15-letter words containing p, r, o, e, l, y
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- please yourself — You say 'please yourself' to indicate in a rather rude way that you do not mind or care whether the person you are talking to does a particular thing or not.
- plenipotentiary — a person, especially a diplomatic agent, invested with full power or authority to transact business on behalf of another.
- plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
- polycarboxylate — a salt or ester of a polycarboxylic acid. Polycarboxylate esters are used in certain detergents
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- polychloroprene — a chloroprene polymer
- polycrystalline — (of a rock or metal) composed of aggregates of individual crystals.
- polyelectrolyte — an electrolyte of high molecular weight, usually polymeric, either natural or synthetic.
- polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
- polyvinyl resin — any of the class of thermoplastic resins derived by the polymerization or copolymerization of a vinyl compound: used chiefly as adhesives, sizing agents, and coatings.
- postoperatively — occurring after a surgical operation.
- primrose family — the plant family Primulaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having simple, opposite, whorled, or basal leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including cyclamen, loosestrife of the genus Lysimachia, pimpernel, primrose, and shooting star.
- primrose yellow — primrose (def 3).
- privately owned — owned by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
- problematically — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- profoundly deaf — unable to hear any sound below 95 decibels in one's better ear
- property ladder — progress from cheaper to more expensive housing
- propionaldehyde — a colorless, water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 6 O, having a pungent odor: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics.
- proportionately — proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional.
- proprietorially — in the manner of a proprietor
- propyl aldehyde — a colorless, water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 6 O, having a pungent odor: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics.
- propylene group — the bivalent group −CH(CH 3)CH 2 −, derived from propylene or propane.
- propylhexedrine — a colorless, adrenergic, water-soluble liquid, C 1 0 H 2 N, used by inhalation as a nasal decongestant.
- proteolytically — by a proteolytic process
- pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- pseudoparalysis — the inability to move a part of the body owing to factors, as pain, other than those causing actual paralysis.
- public property — Public property is land and other assets that belong to the general public and not to a private owner.
- pulmonary valve — a semilunar valve between the pulmonary artery and the right ventricle of the heart that prevents the blood from flowing back into the right ventricle.
- pyrocrystalline — crystallized from a molten magma or highly heated solution.
- pyroelectricity — electrification or electrical polarity produced in certain crystals by temperature changes.
- pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
- radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
- reproducibility — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- retrospectively — with contemplation of past situations, events, etc.: You should examine your relationship retrospectively.
- rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
- security police — a police force responsible for maintaining order at a specific locale or under specific circumstances, as at an airport or factory.
- sepoy rebellion — the Indian Mutiny of 1857–58
- septentrionally — northwards; in the direction of the north
- serendipitously — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
- simple majority — less than half of the total votes cast but more than the minimum required to win, as when there are more than two candidates or choices.
- spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
- stereotypically — in a stereotypical manner
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
- styloid process — a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.
- subperiosteally — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- subreptitiously — in a subreptitious manner
- sully-prudhomme — René François Armand [ruh-ney frahn-swa ar-mahn] /rəˈneɪ frɑ̃ˈswa arˈmɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1839–1907, French poet: Nobel prize 1901.
- sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
- surreptitiously — obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.