15-letter words containing s, e, p, h, a, r
- imperishability — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- inapprehensible — That cannot be apprehended; not apprehensible to or graspable by either body or mind.
- ionospherically — by the ionosphere
- joseph jacquard — Joseph Marie [zhoh-zef ma-ree] /ʒoʊˈzɛf ma ri/ (Show IPA), 1752–1834, French inventor.
- knife-sharpener — a kitchen implement that is used to sharpen knives
- latter prophets — a subdivision of the books constituting the second main part of the Hebrew Bible, comprising those books which in Christian tradition are alone called the Prophets and which are divided into Major Prophets and Minor Prophets
- learn the ropes — become familiar with sth
- mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
- membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
- metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
- metamorphosizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metamorphosize.
- microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
- misapprehending — Present participle of misapprehend.
- misapprehension — misunderstanding.
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- napier-hastings — a seaport on E North Island, in New Zealand.
- natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
- nearly-new shop — a shop that sells secondhand clothes and other objects
- neoarsphenamine — a derivative of arsenic formerly used in treating syphilis
- nephrolithiasis — (pathology) presence of calculi in kidneys.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- new hampshirite — of New Hampshire
- nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
- organophosphate — Biochemistry. any of a variety of organic compounds that contain phosphorus and often have intense neurotoxic activity: originally developed as nerve gases, now widely used as insecticides and fire retardants.
- overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
- parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
- parish magazine — a magazine containing news and articles of interest to the people of a particular parish church or the local area
- parish register — the register of the christenings, marriages, and burials in a parish.
- parmesan cheese — of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
- parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
- pass-the-parcel — a children's game in which a parcel with lots of wrappings is passed round while music plays; each time the music stops the person holding the parcel takes a layer of wrapping off
- passenger coach — a carriage in which passengers sit
- passport holder — a person who has a passport
- penshurst place — a 14th-century mansion near Tunbridge Wells in Kent: birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney; gardens laid out from 1560
- personal growth — development as an individual
- phosphate group — the group or radical obtained by removal of one or more hydrogen atoms from phosphoric acid.
- 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.
- phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
- phrasemongering — the act of coining memorable phrases
- physical memory — (memory management) The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
- physiotherapist — physical therapy.
- pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
- 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.
- planter's punch — a punch made with rum, lime juice, sugar, and water or soda.
- plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
- 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
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- potash feldspar — any of the feldspar minerals having the composition KAlSi 3 O 8 , as orthoclase.
- power macintosh — Power Mac