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15-letter words containing c, h, e, p, i, n

  • power macintosh — Power Mac
  • prairie chicken — either of two North American gallinaceous birds of western prairies, Tympanuchus cupido (greater prairie chicken) or T. pallidicinctus (lesser prairie chicken) having rufous, brown, black, and white plumage.
  • prince charming — (sometimes lowercase) a man who embodies a woman's romantic ideal.
  • process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
  • proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
  • psychosynthesis — a theoretical effort to reconcile components of the unconscious, including dreams, with the rest of the personality.
  • pullman kitchen — a kitchenette, often recessed into a wall and concealed by double doors or a screen.
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
  • reaping machine — any of various machines for reaping grain, often fitted with a device for automatically throwing out bundles of the cut grain.
  • rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
  • schlieffen plan — a plan intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries, devised by Alfred, Count von Schlieffen (1833–1913) in 1905
  • schopenhauerian — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
  • 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.
  • self-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
  • shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
  • shopping center — a group of stores within a single architectural plan, supplying most of the basic shopping needs, especially in suburban areas.
  • shopping centre — A shopping centre is a specially built area containing a lot of different shops.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • sympathetic ink — a fluid for producing writing that is invisible until brought out by heat, chemicals, etc.; invisible ink.
  • the colophonian — a native of Colophon.
  • the handicapped — those who are physically disabled or mentally retarded
  • the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era
  • the pleistocene — the Pleistocene epoch or rock series
  • the precambrian — the Precambrian era
  • thickness piece — a narrow flat or board used in scenic construction to give the illusion of depth or solidity to a door, wall, window, or the like.
  • uncomprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • uncomprehensive — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • unpolished rice — a partly refined rice, hulled and deprived of its germ but retaining some bran.
  • unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
  • whoopee cushion — a type of cushion or pillow used as a practical joke that, when sat upon, produces a loud noise resembling flatulence.
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