16-letter words containing ap

papua new guinea — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near-lying islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and Bougainville and Buka in the Solomon Islands: a former Australian Trusteeship Territory; independent since 1975; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 178,260 sq. mi. (461,693 sq. km). Capital: Port Moresby.
paraprofessional — a person trained to assist a doctor, lawyer, teacher, or other professional, but not licensed to practice in the profession.
pencil and paper — An archaic information storage and transmission device that works by depositing smears of graphite on bleached wood pulp. More recent developments in paper-based technology include improved "write-once" update devices which use tiny rolling heads similar to mouse balls to deposit coloured pigment. All these devices require an operator skilled at so-called "handwriting" technique. These technologies are ubiquitous outside hackerdom, but nearly forgotten inside it. Most hackers had terrible handwriting to begin with, and years of keyboarding tend to have encouraged it to degrade further. Perhaps for this reason, hackers deprecate pencil-and-paper technology and often resist using it in any but the most trivial contexts.
phonocardiograph — an instrument for graphically recording the sound of the heartbeat.
photochronograph — a device formerly used for taking a series of instantaneous photographs of a rapidly moving object.
photograph album — bound book for photos
photolithography — the technique or art of making photolithographs.
photozincography — a type of photoengraving using a sensitized zinc plate.
physical therapy — the treatment or management of physical disability, malfunction, or pain by exercise, massage, hydrotherapy, etc., without the use of medicines, surgery, or radiation.
physical-capital — tools, machinery, computers, and other equipment that are needed for the production of goods and services: money spent by business firms on physical capital.
pineal apparatus — a median outgrowth of the roof of the diencephalon in vertebrates that in some develops into the pineal eye and in others into the pineal gland.
post-apocalyptic — of or like an apocalypse; affording a revelation or prophecy.
precinct captain — the captain of the police responsible for a district of a city
projection paper — sensitized paper for recording a projected image.
put pen to paper — If you put pen to paper, you write something.
radio-phonograph — a radio and phonograph combined in one unit and sharing some components, as the amplifier and speaker(s)
radiographically — the production of radiographs.
rainbow seaperch — an embiotocid fish, Hypsurus caryi, living off the Pacific coast of North America, having red, orange, and blue stripes on the body.
rape of the lock — a mock-epic poem (1712) by Alexander Pope.
re-apportionment — the act of redistributing or changing the apportionment of something.
re-appropriation — the act of appropriating.
re-chromatograph — to separate and analyse (a mixture of liquids or gases) by means of chromatography a second or further time
reap the harvest — If you reap the harvest, you benefit or suffer from the results of your past actions or of someone else's past actions.
recapitalization — a revision of a corporation's capital structure by an exchange of securities.
reserve capacity — the capacity of a battery, measured in minutes, to keep a vehicle operating if the charging system fails.
rice-paper plant — an araliaceous plant, Tetrapanax papyriferum of Taiwan, the pith of which is pared and flattened into sheets to make rice paper
roentgenotherapy — treatment of disease by means of x-rays.
rolled paperwork — a form of decoration on small objects, such as boxes, in which a design is made up of tiny rolls of paper cut crossways and laid together: popular in the 18th and 19th centuries
sapodilla family — the plant family Sapotaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical trees and shrubs having milky juice, simple leaves, small flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, and including the buckthorn (genus Bumelia), sapodilla, star apple, and trees that are the source of gutta-percha and balata.
scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
seal of approval — royal stamp of endorsement
seating capacity — the number of people a place can seat
self-approbation — approval; commendation.
showy crab apple — a large Japanese bush or tree, Malus floribunda, of the rose family, having red fruit and rose-colored flowers that fade to white.
singapore strait — a strait between Singapore Island and the Riau Archipelago at the S end of the Malay Peninsula: shipping channel between the South China Sea and the Malacca Strait. 65 miles (105 km) long and 10 miles (16 km) wide.
slap in the face — smack on the cheek
slap on the back — to congratulate
soapberry family — the plant family Sapindaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, or herbaceous vines having compound leaves, clustered flowers, and berrylike, fleshy, or capsular fruit, and including the balloon vine, golden rain tree, litchi, and soapberry.
soft pornography — soft-core pornography.
southern baptist — a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.
speech therapist — sb who treats speaking disorders
start-up capital — capital used to set up a new business
state apartments — the most impressive rooms in a palace or mansion, used by royalty, or to receive visiting dignitaries
state capitalism — a form of capitalism in which the central government controls most of the capital, industry, natural resources, etc.
still photograph — a photograph taken from a cinema film which is used for publicity purposes
stinging capsule — a nematocyst.
stomach stapling — Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight.
stopped diapason — a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
storage capacity — amount of room or space
stroboradiograph — a stroboscopic radiograph.

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