15-letter words containing s, a, h, r, n, p
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- probationership — the position of a probationer
- process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
- proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
- pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
- psychohistorian — a person who writes psychohistory
- 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.
- scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
- semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
- share ownership — the owning of shares in a company
- shark repellent — any tactic used by a corporation to prevent a takeover by a corporate raider.
- shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
- shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
- shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
- shrink-wrapping — a flexible plastic wrapping designed to shrink about its contours to protect and seal something
- southern paiute — See under Paiute (def 2).
- spanish america — the Spanish-speaking countries south of the U.S.: Mexico, Central America (with the exception of Belize), South America (with the exceptions of Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname), and most of the West Indies.
- spanish morocco — French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone.
- spanish paprika — a cultivated pepper, Capsicum annuum, grown originally in Spain.
- spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
- speech training — training designed to improve spoken skills, such as voice projection
- spherical angle — an angle formed by arcs of great circles of a sphere.
- spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
- spinach-rhubarb — an Ethiopian plant, Rumex abyssinicus, of the buckwheat family, having leaves that are sometimes used as spinach and leafstalks sometimes used as rhubarb.
- splanchnopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
- 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.
- 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
- the present day — The present day is the period of history that we are in now.
- the upper ranks — the higher divisions of the armed forces
- trainspotterish — obsessed with trivial details, esp of a subject generally considered uninteresting
- trans-euphrates — a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey through Syria and Iraq, joining the Tigris to form the Shatt-al-Arab near the Persian Gulf. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
- ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
- unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended
- vanishing spray — a substance that disperses without trace shortly after it is sprayed onto a surface, used in football to mark a temporary line behind which defenders must stand when a free kick is taken
- vindhya pradesh — a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- whiplash injury — the lash of a whip.
- whippersnappers — Plural form of whippersnapper.