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

  • upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
  • uropygial gland — a gland opening on the back at the base of the tail in most birds that secretes an oily fluid used by the bird in preening its feathers.
  • utility company — a company which supplies utilities, such as gas, electricity, phones, etc
  • utopia planitia — Astronomy. a plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars that was the landing site of the Viking II space probe on September 3, 1976.
  • vanishing point — a point of disappearance, cessation, or extinction: His patience had reached the vanishing point.
  • variola porcina — an acute infectious viral disease of pigs characterized by skin eruptions
  • vernier compass — a compass on a transit (vernier transit) having a vernier for adjusting magnetic bearings to read as true bearings.
  • vespertilionine — of or relating to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae, common in temperate regions and including most familiar species.
  • vine phylloxera — a homopterous insect, Phylloxera vitifolia, typically feeding on vine juices
  • voronoi polygon — (mathematics, graphics)   For a member s of a set S of points in a Euclidean space, the locus of points in the plane that are closer to s than to any other member of S.
  • voting precinct — one of several areas, each containing a polling place, into which a town or city is split for voting purposes
  • washing-up bowl — plastic bowl used for washing dishes
  • washington palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
  • water pollution — the pollution of the sea and rivers
  • weapons carrier — a light truck for transporting weapons or munitions in the field.
  • weatherproofing — Present participle of weatherproof.
  • well-positioned — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
  • whip into shape — to bring by vigorous action into the proper or desired condition
  • whoopee cushion — a type of cushion or pillow used as a practical joke that, when sat upon, produces a loud noise resembling flatulence.
  • widow's pension — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a weekly payment made to a widow
  • wilson's petrel — a small petrel, Oceanites oceanicus, that breeds in the Southern Hemisphere but ranges into the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
  • win one's spurs — a U -shaped device that slips over and straps to the heel of a boot and has a blunt, pointed, or roweled projection at the back for use by a mounted rider to urge a horse forward.
  • wind-pollinated — being pollinated by airborne pollen.
  • windfall profit — a profit that arises thanks to an external event over which the person profiting had no control
  • window envelope — an envelope with a transparent opening through which the address on the enclosure may be read.
  • window shopping — browsing store displays
  • winnie-the-pooh — a collection of children's stories (1926) by A. A. Milne.
  • winning opening — the dedans, winning gallery, or grille.
  • wood turpentine — turpentine obtained from pine trees.
  • word processing — writing, editing, and production of documents, as letters, reports, and books, through the use of a computer program or a complete computer system designed to facilitate rapid and efficient manipulation of text. Abbreviation: WP.
  • work experience — temporary job placement
  • 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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