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15-letter words containing s, r, c, o

  • preconstruction — the act or art of constructing.
  • preferred stock — stock that has a superior claim to that of common stock with respect to dividends and often to assets in the event of liquidation.
  • prenflo process — The PRENFLO process is a gasification process to convert substances such as oil, gas, coal, and refinery residue into synthetic gas.
  • press of canvas — the most sail a vessel can carry under given conditions
  • pressure cooker — a reinforced pot, usually of steel or aluminum, in which soups, meats, vegetables, etc., may be cooked quickly in heat above boiling point by steam maintained under pressure.
  • primary process — the generally unorganized mental activity characteristic of the unconscious and occurring in dreams, fantasies, and related processes.
  • prince of wales — Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall ("The Black Prince") 1330–76, English military leader (son of Edward III).
  • principal focus — focal point (def 1).
  • prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
  • prison sentence — confinement in prison as a punishment imposed on a person who has been found guilty of a crime
  • process control — a method of controlling and improving a process using statistical analysis
  • process costing — a method of assigning costs to production processes where products must of necessity be produced in one continuous process, with unit cost arrived at by averaging units produced to the total cost of the process.
  • process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
  • processed foods — foods that have been treated or prepared by a special method, esp in order to preserve them
  • processionalist — a member of a procession
  • procrastinating — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • procrastination — the act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off or delaying, especially something requiring immediate attention: She was smart, but her constant procrastination led her to be late with almost every assignment.
  • procrastinative — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • procrastinatory — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • procreativeness — the quality of being procreative
  • procrustean bed — a plan or scheme to produce uniformity or conformity by arbitrary or violent methods.
  • prognostication — the act of prognosticating.
  • prognosticators — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
  • programme music — music that is intended to depict or evoke a scene or idea
  • progress chaser — a person employed to make sure at each stage, esp of a manufacturing process, that a piece of work is on schedule and is delivered to the customer on time
  • progressivistic — characteristic of a progressivist
  • projective test — any psychological test, such as the Rorschach test, in which the subject is asked to respond to vague material. It is thought that unconscious ideas are thus projected, which, when the responses are interpreted, reveal hidden aspects of the subject's personality
  • proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
  • prospectiveness — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
  • prostate cancer — cancer of the prostate
  • protectionistic — Economics. the theory, practice, or system of fostering or developing domestic industries by protecting them from foreign competition through duties or quotas imposed on importations.
  • pseudo-artistic — conforming to the standards of art; satisfying aesthetic requirements: artistic productions.
  • pseudo-critical — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
  • pseudo-dramatic — of or relating to the drama.
  • pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
  • psychobiography — a biographical study focusing on psychological factors, as childhood traumas and unconscious motives.
  • psychochemistry — the treatment of mental illnesses by drugs
  • psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
  • psychographical — relating to psychographics
  • psychohistorian — a person who writes psychohistory
  • psychotherapist — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
  • puffin crossing — a UK pedestrian road crossing with traffic lights signalling red to stop the traffic flow when pedestrians are seen on the crossing by infrared detectors. The green signal reappears when no pedestrians are seen on the crossing
  • pulchritudinous — physically beautiful; comely.
  • pyrocrystalline — crystallized from a molten magma or highly heated solution.
  • quarter section — (in surveying and homesteading) a square tract of land, half a mile on each side, thus containing ¼ sq. mi. or 160 acres. Abbreviation: q.s.
  • quasihistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • queen's proctor — a British judiciary officer who may intervene in probate, nullity, or divorce actions when collusion, suppression of evidence, or other irregularities are alleged.
  • radar telescope — (in radar astronomy) a very large radar antenna used to study planetary bodies in the solar system.
  • radio broadcast — sth transmitted via radio signal
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