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15-letter words containing s, p, e, c, t

  • ethnopsychology — The scientific study of psychological concepts as they exist across different ethnic groups.
  • euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
  • exceptionalness — The quality of being exceptional.
  • excess capacity — unused production capacity
  • existence proof — non-constructive proof
  • expense account — account for expenses
  • expressionistic — Expressionist.
  • extended pascal — A superset of ANSI and ISO Pascal with many enhancements, including modules, separate compilation, type schemata, variable-length strings, direct-access files, complex numbers, initial values, constant expressions. ANSI/IEEE770X3.160-1989 and ISO 10206.
  • fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
  • false pretences — fraud, deception
  • fencepost error — 1. (Rarely "lamp-post error") A problem with the discrete equivalent of a boundary condition, often exhibited in programs by iterative loops. From the following problem: "If you build a fence 100 feet long with posts 10 feet apart, how many posts do you need?" (Either 9 or 11 is a better answer than the obvious 10). For example, suppose you have a long list or array of items, and want to process items m through n; how many items are there? The obvious answer is n - m, but that is off by one; the right answer is n - m + 1. The "obvious" formula exhibits a fencepost error. See also zeroth and note that not all off-by-one errors are fencepost errors. The game of Musical Chairs involves a catastrophic off-by-one error where N people try to sit in N - 1 chairs, but it's not a fencepost error. Fencepost errors come from counting things rather than the spaces between them, or vice versa, or by neglecting to consider whether one should count one or both ends of a row. 2. (Rare) An error induced by unexpected regularities in input values, which can (for instance) completely thwart a theoretically efficient binary tree or hash coding implementation. The error here involves the difference between expected and worst case behaviours of an algorithm.
  • file descriptor — (programming, operating system)   An integer that identifies an open file within a process. This number is obtained as a result of opening a file. Operations which read, write, or close a file would take the file descriptor as an input parameter. In many operating system implementations, file descriptors are small integers which index a table of open files. In Unix, file descriptors 0, 1 and 2 correspond to the standard input, standard output and standard error files respectively. See file descriptor leak.
  • first principle — any axiom, law, or abstraction assumed and regarded as representing the highest possible degree of generalization.
  • forensic expert — an expert in applying scientific, technical or medical knowledge to the purposes of law
  • fragrance strip — a folded, usually sealed strip on a page or card, impregnated with fragrance that is released when pulled or torn open: The magazine is full of fragrance strips in the advertisements.
  • fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
  • fusospirochetes — Plural form of fusospirochete.
  • gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
  • geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
  • gigantopithecus — a genus of extinct ape of southern Asia existing during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, known only from very large fossil jaws and teeth and believed to be perhaps the biggest hominoid that ever lived.
  • gnome computers — (company)   A small UK hardware and software company. They make transputer boards for the Acorn Archimedes among other things. E-mail: Chris Stenton <[email protected]>.
  • gold prospector — a person who searches for the natural occurrence of gold
  • hair specialist — an expert in the treatment and care of human hair
  • hopper casement — a casement with a sash hinged at the bottom.
  • hospital corner — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
  • housing project — a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.
  • hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
  • hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
  • hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
  • hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
  • if the cap fits — the allusion or criticism seems to be appropriate to a particular person
  • impact adhesive — a glue designed to give adhesion when two coated surfaces are pressed together
  • imperfect stage — a phase in the life cycle of certain fungi in which either no spores or asexual spores, as conidia, are produced.
  • imperscriptible — not supported by written authority
  • implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
  • implied consent — a manifestation of consent to something through conduct, including inaction or silence.
  • imprescriptable — Alt form imprescriptible.
  • imprescriptible — not subject to prescription.
  • imprescriptibly — In an imprescriptible manner; obviously.
  • impressionistic — a person who follows or adheres to the theories, methods, and practices of impressionism, especially in the fields of painting, music, or literature.
  • improvvisatrice — Alternative form of improvisatrice.
  • in one's pocket — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
  • indirect speech — Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words: for example, 'They said you didn't like it', 'I asked him what his plans were', and 'Citizens complained about the smoke'.
  • inspection arms — a position in military drill in which the missile chamber of a weapon is open for inspection.
  • insurance stamp — an insurance contribution
  • intercomparison — mutual comparison
  • interiorscaping — The design, installation, and maintenance of interiorscapes.
  • introspectional — Of or relating to introspection.
  • introspectively — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
  • introspectivity — The quality of being introspective.
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