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15-letter words containing p, a, k, n

  • shrink-wrapping — a flexible plastic wrapping designed to shrink about its contours to protect and seal something
  • slap and tickle — sexual play
  • spanish paprika — a cultivated pepper, Capsicum annuum, grown originally in Spain.
  • spark generator — an alternating-current power source with a condenser discharging across a spark gap.
  • sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
  • speaking as sth — You can say 'speaking as a parent' or 'speaking as a teacher', for example, to indicate that the opinion you are giving is based on your experience as a parent or as a teacher.
  • 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.
  • speckle pattern — the visual appearance of a star as viewed through a large telescope, with irregularities caused by the distorting effect of local turbulence in the earth's atmosphere.
  • spiral notebook — a notebook held together by a coil of wire passed through small holes punched at the back edge of the covers and individual pages
  • sport one's oak — to shut this door as a sign one does not want visitors
  • sprinkler dance — a celebratory dance in which participants extend one arm and shake it to imitate the action of a rotating water sprinkler
  • stephen hawkingStephen William, born 1942, English mathematician and theoretical physicist.
  • sympathetic ink — a fluid for producing writing that is invisible until brought out by heat, chemicals, etc.; invisible ink.
  • take down a peg — to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
  • take one's pick — If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things.
  • take the plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
  • talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
  • the upper ranks — the higher divisions of the armed forces
  • to pack a punch — If something packs a punch, it has a very powerful effect.
  • university park — a city in N Texas.
  • unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • working capital — the amount of capital needed to carry on a business.
  • yorke peninsula — a peninsula in S Australia between Spencer Gulf and the Gulf of St. Vincent. 160 miles (257 km) long and 20–35 miles (32–56 km) wide.
  • you can keep it — I have no interest in what you are offering
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