17-letter words containing p, r, o, m, t

misappropriations — Plural form of misappropriation.
misinterpretation — An instance of misinterpreting.
misrepresentation — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
mitre corporation — (body) A US federally funded R&D center, spun off in 1958 from the MIT Lincoln Laboratory (also an FFRDC). MITRE is a non-profit corporation chartered to do R&D in the public interest. MITRE were responsible for system engineering and implementation oversight of SAGE. MITRE does not stand for MIT Research and Engineering, though it could have.
mode of transport — means of travel
modern pentathlon — an athletic contest consisting of five different events: horse riding with jumps, fencing with electric épée, freestyle swimming, pistol shooting, and cross-country running
mom and pop store — a small retail business, typically family-operated
mother spleenwort — a fern, Asplenium bulbiferum, of tropical Africa and Australasia, the fronds often bearing bulbils that sprout into new plants while still attached, grown as an ornamental.
mount kirkpatrick — a mountain in Antarctica, in S Victoria Land in the Queen Alexandra Range. Height: 4528 m (14 856 ft)
mount robson park — a national park in the Rocky Mountains of E British Columbia, Canada.
multiple cropping — the use of the same field for two or more crops, whether of the same or of different kinds, successively during a single year.
multiple exposure — the filming of more than one scene in a single frame
nephelometrically — By means of nephelometry.
non-profit-making — A non-profit-making organization or charity is not run with the intention of making a profit.
non-thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
nonimpact printer — a printer that creates images without mechanically impacting the page, as an ink-jet or laser printer.
notebook computer — laptop, portable
omphalomesenteric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery.
on speaking terms — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
one-parent family — A one-parent family is a family that consists of one parent and his or her children living together.
one-time password — (security) (OTP) A security system that requires a new password every time a user authenticates themselves, thus protecting against an intruder replaying an intercepted password. OTP generates passwords using either the MD4 or MD5 hashing algorithms. The equivalent term "S/Key", developed by Bellcore, is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, so the name OTP is used increasingly. See RFC 1760 - "The S/KEY One-Time Password System" and RFC 1938 - "A One-Time Password System".
open-end mortgage — a mortgage agreement against which new sums of money may be borrowed under certain conditions.
opening arguments — the statements or arguments provided by lawyers at the beginning of a trial
optical astronomy — the branch of observational astronomy using telescopes to observe or photograph celestial objects in visible light.
optical isomerism — stereoisomerism in which the isomers are identical in molecular weight and most chemical and physical properties but differ in their effect on the rotation of polarized light.
over-compensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
over-presumptuous — full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought, as by saying or doing something without right or permission.
overstep the mark — If someone oversteps the mark, they behave in a way that is considered unacceptable.
paleobiochemistry — the study of biochemical processes that occurred in fossil life forms.
palette of narmer — a king of Egypt identified by modern scholars as the Menes of tradition and depicted as the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt on an ancient slate tablet (Narmer Palette or Palette of Narmer) c3200 b.c. with relief carvings on both sides.
pan potentiometer — a control on a stereo sound mixing desk by means of which the relative levels in right- and left-hand channels can be adjusted and hence the apparent position of the recorded or broadcast sound source within the stereo panorama can be controlled
parallel computer — parallel processor
parathyroidectomy — the excision of a parathyroid gland.
parents anonymous — (in Britain) an association of local voluntary self-help groups offering help through an anonymous telephone service to parents who fear they will injure their children, or who have other problems in managing their children
parts per million — the number of units (of a substance) present in a million units of another substance
pastoral symphony — the Symphony No. 6 in F major (1807–08) by Ludwig van Beethoven.
peer of the realm — any of a class of peers in Great Britain and Ireland entitled by heredity to sit in the House of Lords.
per capita income — the total income of an area or country divided by the number of people in that area or country
per procurationem — by one acting as an agent; by proxy.
permanent account — A permanent account is an account which carries its balance and is kept open from year to year.
permutation group — a mathematical group whose elements are permutations and in which the product of two permutations is the same permutation as is obtained by performing them in succession.
persistent memory — non-volatile storage
personal computer — a compact computer that uses a microprocessor and is designed for individual use, as by a person in an office or at home or school, for such applications as word processing, data management, financial analysis, or computer games. Abbreviation: PC.
peterloo massacre — an incident at St Peter's Fields, Manchester, in 1819 in which a radical meeting was broken up by a cavalry charge, resulting in about 500 injuries and 11 deaths
phantom pregnancy — the occurrence of signs of pregnancy, such as enlarged abdomen and absence of menstruation, when no embryo is present, due to hormonal imbalance
phlebotomus fever — sandfly fever.
plateau's problem — the problem in the calculus of variations of finding the surface with the least area bounded by a given closed curve in space.
plymouth brethren — a religious sect founded c. 1827, strongly Puritanical in outlook and prohibiting many secular occupations for its members. It combines elements of Calvinism, Pietism, and millenarianism, and has no organized ministry
police department — A police department is an official organization which is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.
popular etymology — folk etymology.

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