17-letter words containing s, p, o, t, e, d

in/into disrepair — If something is in disrepair or is in a state of disrepair, it is broken or in bad condition.
indecent exposure — the intentional exposure of one's body's privates in a manner that gives offense against accepted or prescribed behavior.
indicator species — See at indicator (def 6).
integrated optics — an assembly of miniature optical elements of a size comparable to those used in electronic integrated circuits.
japanese knotweed — Mexican bamboo.
judgment of paris — the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.
least fixed point — (mathematics) A function f may have many fixed points (x such that f x = x). For example, any value is a fixed point of the identity function, (\ x . x). If f is recursive, we can represent it as f = fix F where F is some higher-order function and fix F = F (fix F). The standard denotational semantics of f is then given by the least fixed point of F. This is the least upper bound of the infinite sequence (the ascending Kleene chain) obtained by repeatedly applying F to the totally undefined value, bottom. I.e. fix F = LUB {bottom, F bottom, F (F bottom), ...}. The least fixed point is guaranteed to exist for a continuous function over a cpo.
least upper bound — an upper bound that is less than or equal to all the upper bounds of a particular set. 3 is the least upper bound of the set consisting of 1, 2, 3. Abbr.: lub.
lepidopterologist — One who studies lepidopterology.
load displacement — the weight, in long tons, of a cargo vessel loaded so that the summer load line touches the surface of the water.
lymphadenopathies — Plural form of lymphadenopathy.
mean piston speed — The mean piston speed is the distance traveled by a piston in a specified amount of time.
meat and potatoes — If you refer to the meat and potatoes of something, you mean its most basic, simple, and essential parts.
meat-and-potatoes — fundamental; down-to-earth; basic: What are the meat-and-potatoes issues of the election?
microencapsulated — Encapsulated using microencapsulation.
mode of transport — means of travel
mom and pop store — a small retail business, typically family-operated
nonproductiveness — The quality of being nonproductive.
northern sporades — a group of Greek islands in the Aegean, lying northeast of Euboea
old contemptibles — the British expeditionary force to France in 1914
on one's doorstep — very close or accessible
one-time password — (security) (OTP) A security system that requires a new password every time a user authenticates themselves, thus protecting against an intruder replaying an intercepted password. OTP generates passwords using either the MD4 or MD5 hashing algorithms. The equivalent term "S/Key", developed by Bellcore, is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, so the name OTP is used increasingly. See RFC 1760 - "The S/KEY One-Time Password System" and RFC 1938 - "A One-Time Password System".
pate de foie gras — See under foie gras.
periodic sentence — a sentence that, by leaving the completion of its main clause to the end, produces an effect of suspense, as in Unable to join the others at the dance because of my sprained ankle, I went to a movie.
personal distance — personal space.
perth and kinross — a council area of N central Scotland, corresponding mainly to the historical counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire: part of Tayside Region from 1975 until 1996: chiefly mountainous, with agriculture, tourism, and forestry. Administrative centre: Perth. Pop: 135 990 (2003 est). Area: 5321 sq km (2019 sq miles)
pink-footed goose — a Eurasian goose, Anser brachyrhynchus, having a reddish-brown head, pink legs, and a pink band on its black beak
polar coordinates — 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)
positive definite — (of a quadratic form) positive for all real values of the variables, where the values are not all zero.
positive feedback — Electronics. the process of returning part of the output of a circuit, system, or device to the input, either to oppose the input (negative feedback) or to aid the input (positive feedback) acoustic feedback.
post-and-rail tea — (in the 19th century) a coarse tea in which floating particles resembled a post-and-rail fence
post-depositional — removal from an office or position.
post-independence — Also, independency. the state or quality of being independent.
postage due stamp — a stamp that is affixed to mail at a post office when prepayment of postage is insufficient, to indicate the amount that must be collected from the addressee.
postural drainage — a therapy for clearing congested lungs by placing the patient in a position for drainage by gravity, often accompanied by percussion with hollowed hands.
potassium bromide — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, KBr, having a bitter saline taste: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic papers and plates, in engraving, and in medicine as a sedative.
potassium cyanide — a white, granular, water-soluble, poisonous powder, KCN, having a faint almondlike odor, used chiefly in metallurgy and photography.
pre-modifications — an act or instance of modifying.
prescription drug — medication available only on doctor's instruction
production system — (programming) A production system consists of a collection of productions (rules), a working memory of facts and an algorithm, known as forward chaining, for producing new facts from old. A rule becomes eligible to "fire" when its conditions match some set of elements currently in working memory. A conflict resolution strategy determines which of several eligible rules (the conflict set) fires next. A condition is a list of symbols which represent constants, which must be matched exactly; variables which bind to the thing they match and "<> symbol" which matches a field not equal to symbol. Example production systems are OPS5, CLIPS, flex.
production values — the quality of a media production (such as a film) in regards to elements such as colours, quality, style, etc
protected species — a species of animal or plant which it is forbidden by law to harm or destroy
pseudo-democratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
pseudo-historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
pseudo-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
pseudo-moralistic — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
pseudo-scientific — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
psychoeducational — designating or of psychological methods, as intelligence tests, used in evaluating learning ability
pterygoid process — either of two long bony plates extending downwards from each side of the sphenoid bone within the skull
put on a pedestal — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.

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