15-letter words containing s, e, r, p, n
- grafenberg spot — a patch of tissue in the front wall of the vagina, claimed to be erectile and highly erogenous.
- green sandpiper — a species of sandpiper, Tringa ochropus, with a greenish back and wings
- group insurance — life, accident, or health insurance available to a group of persons, as the employees of a company, under a single contract, usually without regard to physical condition or age of the individuals.
- hardhead sponge — any of several commercial sponges, as Spongia officinalis dura, of the West Indies and Central America, having a harsh, fibrous, resilient skeleton.
- hautes-pyrenees — a department in SW France. 1751 sq. mi. (4535 sq. km). Capital: Tarbes.
- hip measurement — a measurement around the hips at the level of the buttocks used in clothing and assessing general health
- hopeful monster — a hypothetical individual organism that, by means of a fortuitous macromutation permitting an adaptive shift to a new mode of life, becomes the founder of a new type of organism and a vehicle of macroevolution.
- hopper casement — a casement with a sash hinged at the bottom.
- hospital corner — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
- housing project — a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.
- hundred's place — hundred (def 8).
- hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
- hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
- hyperanakinesia — abnormally active mechanical movement, especially of the stomach or intestine.
- hyperbolic sine — one of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances of a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes; sinh
- hyperextensible — Capable of being stretched and extended.
- hyperinsulinism — excessive insulin in the blood, resulting in hypoglycemia.
- hyperovarianism — precocious sexuality in girls due to abnormally heavy ovarian secretion.
- hyperresponsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
- hypersensitized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersensitize.
- hypersomnolence — sleepy; drowsy.
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- identity papers — law: legal documents
- immune response — any of the body's immunologic reactions to an antigen.
- imperviableness — the state of being imperviable
- importunateness — Quality of being importunate.
- impregnableness — The state of being impregnable; impregnability.
- impressibleness — The state of being impressible; impressibility.
- impressionistic — a person who follows or adheres to the theories, methods, and practices of impressionism, especially in the fields of painting, music, or literature.
- impulse turbine — a turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor.
- inapprehensible — That cannot be apprehended; not apprehensible to or graspable by either body or mind.
- incomprehension — lack of comprehension or understanding: The audience listened politely but with incomprehension.
- incomprehensive — not comprehensive.
- indirect speech — Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words: for example, 'They said you didn't like it', 'I asked him what his plans were', and 'Citizens complained about the smoke'.
- ingush republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: part of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Republic from 1936 until 1992. Capital: Magas (formerly at Nazran). Pop: 468 900 (2002). Area: 3600 sq km (1390 sq miles)
- inoperativeness — The state or condition of being inoperative; nonfunction.
- inopportuneness — The quality of being inopportune.
- inseparableness — The quality or state of being inseparable.
- inspection arms — a position in military drill in which the missile chamber of a weapon is open for inspection.
- insuperableness — The quality of being insuperable or insurmountable; insuperability.
- insurance stamp — an insurance contribution
- intemperateness — The quality of being intemperate.
- intercomparison — mutual comparison
- interior-sprung — (esp of a mattress) containing springs
- interiorscaping — The design, installation, and maintenance of interiorscapes.
- internal spline — any one of a series of grooves in a mating part into which external splines fit to prevent movement between two parts, esp in transmitting torque
- interparoxysmal — occurring in the period or periods between paroxysms.
- interpenetrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interpenetrate.