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16-letter words containing r, e, m, o, t

  • postremogeniture — a system of inheritance under which the estate of a deceased person goes to his youngest son. Also called ultimogeniture. Compare primogeniture (def 2).
  • potato tuberworm — the larva of the potato moth.
  • powerpc platform — (architecture, standard)   (PPCP, PReP - PowerPC Reference Platform, formerly CHRP - Common Hardware Reference Platform) An open system standard, designed by IBM, intended to ensure compatibility among PowerPC-based systems built by different companies. The PReP standard specifies the PCI bus, but will also support ISA, MicroChannel and PCMCIA. PReP-compliant systems will be able to run the Macintosh OS, OS/2, WorkplaceOS, AIX, Solaris, Taligent and Windows NT. IBM systems will (of course) be PReP-compliant. Apple's first PowerPC Macintoshes will not be compliant, but future ones may be.
  • poynting theorem — the theorem that the rate of flow of electromagnetic energy through unit area is equal to the Poynting vector, i.e. the cross product of the electric and magnetic field intensities
  • pragmatic theory — the theory of truth that the truth of a statement consists in its practical consequences, especially in its agreement with subsequent experience.
  • pre-emancipation — the act of emancipating.
  • precontemplation — the act of contemplating; thoughtful observation.
  • predetermination — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
  • presumptuousness — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
  • primary election — primary (def 15a).
  • primary electron — in thermionics, any of the electrons falling on a body, distinguished from those emitted by it
  • privet andromeda — a spreading shrub, Lyonia ligustrina, of the eastern U.S., having leafless, white flowers in terminal clusters.
  • proenvironmental — the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
  • program director — a chief executive responsible for selecting and scheduling programs.
  • programme editor — someone responsible for editing, overseeing and selecting the content of radio or television programmes
  • progress payment — an instalment of a larger payment made to a contractor for work carried out up to a specified stage of the job
  • prometheus bound — a tragedy (c457 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • 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.
  • property company — a business that makes money by buying, selling, and renting out land and houses
  • proprietary name — a name of a product or service that is protected by a patent, copyright, or trademark and cannot be used by another party for commercial purposes without permission of the registered owner or licensee.
  • protection money — law: criminal fee
  • proteus syndrome — a condition caused by malfunction in cell growth, in which bone and flesh tissue overgrow in localized areas of the body
  • proxima centauri — the nearest star to the sun at a distance of 4.3 light-years, part of the Alpha Centauri triple-star system located in the constellation Centaurus.
  • proxime accessit — the person coming next after the winner in a competitive examination or an academic prize giving; runner-up
  • pulmonary artery — an artery conveying venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.
  • quantum computer — a computer that makes use of the quantum states of electrons or other particles to store and process information as quantum bits.
  • quasi-democratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • radiosymmetrical — radially symmetrical.
  • radium emanation — (formerly) radon.
  • rambunctiousness — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • ramen profitable — If a startup business is ramen profitable, it is barely profitable, just enough to allow the founder to live on the cheapest diet.
  • re-apportionment — the act of redistributing or changing the apportionment of something.
  • re-chromatograph — to separate and analyse (a mixture of liquids or gases) by means of chromatography a second or further time
  • reaction chamber — the chamber in a rocket engine in which the reaction or combustion of fuel occurs
  • rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
  • redemption value — the price at which the issuing company may choose to repurchase a security before its maturity date
  • redemption yield — the yield produced by a redeemable gilt-edged security taking into account the annual interest it pays and an annualized amount to account for any profit or loss when it is redeemed
  • refreshment room — a room in a railway station where food and drink was served
  • relational model — relational data model
  • remilitarization — the act of re-arming a country or territory that has previously been disarmed
  • remineralization — to convert into a mineral substance.
  • remote job entry — (operating system)   (RJE) A system, widely used in the mid/late 1960s, for submitting jobs to mainframes like the IBM 360 under OS/MFT. Communication with the computer operator was via the keyboard and later via CRTs.
  • replacement cost — fee to obtain new version of sth
  • residential home — a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as esp the elderly, and also children in care or mentally handicapped adults
  • reverse commuter — a commuter who lives in a city and commutes to a job in the suburbs.
  • reverse mortgage — a type of home mortgage under which an elderly homeowner is allowed a long-term loan in the form of monthly payments against his or her paid-off equity as collateral, repayable when the home is eventually sold. Abbreviation: RAM.
  • rich text format — (RTF) An interchange format from Microsoft for exchange of documents between Word and other document preparation systems.
  • richmond heights — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
  • robert t. morris — The creator of the "Internet Worm" that wreaked havoc on many Internet systems for a day or two. Morris, the son of an NSA spook, did some jail time for releasing the worm.
  • romeo and juliet — a tragedy (produced between 1591 and 1596) by Shakespeare.
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