15-letter words that end in tion
- preconstruction — the act or art of constructing.
- preequalization — preemphasis.
- prefix notation — (language) (Or "prefix syntax") One of the possible orderings of functions and operands: in prefix notation the function precedes all its operands. For example, what may normally be written as "1+2" becomes "(+ 1 2)". A few languages (e.g., lisp) have strictly prefix syntax, many more employ prefix notation in combination with infix notation. The opposite, postfix notation, is somewhat rarer.
- preimplantation — relating to the period before implantation in the uterus
- premodification — an act or instance of modifying.
- prenotification — notice that is given or served prior to a specific date; advance notice.
- preregistration — early registration, in advance of event or general registration
- preverification — the state of being verified.
- price inflation — inflation fuelled by rising prices
- private tuition — instruction, esp that received in a small group or individually, that is arranged and paid for by an individual rather than by the state
- pro-integration — an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
- probit equation — A probit equation is used to quantify the relationship between the concentration of a dangerous material and its effect on people.
- procrastination — the act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off or delaying, especially something requiring immediate attention: She was smart, but her constant procrastination led her to be late with almost every assignment.
- prognostication — the act of prognosticating.
- proletarization — to proletarianize.
- proper fraction — a fraction having the numerator less, or lower in degree, than the denominator.
- proper function — eigenfunction.
- propylitization — the alteration of igneous rock to propylite
- pseudo-solution — a colloidal suspension in which the finely divided particles appear to be dissolved because they are so widely dispersed in the surrounding medium.
- quadripartition — A division into four parts.
- quadruplication — one of four copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- quarter section — (in surveying and homesteading) a square tract of land, half a mile on each side, thus containing ¼ sq. mi. or 160 acres. Abbreviation: q.s.
- quasi-quotation — a metalinguistic device for referring to the form of an expression containing variables without referring to the symbols for those variables. Thus while "not p" refers to the expression consisting of the word not followed by the letter p, the quasi-quotation ⌈ not p ⌉ refers to the form of any expression consisting of the word not followed by any value of the variable p
- radioprotection — protection against radiation
- railway station — train stop, railroad station
- rationalization — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- re-adjudication — an act of adjudicating.
- re-notification — a formal notifying or informing.
- re-presentation — the act of representing.
- reaccreditation — the act or process of reaccrediting something or someone
- reafforestation — replanting with trees
- reality fiction — a satirical parody of a reality TV show
- reappropriation — the act of appropriating.
- rear projection — the projection of filmed action or stills on a translucent screen in front of which actors are lit and filmed: used to simulate an outdoor or location background in the studio.
- rear-projection — the projection of filmed action or stills on a translucent screen in front of which actors are lit and filmed: used to simulate an outdoor or location background in the studio.
- reauthorization — the act or process of reauthorizing something
- recertification — the act of certifying.
- reconcentration — the act of concentrating again.
- reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- reconsideration — to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action: to reconsider a refusal.
- reconsolidation — an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidated; unification: consolidation of companies.
- recontamination — the act of contaminating, or of making something impure or unsuitable by contact with something unclean, bad, etc.
- redemonstration — the act or circumstance of proving or being proved conclusively, as by reasoning or a show of evidence: a belief incapable of demonstration.
- redetermination — the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose.
- redocumentation — The creation or revision of a semantically equivalent representation within the same relative abstraction level. The resulting forms of representation are usually considered alternate views intended for a human audience.
- reflexivization — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
- refortification — the act or state of being refortified
- regionalization — the process or tendency of dividing a country into administrative regions
- reincorporation — the act of incorporating or the state of being incorporated.
- reinterrogation — a second or new interrogation or inquiry