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15-letter words containing e, p, n, d

  • spread sampling — the selection of a corpus for statistical analysis by selecting a number of short passages at random throughout the work and considering their aggregation
  • sprinkler dance — a celebratory dance in which participants extend one arm and shake it to imitate the action of a rotating water sprinkler
  • stand-up comedy — telling jokes to an audience
  • steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
  • step-and-repeat — noting or pertaining to a process by which successive photo-offset plates are produced automatically or semiautomatically with great precision: used especially in making plates for multicolor printing.
  • stilpnosiderite — a resinous variety of limonite with a black-brown colour
  • superabundantly — very or too abundantly
  • superconfidence — great or extreme confidence, overconfidence
  • superheterodyne — denoting, pertaining to, or using a method of processing received radio or video signals in which an incoming modulated wave is changed by the heterodyne process into a lower-frequency wave and then subjected to amplification and subsequent detection.
  • superindividual — greater than the individual
  • superintendence — a district or place under a superintendent.
  • superintendency — a district or place under a superintendent.
  • superordination — Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
  • surface-ripened — (of cheese) ripened on the surface by molds or other microorganisms.
  • take down a peg — to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
  • tandem-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having high-pressure and low-pressure units in tandem.
  • tax expenditure — any reduction in government revenue through preferential tax treatment, as deductions or credits.
  • the handicapped — those who are physically disabled or mentally retarded
  • the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
  • the present day — The present day is the period of history that we are in now.
  • top dead center — Top dead center is the position of an engine's piston when it is at the very top of its stroke.
  • top dead-centre — the position of the crank of a reciprocating engine or pump when the piston is at the top of its stroke
  • trading partner — a person, organization, or country with whom somebody customarily does business
  • transportedness — the quality or state of being carried away with pleasure or rapture
  • treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
  • un-supplemented — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
  • una corda pedal — soft pedal (def 1).
  • unanticipatedly — in an unanticipated or unexpected manner
  • unchoreographed — not choreographed; not pre-arranged or pre-prepared; unplanned
  • uncomprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • uncorresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
  • under suspicion — suspected of a crime
  • undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
  • undercompensate — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • underemployment — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
  • underpopulation — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
  • underprivileged — denied the enjoyment of the normal privileges or rights of a society because of low economic and social status.
  • underproduction — production that is less than normal or than is required by the demand.
  • underpublicized — lacking publicity
  • undisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or controlled
  • uninterruptedly — in a manner that is not broken, discontinued, or hindered
  • unleaded petrol — petrol containing a reduced amount of tetraethyl lead
  • unpolished rice — a partly refined rice, hulled and deprived of its germ but retaining some bran.
  • unpractisedness — the quality or state of being unpractised
  • unprecedentedly — without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled: an unprecedented event.
  • unprotected sex — an act of sexual intercourse or sodomy performed without the use of a condom, thus involving the risk of sexually transmitted diseases
  • unprotectedness — the state of being unprotected or defenceless against attack
  • unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
  • vice-presidency — the position of a person who ranks immediately below the chief executive or head of state of a republic, esp of the US, and serves as his deputy
  • vincent de paul — Saint, 1576–1660, French Roman Catholic priest noted for his work to aid the poor.
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