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14-letter words containing s, a, h, r, n, p

  • parking lights — the parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width
  • parrot-fashion — If you learn or repeat something parrot-fashion, you do it accurately but without really understanding what it means.
  • paschen series — a series of lines in the infrared spectrum of hydrogen.
  • passenger ship — a ship carrying passengers
  • personal chair — a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • phantasmagoria — a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
  • phantasmagoric — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
  • phase-wrapping — (MIT) wrap around.
  • phenosafranine — safranine (def 2).
  • philanthropist — a person who practices philanthropy.
  • pinking shears — shears that have notched blades, for cutting and simultaneously pinking fabric or for finishing garments with a notched, nonfraying edge.
  • pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • prawn-sandwich — characterizing or belonging to the type of spectator at a football match who is motivated to attend more by the corporate hospitality available than a true devotion to a particular club
  • preanaesthetic — a drug administered prior to an anaesthetic
  • pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.
  • profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • profit-sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • prosencephalon — the forebrain.
  • protohistorian — a student of or expert in protohistory
  • pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
  • psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
  • psilanthropist — a person who believes that Jesus was merely human
  • purse snatcher — wallet thief
  • pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
  • riemann sphere — a sphere used for a stereographic projection.
  • scrap merchant — dealer in discarded materials
  • shakespeareana — collected writings or items relating to Shakespeare
  • shoe repairing — the trade of mending shoes
  • shooting party — a social gathering when people shoot game together
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
  • siphonapterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Siphonaptera, comprising the fleas.
  • sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
  • south portland — a city in SW Maine.
  • spanish arabic — the Arabic language as used in Spain during the period of Moorish domination and influence, c900–1500. Abbreviation: SpAr.
  • spanish armada — Armada (def 1).
  • spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
  • spanish dagger — a stemless or short-trunked plant, Yucca gloriosa, of the agave family, native to the southeastern U.S., having leaves nearly 2½ feet (75 cm) long, with a stiff, sharp point, and greenish-white or reddish flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide.
  • spanish guitar — acoustic guitar.
  • spanish sahara — former name of Western Sahara.
  • spanner wrench — a spanner with a fixed opening that cannot be adjusted to different sizes
  • sparring match — a practice boxing match
  • spear-phishing — the practice of sending fraudulent e-mails to extract financial data from computer users for purposes of identity theft, by mimicking a sender that the recipient knows
  • spearfisherman — a person who engages in spearfishing.
  • special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
  • speech-reading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
  • speed merchant — a person who habitually drives too fast in a motor vehicle
  • spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
  • spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
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