15-letter words containing a, p, n, g
- straining piece — (in a queen-post roof) a horizontal beam uniting the tops of the two queen posts, and resisting the thrust of the roof.
- supergiant star — Astronomy. an exceptionally luminous star whose diameter is more than 100 times that of the sun, as Betelgeuse or Antares.
- take down a peg — to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
- take the plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
- telegraph plant — a tick trefoil, Desmodium motorium, of the legume family, native to tropical Asia, noted for the spontaneous, jerking, signallike motions of its leaflets.
- teng hsiao-ping — Deng Xiaoping.
- tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
- the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
- thought pattern — habitual way of thinking
- thraco-phrygian — a hypothetical branch of Indo-European implying a special genetic affinity between the meagerly attested Thracian and Phrygian languages.
- topgallant mast — a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel.
- topgallant sail — a sail or either of two sails set on the yard or yards of a topgallant mast.
- trading capital — the total amount of money available for buying assets
- trading company — a company that is owned by the people who have bought shares in that company
- trading partner — a person, organization, or country with whom somebody customarily does business
- trading profits — profits made from the buying and selling of goods and services
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- triple integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of three variables and which requires three applications of the integration process to evaluate.
- tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
- ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
- unchoreographed — not choreographed; not pre-arranged or pre-prepared; unplanned
- uncomplainingly — in an unresentful or resigned manner
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- undisappointing — not disappointing
- upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
- uropygial gland — a gland opening on the back at the base of the tail in most birds that secretes an oily fluid used by the bird in preening its feathers.
- 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
- 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
- wearing apparel — clothing; garments.
- weatherproofing — Present participle of weatherproof.
- wedding planner — sb hired to organize a marriage day
- working capital — the amount of capital needed to carry on a business.