15-letter words containing p, a, s, i, o, n
- in a (bad) spot — in a bad situation; in trouble
- in a tight spot — in difficult situation
- in the shape of — You can use in the shape of to state exactly who or what you are referring to, immediately after referring to them in a general way.
- incapaciousness — the quality of not having (sufficiently) great capacity
- incompatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are incompatible, that one necessarily precludes the other.
- inoperativeness — The state or condition of being inoperative; nonfunction.
- inspection arms — a position in military drill in which the missile chamber of a weapon is open for inspection.
- inspirationally — imparting inspiration.
- intercomparison — mutual comparison
- interiorscaping — The design, installation, and maintenance of interiorscapes.
- interparoxysmal — occurring in the period or periods between paroxysms.
- interpersonally — of or pertaining to the relations between persons: He has strong interpersonal skills.
- interpretations — Plural form of interpretation.
- introspectional — Of or relating to introspection.
- ionospherically — by the ionosphere
- italian spinone — a strongly-built gun dog with a wiry white coat and pendulous ears
- juxtapositional — an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
- king's champion — a hereditary official at British coronations, representing the king (King's Champion) or the queen (Queen's Champion) who is being crowned, and having originally the function of challenging to mortal combat any person disputing the right of the new sovereign to rule.
- land of promise — Promised Land.
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
- lexical scoping — lexical scope
- lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- line of apsides — a line joining the lower and higher apsides, forming the major axis of the orbit
- lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
- macrosporangium — megasporangium.
- malpresentation — Abnormal positioning of a fetus at the time of delivery.
- mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- measuring spoon — a spoon for measuring amounts, as in cooking, usually part of a set of spoons of different sizes.
- mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
- mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
- menispermaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Menispermaceae, a family of mainly tropical and subtropical plants, most of which are woody climbers with small flowers
- mental hospital — psychiatric institution
- mephistophelean — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- mephistophelian — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- metropolitanism — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- microsporangium — a sporangium containing microspores.
- misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
- misapprehension — misunderstanding.
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- morning prayers — early-morning act of religious worship
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
- municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- napoleonic wars — French-led war in early 19th century
- nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
- negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
- neoarsphenamine — a derivative of arsenic formerly used in treating syphilis
- nephrolithiasis — (pathology) presence of calculi in kidneys.