15-letter words containing a, d, p, t, e, r
- saturated vapor — a vapor whose temperature and pressure are such that any compression of its volume at constant temperature causes it to condense to liquid at a rate sufficient to maintain a constant pressure.
- seafood platter — a plate of assorted seafood, served in a restaurant
- serpentine jade — a green variety of serpentine used as a gem: not a true jade.
- side impact bar — A side impact bar is a long beam in a car door that is designed to protect passengers during a crash.
- speed indicator — an instrument for counting the number of revolutions of a gasoline engine.
- sphaerosiderite — a type of siderite
- spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
- spread the word — make others aware
- step-and-repeat — noting or pertaining to a process by which successive photo-offset plates are produced automatically or semiautomatically with great precision: used especially in making plates for multicolor printing.
- strike pay dirt — to achieve one's objective
- superabundantly — very or too abundantly
- superordination — Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
- sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
- talcum (powder) — a powder for the body and face made of powdered, purified talc, usually perfumed
- tax expenditure — any reduction in government revenue through preferential tax treatment, as deductions or credits.
- the disappeared — people who have been arrested secretly or abuducted and presumably imprisoned or killed
- the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
- the present day — The present day is the period of history that we are in now.
- top dead center — Top dead center is the position of an engine's piston when it is at the very top of its stroke.
- top dead-centre — the position of the crank of a reciprocating engine or pump when the piston is at the top of its stroke
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
- trade paperback — a paperback book of a size similar to a typical hard-cover book, intended for sale in bookstores as distinguished from a cheaper and smaller paperback intended for sale on racks at drugstores, newsstands, etc.
- trading partner — a person, organization, or country with whom somebody customarily does business
- transportedness — the quality or state of being carried away with pleasure or rapture
- trapdoor spider — any of various, often large, spiders (esp. family Ctenizidae) that dig a burrow and cover the entrance with a hinged lid like a trapdoor
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
- undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
- undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
- underpopulation — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
- unleaded petrol — petrol containing a reduced amount of tetraethyl lead
- unpractisedness — the quality or state of being unpractised
- upper east side — a section of the East Side of New York City, conventionally between 57th Street and 96th Street, known for its affluence.
- whip-tailed ray — a whipray.