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18-letter words containing p, s, y, l, i

  • non-responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
  • normally aspirated — A normally aspirated or naturally aspirated engine breathes air at atmospheric pressure.
  • offset lithography — offset (def 6).
  • old curiosity shop — a novel (1840–41) by Dickens.
  • on everyone's lips — being much discussed
  • oscillographically — By means of oscillography.
  • parathyroid glands — any of several small oval glands usually lying near or embedded in the thyroid gland.
  • passive vocabulary — all the words, collectively, that a person can understand
  • payload specialist — an astronaut trained to handle highly complex or classified equipment carried aboard a space shuttle and to conduct experiments in space.
  • pellitory of spain — a small Mediterranean plant, Anacyclus pyrethrum, the root of which contains an oil formerly used to relieve toothache: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • pennsylvania dutch — the descendants of 17th- and 18th-century settlers in Pennsylvania from southwest Germany and Switzerland.
  • perennial ryegrass — any of several European grasses of the genus Lolium, as L. perenne (perennial ryegrass) grown for forage in the U.S.
  • persistent cruelty — conduct causing fear of danger to the life or health of a spouse (used in matrimonial proceedings before magistrates)
  • phanerocrystalline — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.
  • phantasmagorically — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
  • philosophy of life — any philosophical view or vision of the nature or purpose of life or of the way that life should be lived.
  • phosphatidylserine — any of a class of phospholipids occurring in biological membranes and fats
  • physical chemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the relations between the physical properties of substances and their chemical composition and transformations.
  • physical education — systematic instruction in sports, exercises, and hygiene given as part of a school or college program.
  • physical geography — the branch of geography concerned with natural features and phenomena of the earth's surface, as landforms, drainage features, climates, soils, and vegetation.
  • physical inventory — To carry out a physical inventory is to count all the stock on hand.
  • physical therapist — sb who performs physiotherapy
  • play second fiddle — be considered less important
  • play silly buggers — to fool around and waste time
  • point set topology — topology (def 2).
  • polynesian tattler — a sandpiper, H. incanus, native to the Pacific coastal regions
  • population density — ratio: inhabitants to area
  • positively charged — having a positive charge
  • post-revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
  • postviral syndrome — debilitating condition occurring as a sequel to viral illness
  • pre-filled syringe — A pre-filled syringe is a disposable syringe that is supplied already loaded with the substance to be injected.
  • presentation layer — (networking)   The second highest layer (layer 6) in the OSI seven layer model. Performs functions such as text compression, code or format conversion to try to smooth out differences between hosts. Allows incompatible processes in the application layer to communicate via the session layer. Documents: ITU Rec. X.226 (ISO 8823), ITU Rec. X.216 (ISO 8822).
  • psychopathological — the science or study of mental disorders.
  • psychosociological — psychological and sociological
  • psychotechnologist — a specialist in psychotechnology
  • publishing company — a firm which publishes books
  • pulmonary embolism — the blockage of a pulmonary artery, often by a blood clot, that stops the flow of blood to the lungs and which can result in death if untreated
  • pyrosulphuric acid — a fuming liquid acid made by adding sulphur trioxide to concentrated sulphuric acid. Formula: H2S2O7
  • quasi-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • sampling frequency — sample rate
  • secondary syphilis — the second stage of syphilis, characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane.
  • self-deprecatingly — in a self-deprecating manner
  • september holidays — a period of time in September when people do not have to go to school, college or work
  • set priority level — (SPL) The way traditional Unix kernels implement mutual exclusion by running code at high interrupt priority levels and thus blocking lower level interrupts.
  • shop till you drop — If you shop till you drop, you do a large amount of shopping.
  • silvery spleenwort — a fern, Diplazium pycnocarpon, of eastern North America, having fronds from 20 to 30 inches (50.8 to 76.2 cm) long on yellowish-green stalks.
  • sling psychrometer — a psychrometer so designed that the wet-bulb thermometer can be ventilated, to expedite evaporation, by whirling in the air.
  • slow-motion replay — a showing again in slow motion of a sequence of action, esp of part of a sporting contest immediately after it happens
  • sociopsychological — of, relating to, or characterized by interrelated social and psychological factors.
  • sodium hyposulfite — sodium thiosulfate.
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