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16-letter words containing r, e, d, c

  • permanganic acid — an acid, HMnO 4 , known only in solution.
  • perpendicularity — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • persulfuric acid — Also called Caro's acid, permonosulfuric acid, peroxymonosulfuric acid, peroxysulfuric acid. a white, crystalline solid, H 2 SO 5 , used as an oxidizing agent for certain organic compounds.
  • phase difference — the difference between two sinusoidally varying quantities that have the same frequency, measured either as an angle or a time
  • photoperiodicity — the response, as affecting growth or reproduction, of an organism to the length of exposure to light in a 24-hour period.
  • physical address — (memory management)   The address presented to a computer's main memory in a virtual memory system, in contrast to the virtual address which is the address generated by the CPU. A memory management unit translates virtual addresses into physical addresses.
  • picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
  • picture postcard — postcard (def 1).
  • pierce's disease — a disease of grapes caused by a rickettsialike organism, characterized by dwarfing of vines, mottling of woody tissues, and plant death.
  • pithecanthropoid — of, relating to, or resembling the former genus Pithecanthropus or one of its members.
  • play one's cards — to carry out one's plans; take action (esp in the phrase play one's cards right)
  • pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
  • polar coordinate — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
  • posigrade rocket — an auxiliary rocket used to separate the sections of a multistage rocket, fired in the direction of flight.
  • postcode lottery — a situation in which the standard of medical care, education, etc, received by the public varies from area to area, depending on the funding policies of various health boards, local authorities, etc
  • pre-independence — Also, independency. the state or quality of being independent.
  • prescription pad — a pad of prescriptions used by doctors, etc
  • presence of mind — a calm state of mind that allows one to think clearly or act effectively in an emergency.
  • price leadership — the setting of the price of a product or service by a dominant firm at a level that competitors can match, in order to avoid a price war
  • primary deviance — the violation of a norm or rule that does not result in the violator's being stigmatized as deviant.
  • primary producer — any green plant or any of various microorganisms that can convert light energy or chemical energy into organic matter.
  • process industry — business of treating raw materials
  • processed cheese — a mass-produced product made of one or more types of cheeses that have been heated and mixed with emulsifiers, colorings, flavorings, etc., primarily to retard spoilage and enhance spreadability at reduced cost.
  • program director — a chief executive responsible for selecting and scheduling programs.
  • project guardian — (project, security)   A project which grew out of the ARPA support for Multics and the sale of Multics systems to the US Air Force. The USAF wanted a system that could be used to handle more than one security classification of data at a time. They contracted with Honeywell and MITRE Corporation to figure out how to do this. Project Guardian led to the creation of the Access Isolation Mechanism, the forerunner of the B2 labeling and star property support in Multics. The DoD Orange Book was influenced by the experience in building secure systems gained in Project Guardian.
  • projected window — a casement window in which the inner end of the sash slides along a track on the sill as the sash swings outward.
  • prolonged-action — sustained-release.
  • 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.
  • proper adjective — an adjective formed from a proper noun, as American from America.
  • protection order — a legal instruction by a court directing a person not to harm or harass a particular individual
  • pseudo-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
  • pseudo-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • pseudohistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • pseudoparenchyma — (in certain fungi and red algae) a compact mass of tissue, made up of interwoven hyphae or filaments, that superficially resembles plant tissue.
  • puddling-furnace — the act of a person or thing that puddles.
  • pyroracemic acid — pyruvic acid.
  • pyruvic aldehyde — a yellow, liquid compound, C 3 H 4 O 2 , containing both an aldehyde and a ketone group, usually obtained in a polymeric form: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • quadricentennial — of, relating to, or marking the completion of a period of four hundred years.
  • quasi-democratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • radiant exitance — the ability of a surface to emit radiation expressed as the radiant flux emitted per unit area at a specified point on the surface
  • radio microphone — a microphone incorporating a radio transmitter so that the user can move around freely
  • radio-controlled — A radio-controlled device works by receiving radio signals which operate it.
  • radiosymmetrical — radially symmetrical.
  • 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-accreditation — to ascribe or attribute to (usually followed by with): He was accredited with having said it.
  • real-time euclid — Real-time language, restriction to time-bounded constructs. ["Real-Time Euclid: A Language for Reliable Real-Time Systems", E. Kligerman et al, IEEE Trans Software Eng SE-12(9):941-1986-09-949].
  • rearguard action — an action fought by a rearguard
  • reckless driving — a serious traffic offence whereby the driver of a vehicle disregards the rules of the road, driving very dangerously, causing accidents or other damage
  • reconceptualized — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
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