15-letter words containing ete
- indetermination — the quality or condition of being indeterminate.
- indeterministic — the doctrine that human actions, though influenced somewhat by preexisting psychological and other conditions, are not entirely governed by them but retain a certain freedom and spontaneity.
- interferometers — Plural form of interferometer.
- intervalometers — Plural form of intervalometer.
- katathermometer — a thermometer used to measure the cooling power of ambient air
- long sweetening — liquid sweetening, as maple syrup, molasses, or sorghum.
- mesometeorology — the study of atmospheric phenomena of relatively small size, as thunderstorms or tornadoes, and of the detailed structure of larger disturbances.
- micrometeorites — Plural form of micrometeorite.
- micrometeoritic — relating to micrometeorites
- micrometeoroids — Plural form of micrometeoroid.
- micromillimeter — Synonym of nanometer.
- microphotometer — a photometer adapted for measuring the intensity of light emitted, transmitted, or reflected by minute objects.
- nineteenth hole — the clubhouse or any other place where golfers gather after play to relax, talk, or have a drink.
- non-determinant — a determining agent or factor.
- perimeter fence — fence surrounding an area
- peter of amiens — c1050–1115, French monk: preacher of the first Crusade 1095–99.
- peter principle — any of several satirical “laws” concerning organizational structure, especially one that holds that people tend to be promoted until they reach their level of incompetence.
- peter the great — ("the Great") 1672–1725, czar of Russia 1682–1725.
- predeterminable — able to be predetermined; able to be determined in advance
- presence detect — (storage) A means of identifying a memory chip to the memory controller logic. The original scheme, Parallel Presence Detect (PPD) used a separate pin for each bit of information. The limited number of pins available only gave the density and the speed of the chips. To pass more information, the Serial Presence Detect (SPD) scheme was introduced, storing the information in serial EEPROM with one pin to enable it and one for data.
- pretentiousness — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- preternaturally — out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal: preternatural powers.
- radiogoniometer — a device used to detect the direction of radio waves, consisting of a coil that is free to rotate within two fixed coils at right angles to each other
- radiomicrometer — an instrument for measuring small amounts of radiant energy, consisting of a sensitive thermocouple connected to a galvanometer.
- redetermination — the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose.
- saccharomycetes — a collective name for yeasts
- set in concrete — constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
- stony meteorite — any of various meteorites composed mainly of rock-forming silicates, especially olivine, plagioclase, and pyroxene, and classified as achondrites or chondrites.
- store detective — A store detective is someone who is employed by a shop to walk around the shop looking for people who are secretly stealing goods.
- superheterodyne — denoting, pertaining to, or using a method of processing received radio or video signals in which an incoming modulated wave is changed by the heterodyne process into a lower-frequency wave and then subjected to amplification and subsequent detection.
- sympathetectomy — sympathectomy.
- telethermometer — any of various thermometers that indicate or record temperatures at a distance, as by means of an electric current.
- thermobarometer — Also called hypsometer. an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, and sometimes altitude, from its effect upon the boiling point of a liquid.
- tocodynamometer — tokodynamometer.
- tokodynamometer — a pressure gauge strapped to the mother's abdomen during labor to measure uterine contractions.
- transmissometer — an instrument for measuring visibility or the transmission of light in the atmosphere.
- type 1 diabetes — diabetes (def 3).
- type 2 diabetes — diabetes (def 4).
- type i diabetes — diabetes (def 3).
- ultramicrometer — a micrometer calibrated to a very fine scale and capable of measuring extremely small magnitudes.
- unpretentiously — without pretension
- vacuum concrete — concrete from which excess moisture and air are sucked to quicken hardening and increase strength.
- vers de societe — humorous light verse dealing with fashions and foibles of the time.
- young pretender — a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.