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14-letter words containing s, a, r, c, o

  • proceleusmatic — inciting, animating, or inspiring.
  • process camera — a large camera used in the photographic processes involved in the printing industry
  • processability — capable of being processed.
  • processed peas — peas that have been treated or prepared by a special method, esp in order to preserve them
  • processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
  • processor farm — (computer, parallel)   A parallel processor where tasks are distributed, or "farmed out", by one "farmer" processor to several "worker" processors, and results are sent back to the farmer. This arrangement is suitable for applications which can be partitioned into many separate, independent tasks, the canonical examples being ray tracing and the Mandelbrot set. In order to be efficient, the extra time spent on communications must be small compared to the time spent processing each task.
  • procrastinated — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • procrastinator — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • prognostically — of or relating to prognosis.
  • prognosticator — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
  • projectisation — the direction of aid to developing countries towards a specific project, without regard to wider issues or needs
  • propagandistic — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • prosencephalon — the forebrain.
  • prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
  • protocol stack — (protocol)   A layered set of protocols which work together to provide a set of network functions. Each intermediate protocol layer uses the layer below it to provide a service to the layer above. The OSI seven layer model is an attempt to provide a standard framework within which to describe protocol stacks.
  • provincialised — to make provincial in character.
  • pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
  • psychographics — the use of demographics to determine the attitudes and tastes of a particular segment of a population, as in marketing studies.
  • purchase order — document requesting to buy sth
  • put one across — to get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception
  • quasi contract — an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.
  • quasi-contract — an obligation imposed by law in the absence of a contract to prevent unjust enrichment.
  • quasi-periodic — almost periodic
  • quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
  • quattrocentist — a painter or writer of 15th-century Italy
  • race relations — relationships between races
  • racing colours — the colours painted on a racing car to represent the nation of the car or driver
  • radio cassette — A radio cassette is a radio and a cassette player together in a single machine.
  • radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
  • radioacoustics — the science and technology of the production, transmission, and reproduction of sounds carried by radio waves.
  • radiobroadcast — a broadcast by radio.
  • radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
  • rafraichissoir — a table of the 18th century having a cooler for bottles and shelves for plates.
  • rags to riches — You use rags to riches to describe the way in which someone quickly becomes very rich after they have been quite poor.
  • rainbow cactus — an erect stiff cactus, Echinocereus pectinatus rigidissimus, of Arizona and Mexico, having a cylindrical body, numerous interlocking spines, and pink flowers.
  • rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • ranunculaceous — belonging to the Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family of plants.
  • rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
  • re-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
  • reach-me-downs — trousers
  • reactor vessel — the container surrounding and protecting the core of a nuclear reactor.
  • recompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
  • recondensation — the act or process of condensing again
  • reconnaissance — the act of reconnoitering.
  • reconnoissance — the act of reconnoitering.
  • reconsecration — the act of consecrating; dedication to the service and worship of a deity.
  • reconsolidated — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
  • recurvirostral — with a beak which is bent upwards
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • refractoriness — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
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