15-letter words containing a, s, p, e, c, t
- dictation speed — a speed of speaking that enables someone to take down what is being said
- disincorporated — Simple past tense and past participle of disincorporate.
- display cabinet — a cabinet in a shop, museum, etc, that displays items
- dutchman's-pipe — a climbing vine, Aristolochia durior, of the birthwort family, having large, heart-shaped leaves and brownish-purple flowers of a curved form suggesting a tobacco pipe.
- east providence — a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.
- eclipse scotoma — a blind spot; a permanent or temporary area of depressed or absent vision caused by viewing the sun directly
- emancipationist — An advocate of the emancipation of slaves.
- epistemological — Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
- escape velocity — great enough speed to escape gravity
- euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
- exceptionalness — The quality of being exceptional.
- excess capacity — unused production capacity
- expense account — account for expenses
- extended pascal — A superset of ANSI and ISO Pascal with many enhancements, including modules, separate compilation, type schemata, variable-length strings, direct-access files, complex numbers, initial values, constant expressions. ANSI/IEEE770X3.160-1989 and ISO 10206.
- fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
- false pretences — fraud, deception
- fragrance strip — a folded, usually sealed strip on a page or card, impregnated with fragrance that is released when pulled or torn open: The magazine is full of fragrance strips in the advertisements.
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- gigantopithecus — a genus of extinct ape of southern Asia existing during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, known only from very large fossil jaws and teeth and believed to be perhaps the biggest hominoid that ever lived.
- hair specialist — an expert in the treatment and care of human hair
- hopper casement — a casement with a sash hinged at the bottom.
- hospital corner — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
- hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- if the cap fits — the allusion or criticism seems to be appropriate to a particular person
- impact adhesive — a glue designed to give adhesion when two coated surfaces are pressed together
- imperfect stage — a phase in the life cycle of certain fungi in which either no spores or asexual spores, as conidia, are produced.
- implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
- imprescriptable — Alt form imprescriptible.
- improvvisatrice — Alternative form of improvisatrice.
- inspection arms — a position in military drill in which the missile chamber of a weapon is open for inspection.
- insurance stamp — an insurance contribution
- intercomparison — mutual comparison
- interiorscaping — The design, installation, and maintenance of interiorscapes.
- introspectional — Of or relating to introspection.
- isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
- italian cypress — a tall Eurasian cypress, cupressus sempervirens, native to the eastern Mediterranean region
- kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
- lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
- lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- lung specialist — doctor specializing in lung conditions
- magnetic stripe — magnetic strip.
- massed practice — learning with no intervals or short intervals between successive bouts of learning
- master corporal — a noncommissioned officer in the Canadian forces senior to a corporal and junior to a sergeant
- mastoid process — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
- misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly