located in the constellation Centaurus.
- proxime accessit — the person coming next after the winner in a competitive examination or an academic prize giving; runner-up
- pullorum disease — a highly contagious, frequently fatal disease of young poultry caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum (pullorum), transmitted by the infected hen during egg production, and characterized by weakness, loss of appetite, and diarrhea.
- punctuation mark — any of a group of conventional marks or characters used in punctuation, as the period, comma, semicolon, question mark, or dash.
- pyramidal orchid — a chalk-loving orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis, bearing a dense cone-shaped spike of purplish-pink flowers with a long curved spur
- pyroracemic acid — pyruvic acid.
- quasi-compulsory — required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
- radio microphone — a microphone incorporating a radio transmitter so that the user can move around freely
- ramen profitable — If a startup business is ramen profitable, it is barely profitable, just enough to allow the founder to live on the cheapest diet.
- ramsden eyepiece — an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex crown-glass lenses of equal focal length, placed with the convex sides facing each other and with a separation between the lenses of about two-thirds of the focal length of each.
- re-apportionment — the act of redistributing or changing the apportionment of something.
- real-time pascal — (language) A later name for Pascal-80 by RC International, Denmark.
- redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
- redemption yield — the yield produced by a redeemable gilt-edged security taking into account the annual interest it pays and an annualized amount to account for any profit or loss when it is redeemed
- relatively prime — (mathematics) Having no common divisors (greater than 1). Two numbers are said to be relativey prime if there is no number greater than unity that divides both of them evenly. For example, 10 and 33 are relativly prime. 15 and 33 are not relatively prime, since 3 is a divisor of both.
- repossession man — someone employed to take back or repossess property, esp due to nonpayment of money due under a hire-purchase agreement
- residence permit — permission allowing someone to legally reside in a country
- rooting compound — a substance, usually a powder, containing auxins in which plant cuttings are dipped in order to promote root growth
- run-time support — run-time system
- sailmaker's palm — palm1 (def 4).
- schaumburg-lippe — a former state in NW Germany.
- self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
- self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- semiprivate room — a hospital room shared by two people, typically with a curtain dividing the room and providing some privacy
- semiprofessional — actively engaged in some field or sport for pay but on a part-time basis: semiprofessional baseball players.
- settlement price — The settlement price is the average price of a financial instrument at the end of a trading day.
- sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
- small/fine print — The small print or the fine print of something such as an advertisement or a contract consists of the technical details and legal conditions, which are often printed in much smaller letters than the rest of the text.