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15-letter words containing s, c, r, o, g

  • posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
  • process costing — a method of assigning costs to production processes where products must of necessity be produced in one continuous process, with unit cost arrived at by averaging units produced to the total cost of the process.
  • process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
  • procrastinating — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • prognostication — the act of prognosticating.
  • prognosticators — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
  • programme music — music that is intended to depict or evoke a scene or idea
  • progress chaser — a person employed to make sure at each stage, esp of a manufacturing process, that a piece of work is on schedule and is delivered to the customer on time
  • progressivistic — characteristic of a progressivist
  • pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
  • psychobiography — a biographical study focusing on psychological factors, as childhood traumas and unconscious motives.
  • psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
  • psychographical — relating to psychographics
  • puffin crossing — a UK pedestrian road crossing with traffic lights signalling red to stop the traffic flow when pedestrians are seen on the crossing by infrared detectors. The green signal reappears when no pedestrians are seen on the crossing
  • register office — building where civil records are kept
  • registry office — a government office and depository in which records and civil registers are kept and civil marriages performed.
  • right ascension — the arc of the celestial equator measured eastward from the vernal equinox to the foot of the great circle passing through the celestial poles and a given point on the celestial sphere, expressed in degrees or hours.
  • right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
  • right to choose — the right of a woman to have a legal abortion if she chooses to do so.
  • robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
  • rural sociology — the sociological study of life in rural areas and the effects of ruralization.
  • sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
  • scavenge stroke — (in a reciprocating engine) the stroke of a piston in a four-stroke cycle that pushes the burnt gases out as exhaust
  • schooner-rigged — rigged as a schooner, especially with gaff sails and staysails only.
  • scolding bridle — branks.
  • scrape together — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
  • scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
  • scrounge around — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
  • second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
  • secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
  • secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
  • securicor guard — a guard who works for Securicor
  • self-correcting — automatically adjusting to or correcting mistakes, malfunctions, etc.: a self-correcting mechanism.
  • self-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
  • semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
  • sharing economy — a system in which people rent, borrow, or share commodities, services, and resources owned by individuals, usually with the aid of online technology, in an effort to save money, cut costs, and reduce waste.
  • shooting script — a motion-picture scenario having the scenes arranged in the order in which they are to be photographed.
  • 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.
  • shoulder charge — an instance of a player charging into another so that there is contact between their shoulders (permissible in some circumstances)
  • smoking-concert — a concert where smoking is allowed.
  • social drinking — the practice of drinking alcohol occasionally and usually only in social situations
  • social heritage — the entire inherited pattern of cultural activity present in a society.
  • social register — a directory or list of people prominent in the fashionable society of a given area
  • social-drinking — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
  • sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
  • source language — the language in which a text appears that is to be translated into another language. Compare target language (def 1).
  • southern gothic — a literary genre depicting life in the southern US and featuring grotesque themes and imagery
  • 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.
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