15-letter words containing c, o, s, p, e
- pseudo-suicidal — pertaining to, involving, or suggesting suicide.
- pseudocoelomate — having a pseudocoel.
- pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
- pseudoscientist — a person who practises pseudoscience or who falsely assumes the title of scientist
- psychochemistry — the treatment of mental illnesses by drugs
- psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
- psychosynthesis — a theoretical effort to reconcile components of the unconscious, including dreams, with the rest of the personality.
- psychotherapist — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
- psychotomimetic — (of a substance or drug) tending to produce symptoms like those of a psychosis; hallucinatory.
- punctiliousness — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- push one's luck — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- pyrocrystalline — crystallized from a molten magma or highly heated solution.
- queen's proctor — a British judiciary officer who may intervene in probate, nullity, or divorce actions when collusion, suppression of evidence, or other irregularities are alleged.
- radar telescope — (in radar astronomy) a very large radar antenna used to study planetary bodies in the solar system.
- radio telescope — a system consisting of an antenna, either parabolic or dipolar, used to gather radio waves emitted by celestial sources and bring them to a receiver placed in the focus.
- reception class — A reception class is a class that children go into when they first start school at the age of four or five.
- renal corpuscle — Malpighian body (sense 2)
- reported clause — A reported clause is a subordinate clause that indicates what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'she was hungry' is a reported clause.
- reported speech — indirect quotation
- reservoir patch — A reservoir patch is an adhesive patch enclosing an amount of medicine. The patch is applied to the skin, and the medicine in it is delivered through a membrane into the skin and into the bloodstream.
- respecification — the act of specifying.
- retail politics — a political strategy or campaign style of meeting and speaking directly to as many voters as possible: New Hampshire is a state where retail politics are decisive. Not every candidate is good at retail politics.
- retrospectively — with contemplation of past situations, events, etc.: You should examine your relationship retrospectively.
- ross dependency — a territory in Antarctica, including Ross Island, the coasts along the Ross Sea, and adjacent islands: a dependency of New Zealand. About 175,000 sq. mi. (453,250 sq. km).
- sale of produce — the selling of something that is produced, esp agricultural products
- samuel prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
- sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
- sauce espagnole — brown sauce.
- say one's piece — If you say your piece, you say everything you want to say about a particular matter without being interrupted, although people may be wanting to express opposing views.
- sb's cup of tea — If you say that someone or something is not your cup of tea, you mean that they are not the kind of person or thing that you like.
- scaphocephalous — of or relating to scaphocephalus
- 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.
- scolopendriform — resembling scolopendra
- scorpion spider — whipscorpion.
- scrape together — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- screw propeller — a rotary propelling device, as for a ship or airplane, consisting of a number of blades that radiate from a central hub and are so inclined to the plane of rotation as to tend to drive a helical path through the substance in which they rotate.
- second position — a position in which the feet are spread apart and are at right angles to the direction of the body, the toes pointing out.
- second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
- secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
- security police — a police force responsible for maintaining order at a specific locale or under specific circumstances, as at an airport or factory.
- self perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- self-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
- self-compatible — able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
- self-complacent — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
- self-conception — self-concept.
- self-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
- self-perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- self-proclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- self-production — produced by oneself or itself.