15-letter words containing r, o, t, s, c, p
- sub-corporation — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
- subject pronoun — pronoun in nominative case
- sulfite process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an acid liquor consisting of sulfurous acid and a salt, usually calcium bisulfite.
- sumatra camphor — borneol.
- super-committee — a committee with members from two or more organizations or political groups
- superconvenient — highly convenient
- superexcitation — the act of exciting.
- surge protector — a small device to protect a computer, telephone, television set, or the like from damage by high-voltage electrical surges.
- symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
- synectics group — a group of people of varied background that meets to attempt creative solutions of problems through the unrestricted exercise of imagination and the correlation of disparate elements.
- telestereoscope — a binocular optical instrument used for stereoscopic viewing of distant objects; a small range finder.
- text processing — the handling of alphabetic characters by a computer
- thalassographic — relating to thalassography
- thought process — thinking, train of thought
- threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
- trustee process — (in New England) garnishment (def 1).
- turkish cypriot — denoting ethnically Turkish inhabitants of Cyprus
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- unopportunistic — adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
- unprotected sex — an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy performed without the use of a condom, thus involving the risk of sexually transmitted diseases
- unprotectedness — the state of being unprotected or defenceless against attack
- vicar apostolic — Roman Catholic Church. a titular bishop serving either in a district where no episcopal see has been established, or in one where the succession of bishops has been interrupted.
- white corpuscle — white blood cell.
- with respect to — as regards