15-letter words containing pt
- file descriptor — (programming, operating system) An integer that identifies an open file within a process. This number is obtained as a result of opening a file. Operations which read, write, or close a file would take the file descriptor as an input parameter. In many operating system implementations, file descriptors are small integers which index a table of open files. In Unix, file descriptors 0, 1 and 2 correspond to the standard input, standard output and standard error files respectively. See file descriptor leak.
- frigidoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by cold.
- graviperception — the perception of gravity by plants
- helicopter view — an overview of a situation without any details
- hemicryptophyte — any perennial plant that bears its overwintering buds at soil level, where they are often partly covered by surface debris
- imperscriptible — not supported by written authority
- imprescriptable — Alt form imprescriptible.
- imprescriptible — not subject to prescription.
- imprescriptibly — In an imprescriptible manner; obviously.
- interperceptual — occurring between periods of perceiving
- introsusception — intussusception.
- intussusception — a taking within.
- intussusceptive — Relating to intussusception.
- job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
- kleptoparasites — Plural form of kleptoparasite.
- kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
- landeshauptmann — the head of government in an Austrian state
- laptop computer — portable computer
- lepidopterology — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- leptomeningitis — (pathology) inflammation of the leptomeninges.
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
- magnetoreceptor — The part of an organism responsible for magnetoreception.
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- maladaptiveness — The quality of being maladaptive.
- mechanoreceptor — any of the sense organs that respond to vibration, stretching, pressure, or other mechanical stimuli.
- methylheptenone — a colorless liquid, C 8 H 1 4 O, occurring in many essential oils and produced by synthesis: used in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of inexpensive perfumes.
- negative option — a clause in a sales contract, as for a series of books or records, that provides that merchandise will be sent periodically to the subscriber unless he or she notifies the company in writing that it is not wanted.
- non-consumptive — tending to consume; destructive; wasteful.
- non-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- non-interrupted — having an irregular or discontinuous arrangement, as of leaflets along a stem.
- non-susceptible — admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
- nonconceptually — In a nonconceptual manner.
- nonprescription — (of drugs, medication, etc.) legally available for purchase without a doctor's prescription; over-the-counter.
- nonprescriptive — that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
- notour bankrupt — a bankrupt who has failed to discharge his or her debts within the days of grace allowed by the court
- on prescription — If a medicine is available on prescription, you can only get it from a chemist or pharmacist if a doctor gives you a prescription for it.
- onychocryptosis — a form of nail disease in which nails are ingrown
- opposite prompt — the offstage area to the right as one faces the audience. Abbreviation: O.P.
- optical printer — a film printer used in making optical effects, consisting basically of a camera that photographs the image with special lenses to enlarge, reduce, distort, etc., and a projector that transfers the image to the print stock, as distinguished from a contact printer.
- optical pumping — a method for increasing the number of atoms or molecules occupying higher energy levels by irradiating them with light of the proper frequencies to raise them to those levels.
- optical scanner — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
- optical storage — optical disk drive
- optical tooling — the technique of establishing precise reference lines and planes by means of telescopic sights, especially for the purpose of aligning machinery, machine-shop work, etc.
- optoelectronics — the branch of electronics dealing with devices that generate, transform, transmit, or sense optical, infrared, or ultraviolet radiation, as cathode-ray tubes, electroluminescent and liquid crystal displays, lasers, and solar cells.
- overconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- physical optics — the branch of optics concerned with the wave properties of light, the superposition of waves, the deviation of light from its rectilinear propagation in a manner other than that considered by geometrical optics, the interaction of light with matter, and the quantum, corpuscular aspects of light.
- post-conception — the act of conceiving; the state of being conceived.
- postapocalyptic — of or like an apocalypse; affording a revelation or prophecy.
- pre-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.