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13-letter words containing s, t, e, r, o

  • process table — (operating system, process)   A table containing all of the information that must be saved when the CPU switches from running one process to another in a multitasking system. The information in the process table allows the suspended process to be restarted at a later time as if it had never been stopped. Every process has an entry in the table. These entries are known as process control blocks and contain the following information: process state - information needed so that the process can be loaded into memory and run, such as the program counter, the stack pointer, and the values of registers. memory state - details of the memory allocation such as pointers to the various memory areas used by the program resource state - information regarding the status of files being used by the process such as user ID. Accounting and scheduling information. An example of a UNIX process table is shown below. SLOT ST PID PGRP UID PRI CPU EVENT NAME FLAGS 0 s 0 0 0 95 0 runout sched load sys 1 s 1 0 0 66 1 u init load 2 s 2 0 0 95 0 10bbdc vhand load sys SLOT is the entry number of the process. ST shows whether the process is paused or sleeping (s), ready to run (r), or running on a CPU (o). PID is the process ID. PGRP is the process Group. UID is the user ID. PRI is the priority of the process from 127 (highest) to 0 (lowest). EVENT is the event on which a process is paused or sleeping. NAME is the name of the process. FLAGS are the process flags. A process that has died but still has an entry in the process table is called a zombie process.
  • procrastinate — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • profectitious — (of money or property) proceeding from a parent or derived from an ancestor
  • professoriate — a group of professors.
  • progestogenic — relating to progestogen
  • prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
  • progressivist — the principles and practices of progressives.
  • progressivity — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
  • projectionist — an operator of a motion-picture or slide projector.
  • proper subset — a subset that excludes at least one member of the containing set
  • propositioned — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
  • prosectorship — the position or responsibility of a prosector
  • prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
  • prospectively — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
  • prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
  • protected sex — sexual activity during which a condom is used to protect against sexually transmitted disease and pregnancy.
  • protectionism — 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.
  • protectionist — 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.
  • protectorless — without a protector
  • protectorship — a person or thing that protects; defender; guardian.
  • proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
  • proteoclastic — of, related to, or initiating proteolysis
  • protest march — public demonstration
  • protestantism — the religion of Protestants.
  • protestantize — to convert or cause to conform to Protestantism.
  • proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
  • psychometrics — the measurement of mental traits, abilities, and processes.
  • psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
  • psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
  • public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
  • puerto cortes — a seaport in NW Honduras.
  • purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
  • pyrophosphate — a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.
  • quarter horse — one of a breed of strong horses developed in the U.S. for short-distance races, usually a quarter of a mile.
  • quartziferous — consisting of or containing quartz: quartziferous rock.
  • quaternionist — a mathematician who works with quaternions
  • queen consort — the wife of a ruling king.
  • question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
  • questionaries — Plural form of questionary.
  • questionnaire — a list of questions, usually printed, submitted for replies that can be analyzed for usable information: a questionnaire used in market research.
  • racket sports — sports, such as tennis, squash, badminton, etc, that are played using a racket
  • radiationless — not emitting or producing radiation
  • radiopacities — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
  • radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
  • raison d'etat — a purely political reason for governmental action, based on the national interest and often violating principles of justice.
  • raison d'etre — reason or justification for being or existence: Art is the artist's raison d'être.
  • re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
  • re-escalation — the act of re-escalating
  • re-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
  • reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
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