15-letter words containing c, a, t, n, p, s
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
- incompatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are incompatible, that one necessarily precludes the other.
- 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.
- italian cypress — a tall Eurasian cypress, cupressus sempervirens, native to the eastern Mediterranean region
- 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.
- mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- 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
- monospaced type — a typeface in which the width of all letters, including the space around them, is the same
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
- neo-pentecostal — charismatic (def 2).
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- non-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- non-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- non-syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
- noncatastrophic — of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous: a catastrophic failure of the dam.
- noncompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- nonencapsulated — not encapsulated
- nonpsychiatrist — a person who is not a psychiatrist
- nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
- opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
- optical scanner — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
- over-compensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- overcompensated — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- overcompensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate.
- overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
- packing density — a measure of the amount of data that can be held by unit length of a storage medium, such as magnetic tape
- painter's colic — Pathology. lead poisoning causing intense intestinal pain.
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- pantopragmatics — universal intervention in the affairs of others
- paralinguistics — the study of paralanguage.
- parasiticalness — the condition or characteristic of being parasitic
- past continuous — past progressive.
- penshurst place — a 14th-century mansion near Tunbridge Wells in Kent: birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney; gardens laid out from 1560