15-letter words containing e, p, i, s, t, o
- symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
- sympathomimetic — mimicking stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- symphony writer — a composer of an extended large-scale orchestral composition, usually with several movements, at least one of which is in sonata form
- synectics group — a group of people of varied background that meets to attempt creative solutions of problems through the unrestricted exercise of imagination and the correlation of disparate elements.
- take one's pick — If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things.
- telescopic lens — a lens that makes distant objects appear larger and brighter
- teng hsiao-ping — Deng Xiaoping.
- tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
- text processing — the handling of alphabetic characters by a computer
- the pleistocene — the Pleistocene epoch or rock series
- the proprieties — the standards of behaviour considered correct by polite society
- theriomorphosis — transformation into an animal form, often associated with mythological characters
- thermoperiodism — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
- thomas à kempis — Thomas à, 1379?–1471, German ecclesiastic and author.
- threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
- to play footsie — If someone plays footsie with you, they touch your feet with their own feet, for example under a table, often as a playful way of expressing their romantic or sexual feelings towards you.
- trainspotterish — obsessed with trivial details, esp of a subject generally considered uninteresting
- trapdoor spider — any of various, often large, spiders (esp. family Ctenizidae) that dig a burrow and cover the entrance with a hinged lid like a trapdoor
- treaty of paris — a treaty of 1763 signed by Britain, France, and Spain that ended their involvement in the Seven Years' War
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- uncompassionate — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- unpretentiously — without pretension
- unprotestantize — to make something (e.g. a church, country, etc) a religion other than Protestant
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- vespertilionine — of or relating to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae, common in temperate regions and including most familiar species.
- visible exports — goods sold to a foreign country or countries
- visible imports — products that a company or country buys from other countries
- well-positioned — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- whip into shape — to bring by vigorous action into the proper or desired condition
- white corpuscle — white blood cell.
- wilson's petrel — a small petrel, Oceanites oceanicus, that breeds in the Southern Hemisphere but ranges into the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- with respect to — as regards