15-letter words containing p, i, s, t
- self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
- self-compatible — able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
- 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-punishment — the act of punishing.
- self-respecting — You can use self-respecting with a noun describing a particular type of person to indicate that something is typical of, or necessary for, that type of person.
- 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.
- semitransparent — imperfectly or almost transparent.
- sensitive plant — Also called humble plant. a tropical American plant, Mimosa pudica, cultivated in greenhouses, having bipinnate leaves whose leaflets fold together when touched.
- september rains — rainy weather during the month of September
- 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.
- serpentine jade — a green variety of serpentine used as a gem: not a true jade.
- serum hepatitis — hepatitis B.
- sexual politics — the differences in the amount of power that male and female people have in a society or group
- sheffield plate — sheet copper with a cladding of silver.
- ship's articles — a type of contract by which sailors agree to the conditions, payment, etc, for the ship in which they are going to work
- ship's manifest — a list of the shipments or cargo that a vessel is carrying
- 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.
- shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
- side impact bar — A side impact bar is a long beam in a car door that is designed to protect passengers during a crash.
- sidesplittingly — in a side-splitting manner
- sign the pledge — to make a vow to abstain from alcoholic drink
- simple equation — linear equation
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- simple fracture — a fracture in which the bone does not pierce the skin.
- simple interest — interest payable only on the principal; interest that is not compounded.
- simple interval — an interval of an octave or less.
- simple majority — less than half of the total votes cast but more than the minimum required to win, as when there are more than two candidates or choices.
- simple sentence — a sentence having only one clause, as I saw her the day before yesterday.
- simplicidentate — belonging or pertaining to the Simplicidentata, formerly regarded as a suborder or division of rodents having only one pair of upper incisor teeth.
- sinorespiratory — of, relating to, or affecting the paranasal sinuses and the respiratory tract.
- situs picketing — common situs picketing.
- slab plastering — coarse plastering, as between the studs in a half-timbered wall.
- slap and tickle — sexual play
- sleeping beauty — a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
- sleeping tablet — A sleeping tablet is the same as a sleeping pill.
- slide projector — device for showing slides
- slumpflationary — of or relating to slumpflation