15-letter words containing g, o, s, i, p
- speaking of sth — You can say speaking of something that has just been mentioned as a way of introducing a new topic which has some connection with that thing.
- spelling reform — an attempt to change the spelling of English words to make it conform more closely to pronunciation.
- spermatogenesis — the origin and development of spermatozoa.
- spill your guts — If someone spills their guts, they tell you everything about something secret or private.
- spinal ganglion — a ganglion on the dorsal root of each spinal nerve, containing the cell bodies of sensory nerves.
- 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.
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- starting pistol — a pistol used to give the signal to start a race
- stigmatophilist — a person who has stigmatophilia
- stomping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- stop at nothing — to be prepared to do anything; be unscrupulous or ruthless
- supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
- supporting role — acting: secondary part
- suppressor grid — an electrode placed between the screen grid and anode of a valve. Its negative potential, relative to both screen and anode, prevents secondary electrons from the anode reaching the screen
- symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
- symptomological — relating to symptomology
- 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.
- teng hsiao-ping — Deng Xiaoping.
- tetrasporangium — a sporangium containing four asexual spores.
- text processing — the handling of alphabetic characters by a computer
- thalassographic — relating to thalassography
- to pull strings — If you pull strings, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.
- topgallant sail — a sail or either of two sails set on the yard or yards of a topgallant mast.
- trading profits — profits made from the buying and selling of goods and services
- uncorresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
- undisappointing — not disappointing
- unprepossessing — that impresses favorably; engaging or attractive: a confident and prepossessing young man.
- unprogressively — in an unprogressive manner
- vanishing point — a point of disappearance, cessation, or extinction: His patience had reached the vanishing point.
- viper's bugloss — the blueweed.
- washing-up bowl — plastic bowl used for washing dishes
- washington palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
- window shopping — browsing store displays
- word processing — writing, editing, and production of documents, as letters, reports, and books, through the use of a computer program or a complete computer system designed to facilitate rapid and efficient manipulation of text. Abbreviation: WP.
- zoophysiologist — an expert in zoophysiology