15-letter words containing pl
- in short supply — If something is in short supply, there is very little of it available and it is difficult to find or obtain.
- inapplicability — (uncountable) The state of being inapplicable.
- indisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or corrected by discipline
- inexplicability — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
- inferior planet — either of the two planets whose orbits are inside the orbit of the earth: Venus and Mercury.
- instalment plan — agreed series of repayments
- internal spline — any one of a series of grooves in a mating part into which external splines fit to prevent movement between two parts, esp in transmitting torque
- iranian plateau — a plateau in SW Asia, mostly in Iran, extending from the Tigris to the Indus rivers. 1,000,000 sq. mi. (2,590,000 sq. km).
- java 2 platform — Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition
- jogger's nipple — painful inflammation of the nipple, caused by friction with a garment when running for long distances
- jupiter pluvius — Jupiter regarded as the giver of rain
- juvenal plumage — the first plumage of birds, composed of contour feathers, which in certain species follows the naked nestling stage and in other species follows the molt of natal down.
- keyboard plaque — (jargon) The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards. "Are there any other terminals I can use? This one has a bad case of keyboard plaque."
- langres plateau — a calcareous plateau of E France north of Dijon between the Seine and the Saône, reaching over 580 m (1900 ft): forms a watershed between rivers flowing to the Mediterranean and to the English Channel
- lapland bunting — a passerine bird: Calcarius lapponicus
- liver complaint — an unspecified health problem concerning the liver
- lombardy poplar — a poplar, Populus nigra italica, having a columnar manner of growth, with branches erect and parallel.
- lung transplant — a medical operation in which the lungs are taken out of someone who has died and are placed into another person's body
- make a play for — to act the part of (a person or character) in a dramatic performance; portray: to play Lady Macbeth.
- master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- metaphase plate — a plane in the equatorial region of the spindle in dividing cells, along which the chromosomes become arranged during the metaphase.
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- multidiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- multiple access — multiplexing
- multiple allele — any one of a series of three or more alternative or allelic forms of a gene, only two of which can exist in any normal, diploid individual.
- multiple choice — question: with several options
- multiple factor — polygene.
- multiple master — (text, tool, software) (Or "Multiple Master Font") A font that is a mixture of two or more other fonts. A Multiple Master font is a single font containing from two to sixteen master designs (the current implementation limit). A weight factor specifies the contribution of each master design for the creation of a multiple master font instance. A Multiple Master instance is a single interpolation of a multiple master font as created by a user or application.
- multiple voting — the casting of ballots in more than one constituency in one election, as in England before the election reform of 1918.
- multiple-choice — consisting of several possible answers from which the correct one must be selected: a multiple-choice question.
- multiple-valued — many-valued.
- mustard plaster — a black mixture of mustard and rubber placed on a cloth and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
- new jersey plan — a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
- non-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
- non-complacency — Archaic. friendly civility; inclination to please; complaisance. a civil act.
- non-duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- non-replaceable — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- nonexploitation — use or utilization, especially for profit: the exploitation of newly discovered oil fields.
- nonexploitative — not exploitative
- nullarbor plain — a treeless, semiarid area of S Australia, contiguous to the Great Australian Bight.
- oedipus complex — the unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, especially the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.
- ones complement — A system used in some computers to represent negative numbers. To negate a number, each bit of the number is inverted (zeros are replaced with ones and vice versa). This has the consequence that there are two reperesentations for zero, either all zeros or all ones. ... 000...00011 = +3 000...00010 = +2 000...00001 = +1 000...00000 = +0 111...11111 = -0 111...11110 = -1 111...11101 = -2 111...11100 = -3 ... Naive logic for ones complement addition might easily conclude that -0 + 1 = +0. The twos complement avoids this by using all ones to represent -1.
- ophthalmoplegia — Paralysis of the muscles within or surrounding the eye.
- ordered n-tuple — a set of n objects or quantities, where n is an integer, especially such a set arranged in a specified order (ordered n-tuple)
- orestes complex — Psychoanalysis. an unconscious desire of a son to kill his mother.
- over-complexity — the state or quality of being complex; intricacy: the complexity of urban life.
- over-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.