15-letter words containing i, r, s, h, e, p
- spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
- spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
- 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.
- st. christopher — Saint, died a.d. c250, Christian martyr.
- stirrup leather — the strap that holds the stirrup of a saddle.
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
- stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
- sulphur dioxide — a colourless soluble pungent gas produced by burning sulphur. It is both an oxidizing and a reducing agent and is used in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, the preservation of a wide range of foodstuffs (E220), bleaching, and disinfecting. Formula: SO2
- sympathy strike — a strike by a body of workers, not because of grievances against their own employer, but by way of endorsing and aiding another group of workers who are on strike or have been locked out.
- symphony writer — a composer of an extended large-scale orchestral composition, usually with several movements, at least one of which is in sonata form
- the disappeared — people who have been arrested secretly or abuducted and presumably imprisoned or killed
- the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
- 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.
- threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
- tiglath-pileser — died 727 b.c, king of Assyria 745–727.
- trainspotterish — obsessed with trivial details, esp of a subject generally considered uninteresting
- unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended
- uncomprehensive — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
- unpolished rice — a partly refined rice, hulled and deprived of its germ but retaining some bran.
- vindhya pradesh — a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- whippersnappers — Plural form of whippersnapper.
- white corpuscle — white blood cell.
- white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.
- with respect to — as regards