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15-letter words containing r, h, e, o, p, i

  • rollmop herring — a herring fillet rolled, usually around onion slices, and pickled in spiced vinegar
  • schopenhauerian — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
  • schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
  • self-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
  • semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
  • share ownership — the owning of shares in a company
  • shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
  • 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.
  • somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
  • southern paiute — See under Paiute (def 2).
  • spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
  • spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
  • speech disorder — an inability to produce normal speech
  • sphaerosiderite — a type of siderite
  • spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
  • spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
  • sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
  • st. christopher — Saint, died a.d. c250, Christian martyr.
  • strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
  • stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
  • sulphur dioxide — a colourless soluble pungent gas produced by burning sulphur. It is both an oxidizing and a reducing agent and is used in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, the preservation of a wide range of foodstuffs (E220), bleaching, and disinfecting. Formula: SO2
  • symphony writer — a composer of an extended large-scale orchestral composition, usually with several movements, at least one of which is in sonata form
  • the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
  • the phanerozoic — the Phanerozoic era
  • the prime mover — God, esp when considered as a first cause
  • the proprieties — the standards of behaviour considered correct by polite society
  • the proterozoic — the Proterozoic Eon or its rocks
  • the riot police — the section of the police force that is trained to deal with people who cause trouble in public places
  • theriomorphosis — transformation into an animal form, often associated with mythological characters
  • thermoperiodism — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
  • threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
  • trainspotterish — obsessed with trivial details, esp of a subject generally considered uninteresting
  • uncomprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • uncomprehensive — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • unpolished rice — a partly refined rice, hulled and deprived of its germ but retaining some bran.
  • vine phylloxera — a homopterous insect, Phylloxera vitifolia, typically feeding on vine juices
  • weatherproofing — Present participle of weatherproof.
  • white corpuscle — white blood cell.
  • with respect to — as regards
  • xerographically — In a xerographic way; by xerography.
  • xeroradiography — an x-ray utilizing a specially coated plate that allows a picture to be developed without the use of liquid chemicals.
  • zoogeographical — Pertaining to zoogeography.
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