15-letter words containing pe
- system operator — a person who maintains a computer system or network, especially one who operates a computer bulletin board.
- take down a peg — to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
- tax expenditure — any reduction in government revenue through preferential tax treatment, as deductions or credits.
- telestereoscope — a binocular optical instrument used for stereoscopic viewing of distant objects; a small range finder.
- temperamentally — having or exhibiting a strongly marked, individual temperament.
- the disappeared — people who have been arrested secretly or abuducted and presumably imprisoned or killed
- the good people — fairies
- the grim reaper — death
- the handicapped — those who are physically disabled or mentally retarded
- the last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
- the peach state — a nickname for Georgia, a state in southeastern United States
- the peloponnese — the S peninsula of Greece, joined to central Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth: chief cities in ancient times were Sparta and Corinth, now Patras. Pop: 503 300 (2001). Area: 21 439 sq km (8361 sq miles)
- the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
- the upper karoo — one of the two divisions of the Karoo
- the upper ranks — the higher divisions of the armed forces
- the upper rhine — the section of the Rhine between Basel, Switzerland and Bingen, Germany
- theory of types — a theory advanced by Bertrand Russell to avoid the liar paradox, Russell's paradox, etc, in which a class of expressions or of the entities they represent can all enter into the same syntactic relations
- therapeutically — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- thermoperiodism — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
- threepennyworth — an amount having the value or price of threepence
- to sow gapeseed — to stare in a gaping manner instead of attending to business
- trade paperback — a paperback book of a size similar to a typical hard-cover book, intended for sale in bookstores as distinguished from a cheaper and smaller paperback intended for sale on racks at drugstores, newsstands, etc.
- trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
- trumpet creeper — any climbing plant belonging to the genus Campsis, of the bignonia family, especially C. radicans, of the southern U.S., having elliptic leaves and large, red, trumpet-shaped flowers.
- turpentine tree — a tropical African leguminous tree, Copaifera mopane, yielding a hard dark wood and a useful resin
- two-star petrol — leaded petrol that has a low octane number; inferior leaded petrol
- type 1 diabetes — diabetes (def 3).
- type 2 diabetes — diabetes (def 4).
- type i diabetes — diabetes (def 3).
- u-shaped valley — a steep-sided valley caused by glacial erosion
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- una corda pedal — soft pedal (def 1).
- unary operation — an operation in a mathematical system by which one element is used to yield a single result, as squaring or taking the square root.
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- unleaded petrol — petrol containing a reduced amount of tetraethyl lead
- unpeaceableness — the quality or state of being unpeaceable; quarrelsomeness
- upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
- upper east side — a section of the East Side of New York City, conventionally between 57th Street and 96th Street, known for its affluence.
- upper extremity — arm
- upper peninsula — a peninsula in the northern US between Lakes Superior and Michigan, constituting the N part of the state of Michigan
- upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
- user experience — Digital Technology. the perception and response of a person toward design elements of software or digital media while interacting with it. Abbreviation: UX.
- vernier caliper — a caliper formed of two pieces sliding across one another, one having a graduated scale and the other a vernier.
- vespertilionine — of or relating to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae, common in temperate regions and including most familiar species.
- viper's bugloss — the blueweed.
- wallpaper music — music that is pleasant but not interesting, so people do not pay much attention to it
- wallpaper paste — an adhesive used for attaching wallpaper to a surface
- water pennywort — any of numerous perennial herbs of the genus Hydrocotyle, of the parsley family, having rounded leaves and living in water or marshy places.
- water pimpernel — the brookweed.