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16-letter words containing t, r, o, p, i, s

  • production costs — the costs used in manufacturing a product
  • proficiency test — an exam which test how proficient or skilled someone is in a particular activity, field of study, language, etc
  • prognostic chart — a chart showing the predicted state of the atmosphere for a given time in the future.
  • proposal writing — Extension of Fortran for proposal writing.
  • prosecution case — the case brought against someone by a legal authority
  • prospect heights — a town in N Illinois.
  • prosthetic group — the nonprotein acid constituent of a conjugate protein, as the heme group of hemoglobin.
  • protective slope — a slope given to a yard or the like to drain surface water away from a building.
  • protestant ethic — work ethic.
  • proxime accessit — the person coming next after the winner in a competitive examination or an academic prize giving; runner-up
  • pseudo-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
  • pseudo-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • pseudo-spiritual — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
  • pseudohistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • pseudoperipteral — having a freestanding colonnade at each end, with engaged columns at the sides.
  • psychogeriatrics — the psychology of old age.
  • public relations — (used with a plural verb) the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc.
  • public transport — fare-paying travel
  • put one's oar in — to interfere or interrupt
  • pyloric stenosis — an abnormal narrowing of the valve at the outlet from the stomach, preventing normal passage of food into the small intestine.
  • radiotransparent — transparent to radiation; invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiopaque).
  • reporting clause — A reporting clause is a clause which indicates that you are talking about what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'She said' is a reporting clause.
  • representational — of or relating to representation.
  • repressurization — the process or act of pressurizing.
  • responsibilities — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
  • restoring spring — a spring so located that it returns a displaced part to its normal position.
  • restriction play — a limited number of opening moves that are predetermined by their chance selection from an accepted list.
  • rhinopharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and pharynx.
  • rising diphthong — a diphthong in which the first of two apparent vocalic elements is of lesser stress or sonority than the second, as the (wä) in guava [gwah-vuh] /ˈgwɑ və/ (Show IPA).
  • robin's plantain — the rattlesnake weed, Hieracium venosum.
  • run-time support — run-time system
  • saint peter port — a port and resort in the Channel Islands: the capital of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, on the E coast of the island of Guernsey. Pop: 28 310 (2001)
  • saint-john perse — (Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
  • saratoga springs — a city in E New York: health resort; horse races.
  • saturation point — the point at which a substance will receive no more of another substance in solution, chemical combination, etc.
  • schneider trophy — a trophy for air racing between seaplanes of any nation, first presented by Jacques Schneider (1879–1928) in 1913; won outright by Britain in 1931
  • school inspector — an official whose job is to inspect schools and to report on their quality and conditions
  • score points off — to gain an advantage at someone else's expense
  • seidlitz powders — a mild laxative consisting of tartaric acid, sodium bicarbonate, and Rochelle salt, which are dissolved separately, mixed, and drunk after effervescence.
  • self-approbation — approval; commendation.
  • self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
  • self-description — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
  • self-improvement — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-preparation — a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
  • self-propagating — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
  • semiprivate room — a hospital room shared by two people, typically with a curtain dividing the room and providing some privacy
  • sense perception — perception by the senses rather than by the intellect.
  • separate opinion — an opinion written by a judge separately from other judges, which can either agree or disagree with the opinion written by the majority of judges
  • serpentine front — a front, as of a chest of drawers, having a horizontal compound curve with a convex section between two concave ones.
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