15-letter words containing y, t, a, l
- proprietorially — in the manner of a proprietor
- propylitization — the alteration of igneous rock to propylite
- proteolytically — by a proteolytic process
- proximity talks — a diplomatic process whereby an impartial representative acts as go-between for two opposing parties who are willing to attend the same conference but unwilling to meet face to face
- pseudo-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- pseudomutuality — a relationship between two persons in which conflict of views or opinions is solved by simply ignoring it
- psychiatrically — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychopathology — the science or study of mental disorders.
- public lavatory — a public toilet
- publicity agent — A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.
- pyramidal tract — any of four tracts of descending motor fibers that extend in pairs down each side of the spinal column and function in voluntary movement.
- pyrocrystalline — crystallized from a molten magma or highly heated solution.
- pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
- quality control — a system for verifying and maintaining a desired level of quality in an existing product or service by careful planning, use of proper equipment, continued inspection, and corrective action as required.
- quality of life — comfort and enjoyment in one's existence
- quality-of-life — affecting the quality of urban life: such quality-of-life crimes as fare-beating and graffiti writing.
- quantifiability — (uncountable) The condition of being quantifiable.
- questionability — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- racial minority — a group of a certain race that are in the minority compared to a larger group, the rest of the population, etc
- radial symmetry — a basic body plan in which the organism can be divided into similar halves by passing a plane at any angle along a central axis, characteristic of sessile and bottom-dwelling animals, as the sea anemone and starfish.
- radial velocity — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.
- radiometrically — using a radiometric method, in terms of radiometry
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
- railway network — a system of intersecting rail routes
- railway station — train stop, railroad station
- reality fiction — a satirical parody of a reality TV show
- reality testing — the objective evaluation of situations, defective in certain psychoses, that enable one to distinguish between the external and the internal worlds and between the self and the nonself.
- 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.
- reconcilability — capable of being reconciled.
- recycling plant — a factory for processing used or abandoned materials
- redial facility — a means of dialling a number again by pressing a button
- reduplicatively — in a reduplicative manner
- refectory table — a long, narrow table having a single stretcher between trestlelike supports at the ends.
- regulatory gene — any gene that exercises control over the expression of another gene or genes.
- regulatory risk — a risk to which private companies are subject, arising from the possibility of legislation or regulations that will affect business being adopted by a government
- release therapy — psychotherapy in which the patient finds emotional release in the expression of hostilities and emotional conflicts.
- rememberability — the quality of being easily remembered
- remonstratingly — in an remonstrating or dissenting manner
- remonstratively — in a remonstrative or expostulatory manner
- revolutionarily — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- ringtail monkey — a Central and South American monkey, Cebus capucinus, having a prehensile tail and hair on the head resembling a cowl.
- ritualistically — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- roll in the hay — a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- rotary drilling — Rotary drilling is the use of a continuous circular motion of the drill bit to make a hole.
- roundaboutility — roundaboutness
- royal worcester — Worcester china made after 1862
- rusty blackbird — a North American blackbird, Euphagus carolinus, the male of which has plumage that is uniformly bluish-black in the spring and rusty-edged in the fall.