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15-letter words containing o, p, e, n, g, l

  • pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
  • plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
  • pop one's clogs — If you say that someone has popped their clogs, you mean that they have died.
  • problem-solving — skills, process: of finding solutions
  • propylene group — the bivalent group −CH(CH 3)CH 2 −, derived from propylene or propane.
  • pseudohexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
  • public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
  • resolving power — Optics. the ability of an optical device to produce separate images of close objects.
  • rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
  • rollmop herring — a herring fillet rolled, usually around onion slices, and pickled in spiced vinegar
  • sauce espagnole — brown sauce.
  • self-exploiting — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
  • self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
  • shipping losses — the total loss of a navy's ships in wartime, esp with reference to those sunk during the Second World War
  • singapore sling — a cocktail of gin, cherry brandy, sugar, and water.
  • sleeve coupling — a cylinder joining the ends of two lengths of shafting or pipe.
  • social spending — the money that is spent on welfare payments
  • spelling reform — an attempt to change the spelling of English words to make it conform more closely to pronunciation.
  • supporting role — acting: secondary part
  • ten-pin bowling — game of skittles
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • unprogressively — in an unprogressive manner
  • upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
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