15-letter words containing ce
- once in a while — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- opening balance — the amount of money in an account at the start of an accounting period
- orderly officer — Military. officer of the day, as in the British army or, formerly, in the U.S. Army.
- ordnance survey — mapmaking agency
- oscars ceremony — a formal annual event in the United States in which small gold statuettes are awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in films
- out of practice — If you are out of practice at doing something, you have not had much experience of it recently, although you used to do it a lot or be quite good at it.
- over-accentuate — to give emphasis or prominence to.
- over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
- over-confidence — too confident.
- paleoencephalon — paleencephalon.
- paracel islands — a group of uninhabited islets and reefs in the N South China Sea, the subject of territorial claims by China and Vietnam
- paracetaldehyde — paraldehyde.
- parking offence — the act of leaving your car somewhere illegally
- part and parcel — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- pass-the-parcel — a children's game in which a parcel with lots of wrappings is passed round while music plays; each time the music stops the person holding the parcel takes a layer of wrapping off
- passifloraceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Passifloraceae, a tropical and subtropical family of climbing plants including the passionflowers: the flowers have five petals and threadlike parts forming a dense mass (corona) around the central disc
- passport office — an office which issues passports
- peace offensive — an active program, policy, propaganda campaign, etc., by a national government for the purpose of terminating a war or period of hostility, lessening international tensions, or promoting peaceful cooperation with other nations.
- peak experience — a high point in the life of a self-actualizer, during which the person feels ecstatic and more alive and whole than is usual.
- penshurst place — a 14th-century mansion near Tunbridge Wells in Kent: birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney; gardens laid out from 1560
- perfect cadence — a cadence in which the tonic chord has its root in both bass and soprano.
- performance art — a collaborative art form originating in the 1970s as a fusion of several artistic media, as painting, film, video, music, drama, and dance, and deriving in part from the 1960s performance happenings.
- performance car — a car that can go very fast and can increase its speed very quickly
- pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
- perimeter fence — fence surrounding an area
- phosphorescence — the property of being luminous at temperatures below incandescence, as from slow oxidation in the case of phosphorus or after exposure to light or other radiation.
- photo-secession — an association of photographers founded in New York City in 1902 by Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen that advocated the development and public recognition of photography as a fine art.
- piece to camera — a TV report in which a reporter is filmed saying something
- pincer movement — a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement.
- pineapple juice — fruit drink: nectar of pineapple
- plantaginaceous — relating to or belonging to the family Plantaginaceae
- play kissy-face — to engage in kissing, caressing, etc., esp. overtly or publicly
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- pointing device — an input device, as a mouse, stylus, or joystick, used to control movement of a cursor or pointer.
- police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
- police presence — attendance or proximity of police officers
- police reporter — a news reporter assigned to cover a police department for newsworthy events.
- policy issuance — Policy issuance is the process of creating an insurance policy and providing it to the policyholder.
- portland cement — a type of hydraulic cement usually made by burning a mixture of limestone and clay in a kiln.
- post office box — (in a post office) a locked compartment into which the mail of a box renter is put to be called for. Abbreviation: POB, P.O.B.
- post-conception — the act of conceiving; the state of being conceived.
- post-experience — a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.
- post-office box — (in a post office) a locked compartment into which the mail of a box renter is put to be called for. Abbreviation: POB, P.O.B.
- pre-celebration — an act of celebrating.
- pre-concentrate — to bring or draw to a common center or point of union; converge; direct toward one point; focus: to concentrate one's attention on a problem; to concentrate the rays of the sun with a lens.
- pre-renaissance — the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.
- preacquaintance — prior acquaintance with a person or with information, the state of having been preacquainted
- precinct police — the police responsible for a district of a city
- preconceptional — a conception or opinion formed beforehand.
- prenflo process — The PRENFLO process is a gasification process to convert substances such as oil, gas, coal, and refinery residue into synthetic gas.