16-letter words containing tr
- off one's stroke — performing or working less well than usual
- on a trial basis — for the purpose of assessment
- on the stroke of — punctually at
- organ transplant — an operation in which an organ is transplanted from a donor
- osmium tetroxide — a crystalline or amorphous, colorless, poisonous compound, OsO 4 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether: used for microscopic staining, in photography, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis.
- over the transom — by unsolicited submission, as to a publisher
- over-controlling — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- paediatric nurse — a nurse who specializes in the care of children
- painted trillium — a North American trillium, Trillium undulatum, having white flowers streaked with pink or purple.
- para-nitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
- parallel fortran — (language) (Pfortran) Extensions to Fortran by Ridgway Scott <[email protected]> of Houston University. Pfortran provides a shared memory SIMD model on message passing computers. It was under development in 1994.
- passive transfer — Immunology. injection of lymphocytes or antibody from an immune or sensitized donor to a nonimmune host in order to impart immunity or test for allergic reactions.
- passport control — identity check at airport, etc.
- peach tree borer — the larva of any of several clearwing moths, as Sanninoidea exitiosa, that bore into the wood of the peach and other drupaceous trees.
- personal trainer — a person who works one-on-one with a client to plan or implement an exercise or fitness regimen.
- petrified forest — a national park in E Arizona, containing petrified coniferous trees about 170 000 000 years old
- petrol rationing — a scheme rationing the amount of petrol that an individual is allowed to purchase
- photoautotrophic — any organism that derives its energy for food synthesis from light and is capable of using carbon dioxide as its principal source of carbon.
- photoelectricity — electricity induced by electromagnetic radiation, as in certain processes, as the photoelectric and photovoltaic effects, photoconductivity, and photoionization.
- photoelectrotype — an electrotype made by photographic means.
- phrase structure — the hierarchical arrangement of the constituent words and phrases of a sentence.
- piezoelectricity — electricity, or electric polarity, produced by the piezoelectric effect.
- piscis austrinus — a small constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Aquarius and Grus and containing the first-magnitude star Fomalhaut
- pneumatic trough — a trough filled with liquid, especially water, for collecting gases in bell jars or the like by displacement.
- poor white trash — white trash.
- portrait gallery — a gallery where pictures are displayed
- portrait painter — artist: paints likenesses
- postremogeniture — a system of inheritance under which the estate of a deceased person goes to his youngest son. Also called ultimogeniture. Compare primogeniture (def 2).
- poverty-stricken — suffering from poverty; extremely poor: poverty-stricken refugees.
- pre-registration — the act of registering.
- preconcentration — the act of concentrating; the state of being concentrated.
- pressure-treated — (of wood) treated with a chemical or chemicals applied under pressure to reduce such problems as insect infestation, decay, and rotting.
- primary electron — in thermionics, any of the electrons falling on a body, distinguished from those emitted by it
- primary industry — an industry, as agriculture, forestry, or fishing, that deals in obtaining natural materials.
- process industry — business of treating raw materials
- pseudo-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
- psychogeriatrics — the psychology of old age.
- public transport — fare-paying travel
- pull the strings — be in control
- radio-controlled — A radio-controlled device works by receiving radio signals which operate it.
- radiosymmetrical — radially symmetrical.
- radiotransparent — transparent to radiation; invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiopaque).
- rational fortran — (language) (RATFOR) Brian Kernighan's Fortran preprocessor that allows programming with C-like control flow. RATFOR is mainly of historical significance. A translator from Ratfor to Fortran IV was posted to comp.sources.Unix volume 13.
- re-entry vehicle — the section of a spacecraft or ballistic missile designed to return to earth.
- reception centre — A reception centre is a place where people who have no homes or are being looked after by the government can live until somewhere else is found for them to live.
- redistributional — a distribution performed again or anew.
- registration fee — a fee paid to register, enrol or sign up for (a course, etc)
- remote job entry — (operating system) (RJE) A system, widely used in the mid/late 1960s, for submitting jobs to mainframes like the IBM 360 under OS/MFT. Communication with the computer operator was via the keyboard and later via CRTs.
- report structure — A report structure is a structure containing a reporting clause and a reported clause or a quote.
- restricted class — a class of yachts that, although differing somewhat in design and rigging, are deemed able to race together because of conformity to certain standards.