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15-letter words containing s, a, r, i, n, e

  • organomagnesium — pertaining to or noting an organic compound, especially an organic halide, containing magnesium linked to carbon.
  • over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • over-estimation — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
  • over-passionate — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
  • overbearingness — Quality of being overbearing.
  • overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • overstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • painter's colic — Pathology. lead poisoning causing intense intestinal pain.
  • pan-americanism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the countries of North, Central, and South America.
  • panzer division — an armored division of the German army, especially in World War II, consisting chiefly of tanks and organized for making rapid attacks.
  • paracel islands — a group of uninhabited islets and reefs in the N South China Sea, the subject of territorial claims by China and Vietnam
  • paraffin series — methane series
  • parallel cousin — a cousin who is the child either of one's mother's sister or of one's father's brother.
  • parasiticalness — the condition or characteristic of being parasitic
  • parish magazine — a magazine containing news and articles of interest to the people of a particular parish church or the local area
  • pars intermedia — a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.
  • parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • passenger train — railway train that carries people
  • pavement artist — sidewalk artist.
  • pearly nautilus — nautilus (def 1).
  • pedestrian mall — A pedestrian mall is the same as a pedestrian precinct.
  • pematangsiantar — a city on NE Sumatra, in Indonesia.
  • penal servitude — imprisonment together with hard labor.
  • penetrativeness — the quality or condition of being penetrative
  • performing arts — dance, drama, music
  • personal friend — a person who is a friend, rather than a colleague or acquaintance
  • personal injury — injury to an individual
  • personalization — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
  • personification — the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
  • peruvian balsam — Peru balsam.
  • peter of amiens — c1050–1115, French monk: preacher of the first Crusade 1095–99.
  • petit serjeanty — serjeanty in which the tenant renders services of an impersonal nature to the king, as providing him annually with an implement of war, as a lance or bow.
  • phosphocreatine — a compound, C 4 H 1 0 O 5 N 3 P, found chiefly in muscle, formed by the enzymatic interaction of an organic phosphate and creatine, the breakdown of which provides energy for muscle contraction.
  • phrasemongering — the act of coining memorable phrases
  • pilsner glass's — a pale, light lager beer.
  • pine tree state — Maine (used as a nickname).
  • pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
  • pithecanthropus — a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
  • plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
  • planet-stricken — believed to be adversely affected mentally or physically by the planets
  • plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
  • platform tennis — a variation of tennis played on a wooden platform enclosed with chicken wire in which the players hit a rubber ball with wooden paddles following the same basic rules as tennis except that only one serve is permitted and balls can be played off the back and side fences.
  • pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
  • police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
  • polycrystalline — (of a rock or metal) composed of aggregates of individual crystals.
  • pontine marshes — an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932–34 after numerous attempts since 160 bc had failed
  • port wine stain — a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
  • port-wine stain — a large birthmark of purplish color, usually on the face or neck.
  • post-liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
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