16-letter words containing s, i, n, e, p
- transfer pricing — the setting of a price for the transfer of raw materials, components, products, or services between the trading units of a large organization
- transpeptidation — the process of transferring an amino acid or group of amino acids from one compound to another.
- transport police — the national police force for railways in Britain, which protects rail operators, staff and passengers
- trial separation — an experimental period of living apart
- triple-expansion — noting a power source, especially a steam engine, using the same fluid at three successive stages of expansion to do work in three or more cylinders.
- turn upside down — invert
- un-reprehensible — deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
- unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
- uncinate process — a curved, bony process on certain ribs of birds that projects backward and overlaps the succeeding rib, serving to strengthen the thorax.
- uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- underconsumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- ungava peninsula — a peninsula in NW Ungava region, in N Quebec, in E Canada.
- unimpressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- union membership — members of a trade union
- unissued capital — authorized capital that has not yet been issued as shares
- united provinces — (used with a singular or plural verb) former name of Uttar Pradesh.
- unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
- unrepresentative — a person or thing that represents another or others.
- unresponsiveness — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- upland sandpiper — a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers.
- upside-down cake — a cake that is baked on a layer of fruit, then turned before serving so that the fruit is on top.
- upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
- verneuil process — a process for making synthetic rubies, sapphires, spinels, etc., by the fusion at high temperatures of powdered compounds.
- washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
- water-base paint — latex paint.
- weatherstripping — A piece of weatherstrip material.
- well-disciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
- west springfield — a city in SW Massachusetts, near Springfield.
- windowpane shell — capiz.
- windscreen wiper — A windscreen wiper is a device that wipes rain from a vehicle's windscreen.
- windshield wiper — an electrically or pneumatically operated device consisting of a squeegee connected to a mechanical arm designed to wipe off rain, snow, etc., from a windshield or rear window.
- windward passage — a strait in the West Indies, between Cuba and Haiti. 50 miles (80 km) wide.
- work-in-progress — In book-keeping, work-in-progress refers to the monetary value of work that has not yet been paid for because it has not yet been completed.
- world exposition — world's fair.
- writ of subpoena — a legal document commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty
- zenith telescope — a telescope mounted to point only at the zenith, used at some observatories for measuring time by the stars.