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15-letter words containing l, e, p, s

  • seafood platter — a plate of assorted seafood, served in a restaurant
  • second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
  • security police — a police force responsible for maintaining order at a specific locale or under specific circumstances, as at an airport or factory.
  • seidlitz powder — a laxative consisting of two powders, tartaric acid and a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt (sodium potassium tartrate)
  • seleucia pieria — an ancient port in Syria, on the River Orontes: the port of Antioch, of military importance during the wars between the Ptolemies and Seleucids; largely destroyed by earthquake in 526; site of present-day Samandaǧ (Turkey)
  • self perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
  • self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
  • self-acceptance — the act of taking or receiving something offered.
  • self-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
  • self-compatible — able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
  • self-complacent — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
  • self-conception — self-concept.
  • self-dependence — the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
  • self-discipline — discipline and training of oneself, usually for improvement: Acquiring the habit of promptness requires self-discipline.
  • self-employment — the act or fact of being self-employed.
  • self-exploiting — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
  • self-expression — the expression or assertion of one's own personality, as in conversation, behavior, poetry, or painting.
  • self-expressive — the expression or assertion of one's own personality, as in conversation, behavior, poetry, or painting.
  • self-hypnotized — hypnotized by oneself.
  • self-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
  • self-oppression — the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse conditions, anxiety, etc.
  • self-perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
  • self-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
  • self-possession — the quality of being self-possessed; control of one's feelings, behavior, etc.; composure; poise.
  • self-preference — the act of preferring.
  • self-prescribed — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
  • self-preserving — preservation of oneself from harm or destruction.
  • self-proclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
  • self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
  • self-propulsion — propulsion by a vehicle's own engine, motor, or the like.
  • self-protection — protection of oneself or itself.
  • self-punishment — the act of punishing.
  • self-respecting — You can use self-respecting with a noun describing a particular type of person to indicate that something is typical of, or necessary for, that type of person.
  • self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
  • seller's option — (on the New York Stock Exchange) a special transaction that gives the seller the right to make late delivery of a security within a specified period, ranging from 5 to not more than 60 business days for stocks.
  • sensitive plant — Also called humble plant. a tropical American plant, Mimosa pudica, cultivated in greenhouses, having bipinnate leaves whose leaflets fold together when touched.
  • separate school — (in Canada) a school for a large religious minority financed by its rates and administered by its own school board but under the authority of the provincial department of education
  • sepoy rebellion — the Indian Mutiny of 1857–58
  • septendecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 54 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 102 zeros.
  • septentrionally — northwards; in the direction of the north
  • serendipitously — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • sewage disposal — waste processing
  • sexual politics — the differences in the amount of power that male and female people have in a society or group
  • shark repellent — any tactic used by a corporation to prevent a takeover by a corporate raider.
  • sheffield plate — sheet copper with a cladding of silver.
  • ship's articles — a type of contract by which sailors agree to the conditions, payment, etc, for the ship in which they are going to work
  • shipping losses — the total loss of a navy's ships in wartime, esp with reference to those sunk during the Second World War
  • shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
  • shove-halfpenny — a shuffleboard game played with coins or brass disks that are pushed by the hand and thumb down a board toward a scoring pit.
  • sibling species — one of two or more species that closely resemble one another but whose members cannot interbreed successfully.
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