16-letter words containing p, y, r, o, n
- rhynchocephalian — belonging or pertaining to the Rhynchocephalia, an order of lizardlike reptiles that are extinct except for the tuatara.
- roentgenotherapy — treatment of disease by means of x-rays.
- schneider trophy — a trophy for air racing between seaplanes of any nation, first presented by Jacques Schneider (1879–1928) in 1913; won outright by Britain in 1931
- secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- selenomorphology — the study of the lunar surface and landscape
- self-explanatory — explaining itself; needing no explanation; obvious.
- shopping trolley — A shopping trolley is a large metal basket on wheels which is provided by shops such as supermarkets for customers to use while they are in the shop.
- shorthand typing — shorthand and typing
- shorthand typist — A shorthand typist is a person who types and writes shorthand, usually in an office.
- soft pornography — soft-core pornography.
- sphygmomanometer — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- sphygmomanometry — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- start-up company — new business
- stationary point — a point on a curve at which the tangent is either horizontal or vertical, such as a maximum, a minimum, or a point of inflection
- stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
- sulfanilyl group — the para form of the group C 6 H 6 NO 2 S–, derived from sulfanilic acid.
- tephrochronology — a geochronologic technique based on the dating of layers of volcanic ash.
- terms of payment — The terms of payment of a sale state how and when an invoice is to be paid.
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- three-point play — a play in which a player sinks the free throw that was awarded when the player was fouled while scoring a basket.
- thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
- transfer company — a company that transports people or luggage for a relatively short distance, as between terminals of two railroad lines.
- tropical cyclone — a cyclone that originates over a tropical ocean area and can develop into the destructive storm known in the U.S. as a hurricane, in the western Pacific region as a typhoon, and elsewhere by other names. Compare extratropical cyclone, hurricane (def 1), willy-willy.
- trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
- uncompromisingly — not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
- under-employment — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
- unproportionally — having due proportion; corresponding.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- vinylidene group — the bivalent group C 2 H 2 , derived from ethylene.
- vinylpyrrolidone — Vinylpyrrolidone is a substance used as a binder in pharmaceuticals.
- voluntary helper — a person who aids or assists in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
- yellow pimpernel — Lysimachia nemorum
- zygosporangium's — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.