13-letter words containing ort
- orthosilicate — a silicate mineral
- overreporting — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- parallel port — (hardware) An interface from a computer system where data is transferred in or out in parallel, that is, on more than one wire. A parallel port carries one bit on each wire thus multiplying the transfer rate obtainable over a single wire. There will usually be some control signals on the port as well to say when data is ready to be sent or received. The commonest kind of parallel port is a printer port, e.g. a Centronics port which transfers eight bits at a time. Disks are also connected via special parallel ports, e.g. SCSI or IDE.
- police escort — a police officer or vehicle which accompanies a prisoner
- port adelaide — the chief port of South Australia, near Adelaide on St Vincent Gulf. Pop: 33 145 (2006)
- port colborne — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- port du salut — Port-Salut.
- port engineer — a person who is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the machinery of the vessels of a shipping line and for the supervision of its engineering personnel.
- port harcourt — a seaport in S Nigeria.
- port language — ["Communicating Parallel Processes", J. Kerridge et al, Soft Prac & Exp 16(1):63-86 (Jan 1986)].
- port of entry — port1 (def 3).
- port of spain — (used with a plural verb) two islands in the N Atlantic Ocean, off the NE coast of Venezuela.
- port-of-spain — (used with a plural verb) two islands in the N Atlantic Ocean, off the NE coast of Venezuela.
- portal system — a vascular arrangement in which blood from the capillaries of one organ is transported to the capillaries of another organ by a connecting vein or veins.
- porte-cochere — a covered carriage entrance leading into a courtyard.
- porte-monnaie — a purse or pocketbook
- portrait lens — a lens of moderately long focal length that is used, especially in portrait photography, to produce soft-focus images.
- portrait mode — an orientation that is vertical rather than horizontal
- pre-portioned — to divide into portions before packaging, selling, etc.: to preportion meals for schools and hospitals.
- predistortion — preemphasis.
- pret a porter — ready-to-wear clothing.
- pret-a-porter — ready-to-wear clothing.
- price support — the maintenance of the price of a commodity, product, etc., especially by means of a public subsidy or government purchase of surpluses.
- proportionate — proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional.
- proportioning — the adjustment or arrangement of proportions
- puerto cortes — a seaport in NW Honduras.
- queen consort — the wife of a ruling king.
- racket sports — sports, such as tennis, squash, badminton, etc, that are played using a racket
- recomfortless — having no comfort; comfortless
- reporter gene — a gene with an easily recognizable phenotype, used in analysing the regulation of gene structures
- school report — written assessment of school pupil
- sea transport — transport by ship over the sea
- self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
- short account — the account of a short seller.
- short selling — a person, as a speculator, who sells short.
- short subject — a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
- short-circuit — Electricity. to make (an appliance, switch, etc.) inoperable by establishing a short circuit in. to carry (a current) as a short circuit.
- short-commons — a scanty allowance of food.
- short-sighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
- short-sleeved — having short sleeves
- short-staffed — A company or place that is short-staffed does not have enough people working there.
- short-termism — If you accuse people of short-termism, you mean that they make decisions that produce benefits now or soon, rather than making better decisions that will produce benefits in the future.
- short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
- skiing resort — a place which provides accommodation and facilities for skiing such as skiing trails, slopes, etc, esp for people who go there to take skiing holidays
- small fortune — a large sum of money
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- sports centre — a place where people take part in sports
- sports ground — an area of land where sports are played
- sports injury — wound sustained while playing sport
- sports jacket — a jacket, often of textured wool or colorful pattern, with a collar, lapels, long sleeves, and buttons in the front, cut somewhat fuller than the jacket of a business suit, worn with slacks for informal occasions.