15-letter words containing t, r, a, g, i, c
- microphotograph — microfilm (def 1).
- microtopography — microrelief.
- mis-categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- miscoordinating — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- narcotics agent — an undercover agent who provides information to the police about illegal drugs, illegal drug trafficking, and users of illegal drugs
- negative charge — a charge that has more electrons than protons and has a lower electrical potential
- neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
- niche marketing — marketing aimed at a specialized group
- non-grammatical — (of a sentence or expression) not conforming to the grammatical rules of a given language.
- nonagricultural — not applied to or generally practicing agriculture: a nonagricultural nation.
- nonphotographic — not involving photographic equipment or techniques
- nuclear testing — the process of carrying out a test on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
- operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
- optical storage — optical disk drive
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- pantopragmatics — universal intervention in the affairs of others
- paralinguistics — the study of paralanguage.
- parthenogenetic — development of an egg without fertilization.
- pectoral girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs.
- phonautographic — relating to a phonautograph or a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph
- photomicrograph — a photograph taken through a microscope.
- picture gallery — place where art is exhibited and sold
- picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
- pinochet ugarte — Augusto [ou-goos-taw] /aʊˈgus tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–2006, Chilean army general and political leader: president 1973–90.
- pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
- plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
- plastic surgery — the branch of surgery dealing with the repair or replacement of malformed, injured, or lost organs or tissues of the body, chiefly by the transplant of living tissues.
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
- preagricultural — existing or occurring prior to the introduction of agriculture; of or relating to a society existing at this time
- predicate logic — (logic) (Or "predicate calculus") An extension of propositional logic with separate symbols for predicates, subjects, and quantifiers. For example, where propositional logic might assign a single symbol P to the proposition "All men are mortal", predicate logic can define the predicate M(x) which asserts that the subject, x, is mortal and bind x with the universal quantifier ("For all"): All x . M(x) Higher-order predicate logic allows predicates to be the subjects of other predicates.
- process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
- procrastinating — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- prognostication — the act of prognosticating.
- prognosticators — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- program picture — a motion picture produced on a low budget, usually shown as the second film of a double feature.
- psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- raster graphics — (graphics) Computer graphics in which an image is composed of an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Opposite: vector graphics.
- reaction engine — an engine that produces power as a reaction to the momentum given to gases ejected from it, as a rocket or jet engine.
- rechargeability — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
- recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- recycling plant — a factory for processing used or abandoned materials
- refugee capital — money from abroad invested, esp for a short term, in the country offering the highest interest rate
- right ascension — the arc of the celestial equator measured eastward from the vernal equinox to the foot of the great circle passing through the celestial poles and a given point on the celestial sphere, expressed in degrees or hours.
- right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
- right-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position following the head, as the phrase the house of the friend of my brother; having most of the constituents on the right in a tree diagram (opposed to left-branching).
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.