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15-letter words containing p, i, l, o, n

  • 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-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.
  • 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.
  • shipping losses — the total loss of a navy's ships in wartime, esp with reference to those sunk during the Second World War
  • simple division — a type of division to find out how many times the smaller number is contained in the larger one
  • simple equation — linear equation
  • simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
  • 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.
  • slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
  • smoke pollution — pollution caused by fuels, etc, that produce smoke when burned
  • snubfin dolphin — Australian dolphin with a small dorsal fin
  • social spending — the money that is spent on welfare payments
  • spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
  • special edition — newspaper, magazine: extra issue
  • special session — a session, as of a legislature or council, called to meet in addition to those held regularly.
  • spelling reform — an attempt to change the spelling of English words to make it conform more closely to pronunciation.
  • spin the bottle — a game in which someone spins a bottle and receives a kiss from the person at whom the bottle points on coming to rest.
  • spinal ganglion — a ganglion on the dorsal root of each spinal nerve, containing the cell bodies of sensory nerves.
  • spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
  • 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
  • spit and polish — great care in maintaining smart appearance and crisp efficiency: The commander was concerned more with spit and polish than with the company's morale.
  • starting pistol — a pistol used to give the signal to start a race
  • stilpnosiderite — a resinous variety of limonite with a black-brown colour
  • subprofessional — being below professional standards: subprofessional health care.
  • sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
  • superexaltation — extreme or supreme exaltation; the act of superexalting; the process or condition of being superexalted
  • superinvolution — an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
  • superior planet — any of the five planets whose orbits are outside the orbit of the earth, namely, the planets Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
  • supplementation — the act or process of supplementing.
  • supporting film — a film that accompanies the main feature film in a film programme
  • supporting role — acting: secondary part
  • supreme council — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
  • suspension file — a folder for documents that has protruding ends that can be hung over rails for storage
  • sycophantically — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • telescopic lens — a lens that makes distant objects appear larger and brighter
  • ten-pin bowling — game of skittles
  • the colophonian — a native of Colophon.
  • the pleistocene — the Pleistocene epoch or rock series
  • to pull strings — If you pull strings, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.
  • top-of-the-line — being the best and usually the most expensive of its kind: The company previewed its top-of-the-line carpeting.
  • topgallant sail — a sail or either of two sails set on the yard or yards of a topgallant mast.
  • transplantation — to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
  • trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
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