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15-letter words containing a, p, r, o, s, d

  • absorption band — a dark band in the absorption spectrum of a substance, corresponding to a range of wavelengths for which the substance absorbs more strongly than at adjacent wavelengths.
  • absorption edge — a discontinuity in the graph of the absorption coefficient of a substance plotted against the wavelength of x-rays being absorbed, representing the minimum energy necessary to free electrons from particular shells of the atoms of the substance.
  • adoption papers — documentation relating to the adoption of a particular child
  • adrenoreceptors — Plural form of adrenoreceptor.
  • alexandroupolis — a port in NE Greece, in W Thrace. Pop: 52 720 (2001 est)
  • ambassadorships — Plural form of ambassadorship.
  • aneroid capsule — a box or chamber of thin metal, partially exhausted of air, used in the aneroid barometer and pressure altimeter.
  • antiaphrodisiac — something that represses sexual desire
  • apollo asteroid — one of a number of asteroids whose orbits cross that of the earth.
  • apostles' creed — a concise statement of Christian beliefs dating from about 500 ad, traditionally ascribed to the Apostles
  • approved school — In Britain in the past, an approved school was a boarding school where young people could be sent to stay if they had been found guilty of a crime.
  • armaments depot — a store for armaments
  • autoradiographs — Plural form of autoradiograph.
  • bad housekeeper — a person who is not an efficient and thrifty domestic manager
  • bandstop filter — A bandstop filter is a filter designed to eliminate all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • ben day process — a method of adding texture, shading, or detail to line drawings by overlaying a transparent sheet of dots or any other pattern during platemaking
  • bird of passage — If you refer to someone as a bird of passage, you mean that they are staying in a place for a short time before going to another place.
  • blasting powder — a form of gunpowder made with sodium nitrate instead of saltpeter, used chiefly for blasting rock, ore, etc.
  • cardinal points — the four main points of the compass: north, south, east, and west
  • casters-up mode — [IBM, probably from slang belly up] Yet another synonym for "broken" or "down". Usually connotes a major failure. A system (hardware or software) which is "down" may be already being restarted before the failure is noticed, whereas one which is "casters up" is usually a good excuse to take the rest of the day off (as long as you're not responsible for fixing it).
  • corps de ballet — In ballet, the corps de ballet is the group of dancers who dance together, in contrast to the main dancers, who dance by themselves.
  • cowper's glands — two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males
  • cyanide process — a process for recovering gold and silver from ores by treatment with a weak solution of sodium cyanide
  • daguerreotypist — an obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
  • data processing — Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information.
  • depersonalizing — Present participle of depersonalize.
  • dephosphorylate — to remove a phosphate group from (an organic compound)
  • dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
  • dermatographism — a condition in which touching or lightly scratching the skin causes raised, reddish marks.
  • dermatophytosis — a fungal infection of the skin, esp the feet
  • desktop manager — A user interface to system services, usually icon and menu based like the Macintosh Finder, enabling the user to run application programs and use a file system without directly using the command language of the operating system.
  • diaheliotropism — the tendency among plants to respond to the light of the sun by orienting their leaves perpendicular to the sun's rays, such that the upper surface of the leaves receives maximum light
  • diaphototropism — growth of a plant or plant part in a direction transverse to that of the light
  • diastrophically — in a diastrophic fashion
  • dishwasherproof — (of dishes, cooking utensils, etc.) able to withstand washing in an automatic dishwasher without breaking, chipping, fading, etc.
  • disincorporated — Simple past tense and past participle of disincorporate.
  • disproportional — not in proportion; disproportionate.
  • distributor cap — the cap of an engine's distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the sparking plugs
  • draw oneself up — to assume a straighter posture; stand or sit straight
  • drop handlebars — aerodynamic handlebars that drop down and curve towards the rider at the ends rather than turning upwards as on conventional bicycles
  • dysmorphophobia — an obsessive fear that one's body, or any part of it, is repulsive or may become so
  • dystrophication — the process by which a body of water becomes dystrophic.
  • east providence — a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.
  • edriophthalmous — (of certain crustaceans) having stalkless eyes
  • enteropeptidase — Enterokinase.
  • epsilon squared — (jargon)   A quantity even smaller than epsilon, as small in comparison to epsilon as epsilon is to something normal; completely negligible. If you buy a supercomputer for a million dollars, the cost of the thousand-dollar terminal to go with it is epsilon, and the cost of the ten-dollar cable to connect them is epsilon squared. Compare lost in the underflow, lost in the noise.
  • fool's paradise — a state of enjoyment based on false beliefs or hopes; a state of illusory happiness.
  • geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
  • golden eardrops — a Californian plant, Dicentra chrysantha, of the fumitory family, having bluish-green foliage and branched clusters of yellow flowers.
  • golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)

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