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16-letter words containing r, e, c, t, i, s

  • noncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
  • nondeterministic — the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
  • nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
  • nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
  • nutcracker suite — a ballet and concert suite (1892) arranged by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky from his orchestral work for a ballet, The Nutcracker.
  • objective spirit — the human spirit, insofar as it has become capable of a rational identification of its individual self with the community of other spirits but is not yet capable of the identification with the absolute idea that characterizes the absolute spirit.
  • observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
  • obtuse bisectrix — See under bisectrix (def 1).
  • october surprise — a major event, occurring shortly before a presidential election, which influences the result
  • odontoid process — the toothlike upward projection at the back of the second vertebra of the neck
  • oesophagogastric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.
  • ohmic resistance — resistance (def 3a).
  • optical tweezers — a laser device used to study, manipulate, or trap a microscopic object, as a microorganism or cell, with nanometer precision.
  • orthosympathetic — Of or pertaining to the sympathetic component of the autonomic nervous system.
  • osmotic pressure — the force that a dissolved substance exerts on a semipermeable membrane, through which it cannot penetrate, when separated by it from pure solvent.
  • outside director — a director of a company who is not employed by that company but is often employed by a holding or associated company
  • over-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • over-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
  • over-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • overcautiousness — the quality or state of being too cautious, wary, or careful
  • overcompensating — Present participle of overcompensate.
  • overcompensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
  • overenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
  • oversubscription — to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.
  • pacific sturgeon — a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.
  • paediatric nurse — a nurse who specializes in the care of children
  • paratuberculosis — Johne's disease.
  • particle physics — the branch of physics that deals with the properties and behavior of elementary particles.
  • pectoralis major — the larger of the two large chest muscles that assist in movements of the shoulder and upper arm
  • pectoralis minor — the smaller of the two large chest muscles that assist in movements of the shoulder and upper arm
  • perfecting press — a rotary press for printing both sides of a sheet or web in one operation.
  • permaculturalist — a system of cultivation intended to maintain permanent agriculture or horticulture by relying on renewable resources and a self-sustaining ecosystem.
  • personality cult — deliberately cultivated adulation of a person, esp a political leader
  • pharmacogenetics — the branch of pharmacology that examines the relation of genetic factors to variations in response to drugs.
  • pharmacokinetics — the branch of pharmacology that studies the fate of pharmacological substances in the body, as their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.
  • physical therapy — the treatment or management of physical disability, malfunction, or pain by exercise, massage, hydrotherapy, etc., without the use of medicines, surgery, or radiation.
  • picture postcard — postcard (def 1).
  • pincers movement — a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement.
  • plutarch's lives — (Parallel Lives) a collection (a.d. 105–15) by Plutarch of short biographies of the leading political figures of ancient Greece and Rome.
  • pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
  • poitou-charentes — a region of W central France, on the Bay of Biscay: mainly low-lying
  • police inspector — rank of police officer in the UK
  • posigrade rocket — an auxiliary rocket used to separate the sections of a multistage rocket, fired in the direction of flight.
  • post-renaissance — the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.
  • poverty-stricken — suffering from poverty; extremely poor: poverty-stricken refugees.
  • practical reason — (in Kantian ethics) reason applied to the problem of action and choice, especially in ethical matters.
  • practice session — a period of training that takes place over a set period of time, for example an hour or several hours
  • pre-conversation — informal interchange of thoughts, information, etc., by spoken words; oral communication between persons; talk; colloquy.
  • pre-solicitation — the act of soliciting.
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