15-letter words containing s, o, n, g, r, a
- overbearingness — Quality of being overbearing.
- overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- pantopragmatics — universal intervention in the affairs of others
- parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
- passenger coach — a carriage in which passengers sit
- performing arts — dance, drama, music
- pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
- personal growth — development as an individual
- phrasemongering — the act of coining memorable phrases
- pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
- plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
- pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
- polysomnography — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
- port washington — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- preregistration — early registration, in advance of event or general registration
- process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
- procrastinating — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- prognostication — the act of prognosticating.
- prognosticators — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- programme notes — notes designed to act as guide to an audience listening to live (esp classical) music. They will inform about the sequence of music played and may give some information about the music
- pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
- pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
- psion organiser — (computer) A popular pocket computer from the UK Company Psion plc. The organiser uses a graphical user interface with windows, menus, icons and dialog boxes. There have been several versions so far: Series3a, Series3, HC, MC, OrgII.
- quasi-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- random sampling — a method of selecting a sample (random sample) from a statistical population in such a way that every possible sample that could be selected has a predetermined probability of being selected.
- remonstratingly — in an remonstrating or dissenting manner
- revolving stage — a circular platform divided into segments enabling multiple theater sets to be put in place in advance and in turn rotated into view of the audience.
- right ascension — the arc of the celestial equator measured eastward from the vernal equinox to the foot of the great circle passing through the celestial poles and a given point on the celestial sphere, expressed in degrees or hours.
- roaring forties — the stormy oceanic areas between 40° and 50° south latitude
- rogation sunday — the fifth Sunday after Easter; it sees the start of the supplications that are continued during the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- roger bannister — Sir Roger (Gilbert) born 1929, English track and field athlete: first to run a mile in less than four minutes.
- rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- rolling targets — a series of targets which are reviewed periodically so that they always extend for the same period into the future
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- royal engineers — a branch of the British army that undertakes the building of fortifications, mines, bridges, and other engineering works
- sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
- sargon of akkad — 24th to 23rd century bc, semilegendary Mesopotamian ruler whose empire extended from the Gulf to the Mediterranean
- saviour sibling — a child conceived through IVF and screened for compatibility with a terminally or seriously ill sibling in order to provide organ or cell donations as a form of treatment
- scavenge stroke — (in a reciprocating engine) the stroke of a piston in a four-stroke cycle that pushes the burnt gases out as exhaust
- scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
- scrounge around — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
- secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
- segregationists — one who favors, encourages, or practices segregation, especially racial segregation.
- self-generation — production or reproduction of something without the aid of an external agent; spontaneous generation.
- self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
- semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
- senior wrangler — (at Cambridge University) a candidate who has obtained first-class honours in Part II of the mathematics tripos and got the highest marks
- serial monogamy — a form of monogamy characterized by several successive, short-term marriages over the course of a lifetime.