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15-letter words containing s, n, p

  • isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
  • italian cypress — a tall Eurasian cypress, cupressus sempervirens, native to the eastern Mediterranean region
  • italian spinone — a strongly-built gun dog with a wiry white coat and pendulous ears
  • jackass penguin — any of several boldly marked black and white penguins of the genus Spheniscus, especially S. demersus, of southern Africa, with a call resembling a donkey's bray.
  • japanese beetle — a small beetle, Popillia japonica, of the scarab family, introduced into the eastern U.S. from Japan, the adult of which feeds on the foliage of fruit and other trees, and the larva of which feeds on plant roots.
  • japanese laurel — an eastern Asian evergreen shrub, Aucuba japonica, of the dogwood family, having dark-green, glossy leaves and scarlet berries.
  • japanese oyster — a commercial oyster, Ostrea gigas, of the Pacific coast of North America, introduced from Japan.
  • japanese quince — a flowering quince, Chaenomeles speciosa, of Japan, having scarlet flowers and pear-shaped fruit.
  • japanese spurge — a low Japanese plant, Pachysandra terminalis, having evergreen leaves and spikes of white flowers, grown as a ground cover.
  • jewish princess — JAP.
  • job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
  • jogger's nipple — painful inflammation of the nipple, caused by friction with a garment when running for long distances
  • john j pershing — John Joseph ("Blackjack") 1860–1948, U.S. general: commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
  • joint ownership — sharing of property
  • jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
  • juristic person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
  • jus postliminii — postliminy.
  • juxtapositional — an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
  • juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
  • keep one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • keep one's word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • keep open house — to be always ready to provide hospitality
  • keep tabs on sb — If someone keeps tabs on you, they make sure that they always know where you are and what you are doing, often in order to control you.
  • keep to oneself — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • kenai peninsula — peninsula in S Alas. between Cook Inlet & the main body of the Gulf of Alaska: c. 150 mi (241 km) long: site of one the world's largest ice fields
  • keynote speaker — sb: gives opening speech
  • king's champion — a hereditary official at British coronations, representing the king (King's Champion) or the queen (Queen's Champion) who is being crowned, and having originally the function of challenging to mortal combat any person disputing the right of the new sovereign to rule.
  • knife-sharpener — a kitchen implement that is used to sharpen knives
  • knock spots off — to outstrip or outdo with ease
  • land of promise — Promised Land.
  • landeshauptmann — the head of government in an Austrian state
  • langres plateau — a calcareous plateau of E France north of Dijon between the Seine and the Saône, reaching over 580 m (1900 ft): forms a watershed between rivers flowing to the Mediterranean and to the English Channel
  • learn the ropes — become familiar with sth
  • least sandpiper — a small, American sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, related to the stints of Europe.
  • leaving present — a present given to a person when they leave a job, place etc
  • leptomeningitis — (pathology) inflammation of the leptomeninges.
  • leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
  • lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
  • lexical scoping — lexical scope
  • leyland cypress — a fast-growing cypress, Cupressocyparis leylandii, that is a hybrid produced by crossing the macrocarpa with the Nootka cypress (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis): widely grown for hedging
  • lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
  • lick one's lips — to anticipate or recall something with glee or relish
  • line of apsides — a line joining the lower and higher apsides, forming the major axis of the orbit
  • lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
  • living expenses — money spent on basic needs
  • lleyn peninsula — a peninsula in NW Wales between Cardigan Bay and Caernarfon Bay
  • loose chippings — pieces of gravel spread on the top of tarmac that fail to stick to it
  • lopez y fuentes — Gregorio [gre-gaw-ryaw] /grɛˈgɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1966, Mexican writer.
  • loss prevention — Loss prevention is the things that are done to make a process safe.
  • loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
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