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15-letter words containing p

  • anthropologists — Plural form of anthropologist.
  • anthropometrics — the science of measuring the size and proportions of the human body (called anthropometry), especially as applied to the design of furniture and machines.
  • anthropomorphic — Anthropomorphic means relating to the idea that an animal, a god, or an object has feelings or characteristics like those of a human being.
  • anthropopathism — ascription of human passions or feelings to a being or beings not human, especially to a deity.
  • anthropophagite — a cannibal
  • anthropophagous — Who practices anthropophagy.
  • anthropopsychic — the attribution of consciousness to divine beings and nature
  • anthroposophist — A proponent of anthroposophy.
  • anti-capitalism — an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.
  • anti-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
  • anti-corruption — the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt.
  • anti-depressant — An anti-depressant is a drug which is used to treat people who are suffering from depression.
  • anti-pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
  • anti-patriarchy — a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe and descent is reckoned in the male line, with the children belonging to the father's clan or tribe.
  • anti-productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • anti-puritanism — the principles and practices of the Puritans.
  • anti-republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
  • anti-separatist — a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church.
  • antiaphrodisiac — something that represses sexual desire
  • anticardiolipin — (medicine, immunology) Directed against cardiolipin.
  • anticipointment — (rare) The state of mind resulting from excitedly anticipating a strongly promoted product, event, film, etc, and then being disappointed when it fails to meet the expectations generated by this promotion.
  • anticlinal trap — An anticlinal trap is a structural trap which is closed by an anticline (= an arch-shaped fold in rock, in which rock layers are upwardly convex).
  • anticompetitive — (in business) discouraging competition
  • antidepressants — of or relating to a substance that is used in the treatment of mood disorders, as characterized by various manic or depressive affects.
  • antidevelopment — (of a group) opposed to development
  • antihypotensive — An antihypotensive is any drug that raises low blood pressure.
  • antiperistalses — Plural form of antiperistalsis.
  • antiperistalsis — contractions of the intestine that force the contents in the opposite direction to the normal
  • antiperistaltic — reversed peristaltic action of the intestines, by which their contents are carried upward.
  • antiperspirants — Plural form of antiperspirant.
  • antipornography — opposed to or acting against pornography
  • antipositivists — Plural form of antipositivist.
  • antiprogressive — opposed to or acting against progression in society
  • antishoplifting — designed to prevent shoplifting
  • antispeculation — opposed to or acting against excessive oil speculation
  • antispeculative — opposed to or acting against speculation
  • antitranspirant — any substance that decreases transpiration and, usually, photosynthesis
  • apartment block — building: flats, apartments
  • apartment hotel — a hotel that rents furnished apartments or suites suitable for housekeeping, on a weekly or more permanent basis, and usually supplies all hotel services.
  • apartment house — a building containing a number of residential apartments.
  • aphrodite terra — a large plateau region that stretches approximately halfway around the middle latitude of Venus.
  • apical meristem — meristem at the apex of a root or shoot.
  • aplastic anemia — a form of anemia resulting from a failure of the bone marrow to produce adequate quantities of the essential blood components, including leukocytes and platelets
  • apocalyptically — of or like an apocalypse; affording a revelation or prophecy.
  • apolipoproteins — Plural form of apolipoprotein.
  • apollo asteroid — one of a number of asteroids whose orbits cross that of the earth.
  • apollo computer — (company)   A company making workstations often used for CAD. From 1980 to 1987, Apollo were the largest manufacturer of network workstations. Apollo workstations ran Aegis, a proprietary operating system with a Posix-compliant Unix alternative frontend. Apollo's networking was particularly elegant, among the first to allow demand paging over the network, and allowing a degree of network transparency and low sysadmin-to-machine ratio that is still unmatched. Apollo's largest customers were Mentor Graphics (electronic design), GM, Ford, Chrysler, and Boeing (mechanical design). Apollo was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1989, and gradually closed down over the period 1990-1997.
  • apophthegmatise — to speak in apophthegms
  • apophthegmatist — a person who creates apophthegms
  • apophthegmatize — to use apophthegms
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