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15-letter words containing t, a, m, p, g

  • malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
  • malpighian tuft — glomerulus (def 2).
  • master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
  • megacorporation — a giant company formed from two or more large companies or a number of companies of various sizes.
  • megagametophyte — the female gametophyte in seed plants.
  • mess of pottage — a material gain involving the sacrifice of a higher value
  • microangiopathy — any disease of the small blood vessels.
  • micropegmatitic — relating to, or designating, a microscopic pegmatitic structure
  • microphotograph — microfilm (def 1).
  • microtopography — microrelief.
  • midgard serpent — a serpent, the child of Loki and Angerboda, who lies wrapped around the world, tail in mouth, and is destined to kill and to be killed by Thor at Ragnarok; Jormungand.
  • nitramino group — the univalent group –NHNO 2 .
  • opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
  • opening batsman — a player who bats the first ball in cricket
  • ophthalmologist — a doctor of medicine specializing in ophthalmology.
  • ophthalmoplegia — Paralysis of the muscles within or surrounding the eye.
  • optical pumping — a method for increasing the number of atoms or molecules occupying higher energy levels by irradiating them with light of the proper frequencies to raise them to those levels.
  • pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
  • palaeomagnetism — the study of the fossil magnetism in rocks, used to determine the past configurations of the continents and to investigate the past shape and magnitude of the earth's magnetic field
  • palaeomagnetist — a student of or expert in palaeomagnetism
  • panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
  • pantopragmatics — universal intervention in the affairs of others
  • pattern bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped on a target in a predetermined pattern.
  • pematangsiantar — a city on NE Sumatra, in Indonesia.
  • performing arts — dance, drama, music
  • pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
  • photofluorogram — a recording on photographic film of images produced by a fluoroscopic examination.
  • photomacrograph — a photograph showing a subject at actual size or somewhat larger.
  • photomicrograph — a photograph taken through a microscope.
  • picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
  • pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
  • pilgrimage site — a shrine or other sacred place that people travel to as an act of religious devotion
  • plagiostomatous — plagiostome
  • plant agreement — a collective agreement at plant level within industry
  • plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
  • plug compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
  • plug-compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
  • posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
  • poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
  • pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
  • pre-arrangement — to arrange in advance or beforehand.
  • primary storage — main memory
  • product manager — sb who oversees product development
  • program counter — (hardware)   (PC) A register in the central processing unit that contains the addresss of the next instruction to be executed. After each instruction is fetched, the PC is automatically incremented to point to the following instruction. It is not normally manipulated like an ordinary register but instead, special instructions are provided to alter the flow of control by writing a new value to the PC, e.g. JUMP, CALL, RTS.
  • program picture — a motion picture produced on a low budget, usually shown as the second film of a double feature.
  • program trading — trading on international stock exchanges using a computer program to exploit differences between stock index futures and actual share prices on world equity markets
  • programmability — capable of being programmed.
  • programme notes — notes designed to act as guide to an audience listening to live (esp classical) music. They will inform about the sequence of music played and may give some information about the music
  • project manager — sb who oversees project plan
  • sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
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