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16-letter words containing d, i, s, p, r, a

  • standing cypress — a plant, Ipomopsis rubra, of the southern U.S., having feathery leaves and clusters of red and yellow flowers.
  • stroboradiograph — a stroboscopic radiograph.
  • studio apartment — an apartment consisting of one main room, a kitchen or kitchenette, and a bathroom. Compare efficiency apartment.
  • superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
  • transpeptidation — the process of transferring an amino acid or group of amino acids from one compound to another.
  • trap-door spider — any of several burrowing spiders, of the family Ctenizidae, that construct a tubular nest with a hinged lid.
  • upland sandpiper — a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers.
  • videodisc player — an electronic device for playing videodiscs through a television set.
  • windfall profits — Windfall profits are excessive profits with a non-business cause such as a natural disaster.
  • windward passage — a strait in the West Indies, between Cuba and Haiti. 50 miles (80 km) wide.
  • wisconsin rapids — a city in central Wisconsin.
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