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

  • reprivatization — the action or process of reprivatizing, or an instance thereof
  • respecification — the act of specifying.
  • retroperitoneal — of or relating to the area behind the abdominal lining, where organs such as the kidneys and bladder are located
  • rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
  • rocket airplane — an airplane propelled wholly or mainly by a rocket engine.
  • round-trip time — (RTT) A measure of the current delay on a network, found by timing a packet bounced off some remote host. This can be done with ping -s.
  • roving reporter — a reporter who travels around, rather than staying in a fixed place
  • sales promotion — the methods or techniques for creating public acceptance of or interest in a product, usually in addition to standard merchandising techniques, as advertising or personal selling, and generally consisting of the offer of free samples, gifts made to a purchaser, or the like.
  • san luis potosi — a state in central Mexico. 24,415 sq. mi. (63,235 sq. km).
  • sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
  • scpi consortium — (body)   A body established to promote Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments. Address: 8380 Hercules Drive, Suite P3, La Mesa, CA 91942, USA.
  • scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
  • second position — a position in which the feet are spread apart and are at right angles to the direction of the body, the toes pointing out.
  • self perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
  • self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
  • self-conception — self-concept.
  • self-exploiting — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
  • self-hypnotized — hypnotized by oneself.
  • self-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
  • self-perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
  • self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
  • shooting script — a motion-picture scenario having the scenes arranged in the order in which they are to be photographed.
  • shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
  • shopping center — a group of stores within a single architectural plan, supplying most of the basic shopping needs, especially in suburban areas.
  • shopping centre — A shopping centre is a specially built area containing a lot of different shops.
  • simple equation — linear equation
  • simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
  • sinorespiratory — of, relating to, or affecting the paranasal sinuses and the respiratory tract.
  • slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation
  • smoke pollution — pollution caused by fuels, etc, that produce smoke when burned
  • southern paiute — See under Paiute (def 2).
  • spanish bayonet — any of certain plants belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, having narrow, spine-tipped leaves and a cluster of white flowers.
  • spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
  • spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
  • sparcstation 10 — (computer)   A SPARCStation with a 4-way associative data cache and a five-way associative instruction cache. The 10/31, 10/41 and 10/51 also have a secondary cache not present on earlier SPARCStations.
  • sparcstation 20 — (computer)   A SPARCStation based on the HyperSPARC processor. The 20 is compatible with the earlier SPARCstation 10. It has a clock rate of 100MHz and delivers a SPECfp92 of 127.6. The SPARCstation 20 Model 71 and 712MP uses the 75MHz SuperSPARC processors that give a 35% and 14% boost to SPECint92 and SPECfp92 respectively compared to the 61/612MP.
  • 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.
  • special edition — newspaper, magazine: extra issue
  • speed indicator — an instrument for counting the number of revolutions of a gasoline engine.
  • spermatogenesis — the origin and development of spermatozoa.
  • spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
  • 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.
  • 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
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