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15-letter words containing a, p, i, s, h, n

  • schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
  • scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
  • semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
  • share ownership — the owning of shares in a company
  • ship's manifest — a list of the shipments or cargo that a vessel is carrying
  • shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
  • shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
  • shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
  • shrink-wrapping — a flexible plastic wrapping designed to shrink about its contours to protect and seal something
  • southern paiute — See under Paiute (def 2).
  • spanish america — the Spanish-speaking countries south of the U.S.: Mexico, Central America (with the exception of Belize), South America (with the exceptions of Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname), and most of the West Indies.
  • spanish bayonet — any of certain plants belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, having narrow, spine-tipped leaves and a cluster of white flowers.
  • spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
  • spanish morocco — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
  • spanish needles — (used with a singular or plural verb) a composite plant, Bidens bipinnata, having achenes with downwardly barbed awns.
  • spanish paprika — a cultivated pepper, Capsicum annuum, grown originally in Spain.
  • spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
  • speaking as sth — You can say 'speaking as a parent' or 'speaking as a teacher', for example, to indicate that the opinion you are giving is based on your experience as a parent or as a teacher.
  • speaking of sth — You can say speaking of something that has just been mentioned as a way of introducing a new topic which has some connection with that thing.
  • speech training — training designed to improve spoken skills, such as voice projection
  • spherical angle — an angle formed by arcs of great circles of a sphere.
  • spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
  • spill the beans — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
  • spinach-rhubarb — an Ethiopian plant, Rumex abyssinicus, of the buckwheat family, having leaves that are sometimes used as spinach and leafstalks sometimes used as rhubarb.
  • spit and polish — great care in maintaining smart appearance and crisp efficiency: The commander was concerned more with spit and polish than with the company's morale.
  • sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
  • stephen hawking — Stephen William, born 1942, English mathematician and theoretical physicist.
  • stop at nothing — to be prepared to do anything; be unscrupulous or ruthless
  • stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
  • sycophantically — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sympathetic ink — a fluid for producing writing that is invisible until brought out by heat, chemicals, etc.; invisible ink.
  • teng hsiao-ping — Deng Xiaoping.
  • trainspotterish — obsessed with trivial details, esp of a subject generally considered uninteresting
  • unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended
  • unphilosophical — not adhering to philosophical theory or principles
  • unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
  • vanishing point — a point of disappearance, cessation, or extinction: His patience had reached the vanishing point.
  • vanishing spray — a substance that disperses without trace shortly after it is sprayed onto a surface, used in football to mark a temporary line behind which defenders must stand when a free kick is taken
  • vindhya pradesh — a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
  • walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
  • washing-up bowl — plastic bowl used for washing dishes
  • washington palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
  • westphalian ham — a hard German ham with a distinctive flavor derived from being smoked over beechwood and juniper.
  • whip into shape — to bring by vigorous action into the proper or desired condition
  • whiplash injury — the lash of a whip.
  • whippersnappers — Plural form of whippersnapper.
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