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15-letter words containing s, h, a, p

  • bishop auckland — a town in N England, in central Durham: seat of the bishops of Durham since the 12th century: light industries. Pop: 24 764 (2001)
  • blasphemousness — the quality of being blasphemous
  • box the compass — to name the compass points in order
  • brachial plexus — a network of nerves in the armpits and neck, innervating the shoulders, arms, and hands.
  • breathing space — A breathing space is a short period of time between two activities in which you can recover from the first activity and prepare for the second one.
  • broca's aphasia — a type of aphasia caused by a lesion in Broca's area of the brain, characterized by misarticulated speech and lack of grammatical morphemes.
  • brushback pitch — a fast ball deliberately thrown at or too near a batter's head
  • cape chelyuskin — a cape in N central Russia, in N Siberia at the end of the Taimyr Peninsula: the northernmost point of Asia
  • captain's chair — a hardwood armchair having a low, curved back, formed of a single rail supported by spindles, and a saddle seat
  • catastrophising — Present participle of catastrophise.
  • catastrophizing — Present participle of catastrophize.
  • cephalothoraxes — Plural form of cephalothorax.
  • chairpersonship — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
  • champagne glass — a glass for drinking champagne, either a glass with a wide mouth and a roughly triangular shape or a tall flute
  • character space — a space in a computer file into which a character can be fitted or which can be left blank
  • charleston peak — a mountain in SE Nevada: highest peak in the Spring Mountains. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
  • cheap assembler — (tool)   (CHASM) A shareware assembler for MS-DOS.
  • chemoautotrophs — Plural form of chemoautotroph.
  • chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
  • chenopodiaceous — belonging to the Chenopodiaceae, formerly the goosefoot family, now considered part of the amaranth family of plants.
  • chile saltpeter — sodium nitrate, esp. as found naturally in Chile and Peru
  • chile saltpetre — a naturally occurring form of sodium nitrate: a soluble white or colourless mineral occurring in arid regions, esp in Chile and Peru
  • chinese parsley — coriander leaves used as an herb; cilantro
  • chopped almonds — almonds cut into small pieces
  • choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
  • christadelphian — a member of a Christian millenarian sect founded in the US about 1848, holding that only the just will enter eternal life, that the wicked will be annihilated, and that the ignorant, the unconverted, and infants will not be raised from the dead
  • christmas party — a party organized before Christmas, usually by a firm or organization
  • chryse planitia — a plain on Mars, the landing site of the Viking I spacecraft.
  • claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
  • coachwhip snake — a slender nonvenomous snake, Masticophis flagellum, of the US
  • comparison-shop — to compare prices and quality of competing merchandise.
  • compotationship — the state of being a compotator or drinking companion
  • conservatorship — the legal status of a person appointed by a court to protect the interests of someone, such as a child, who is unable to manage his or her own affairs
  • copper sulphate — a copper salt found naturally as chalcanthite and made by the action of sulphuric acid on copper oxide. It usually exists as blue crystals of the pentahydrate that form a white anhydrous powder when heated: used as a mordant, in electroplating, and in plant sprays. Formula: CuSO4
  • counterpurchase — barter, especially of products or materials between international companies or importers and exporters.
  • couples therapy — a counseling procedure that attempts to improve the adaptation and adjustment of two people who form a conjugal unit.
  • craftswomanship — The body of skills, techniques, and expertise of (a) feminine craft(s).
  • crash programme — a short intensive programme to learn a skill, language, etc
  • crescent-shaped — having the shape of a crescent
  • cricopharyngeus — (anatomy) Part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, arising from the cricoid cartilage.
  • crystallography — the science concerned with the formation, properties, and structure of crystals
  • cushion capital — a capital, used in Byzantine, Romanesque, and Norman architecture, in the form of a bowl with a square top
  • cytotrophoblast — the thickened, inner part of the mammalian placenta nearest to the fetus, covering the chorion during early pregnancy
  • delta hepatitis — a severe form of hepatitis caused by an incomplete virus (delta virus) that links to the hepatitis B virus for its replication.
  • dephlogisticate — to reduce or remove inflammation from
  • dephosphorylate — to remove a phosphate group from (an organic compound)
  • dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
  • dermatographism — a condition in which touching or lightly scratching the skin causes raised, reddish marks.
  • dermatophytosis — a fungal infection of the skin, esp the feet
  • diaheliotropism — the tendency among plants to respond to the light of the sun by orienting their leaves perpendicular to the sun's rays, such that the upper surface of the leaves receives maximum light
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