17-letter words containing rop
- personal property — an estate or property consisting of movable articles both corporeal, as furniture or jewelry, or incorporeal, as stocks or bonds (distinguished from real property).
- philanthropically — of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent: a philanthropic foundation.
- propanedioic acid — a colourless crystalline compound occurring in sugar beet. Formula: C3H4O4,CH2(COOH)2
- propelling pencil — a pencil consisting of a metal or plastic case containing a replaceable lead. As the point is worn away the lead can be extended, usually by turning part of the case
- property mistress — a female member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
- proportional font — a font type in which the width of letters and symbols varies depending on the letter or symbol
- proprietary brand — a brand of product that is privately owned and controlled
- psychoprophylaxis — Lamaze method.
- refuse a proposal — If an insurer refuses a proposal, it does not agree to underwrite a risk proposed by a potential client.
- ribbon microphone — a microphone that utilizes a metal ribbon suspended in a magnetic field.
- rocket propulsion — propulsion of an object by thrust developed by a rocket.
- rotation of crops — a system of rotating in a fixed order the kinds of crops, as grain or grass, grown in the same field, to maintain soil fertility
- scrophulariaceous — belonging to the Scrophulariaceae, the figwort family of plants.
- show sb the ropes — If you show someone the ropes, you show them how to do a particular job or task.
- sodium propionate — a transparent, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 3 H 5 NaO 2 , used in foodstuffs to prevent mold growth, and in medicine as a fungicide.
- spectrophotometer — an instrument for making photometric comparisons between parts of spectra.
- spectrophotometry — an instrument for making photometric comparisons between parts of spectra.
- the penny dropped — If you say the penny dropped, you mean that someone suddenly understood or realized something.
- throat microphone — a microphone worn around the throat and actuated by vibrations of the larynx, used when background noise would obscure the sound of speech, as in an airplane cockpit.
- to know the ropes — If you know the ropes, you know how a particular job or task should be done.
- tropical aquarium — an aquarium designed for the maintenance and breeding of tropical fish and kept at a suitably warm temperature.
- tropical maritime — a type of warm, wet air mass originating at low latitudes over ocean areas
- tropical medicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of diseases occurring in the tropics.
- unproportionately — proportioned; being in due proportion; proportional.
- well-proportioned — adjusted to proper proportion or relation.
- winter heliotrope — a creeping perennial, Petasites fragrans, related to the butterbur, having lilac to heliotrope-coloured flowers smelling of vanilla: found chiefly on road verges