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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.
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