15-letter words containing p, r, a, i, s
- insuperableness — The quality of being insuperable or insurmountable; insuperability.
- insurance stamp — an insurance contribution
- intemperateness — The quality of being intemperate.
- intercomparison — mutual comparison
- interiorscaping — The design, installation, and maintenance of interiorscapes.
- internal spline — any one of a series of grooves in a mating part into which external splines fit to prevent movement between two parts, esp in transmitting torque
- interparoxysmal — occurring in the period or periods between paroxysms.
- interpenetrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interpenetrate.
- 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
- ipsissima verba — with the very words; verbatim.
- iridocapsulitis — inflammation of the iris and the capsule of the lens.
- irreparableness — The quality of being irreparable.
- isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
- italian cypress — a tall Eurasian cypress, cupressus sempervirens, native to the eastern Mediterranean region
- jupiter's-beard — red valerian.
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- kleptoparasites — Plural form of kleptoparasite.
- kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
- knife-sharpener — a kitchen implement that is used to sharpen knives
- land of promise — Promised Land.
- least sandpiper — a small, American sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, related to the stints of Europe.
- leaving present — a present given to a person when they leave a job, place etc
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
- lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
- lords spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- low pass filter — (electronics, graphics) A filter that attenuates high frequency components of a signal. In image processing, a low pass filter might be used to remove noise from an image.
- low-pass filter — a filter that transmits all frequencies below a specified value, substantially attenuating frequencies above this value
- luster painting — a method of decorating glazed pottery with metallic pigment, originated in Persia, popular from the 9th through the mid-19th centuries.
- macroscopically — visible to the naked eye. Compare microscopic (def 1).
- macrosporangium — megasporangium.
- magnetic stripe — magnetic strip.
- male prostitute — man who has sex for money
- malpresentation — Abnormal positioning of a fetus at the time of delivery.
- marsupial mouse — any of various mouse-sized to rat-sized marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, occurring in Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania: some species are rare or endangered.
- mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- massed practice — learning with no intervals or short intervals between successive bouts of learning
- master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- mastoid process — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- 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.
- membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
- 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
- mermaid's purse — the horny or leathery egg case of certain cartilaginous fishes, as skates.
- metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
- metamorphosizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metamorphosize.