15-letter words containing s, p, e, n, c
- a case in point — If you say that something is a case in point, you mean that it is a good example of something you have just mentioned.
- above suspicion — in such a position that no guilt may be thought or implied, esp through having an unblemished reputation
- academicianship — A membership in a national academy of arts or sciences.
- accepted masons — a member of a widely distributed secret order (Free and Accepted Masons) having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.
- accepting house — a financial institution that guarantees a bill of exchange, as a result of which it can be discounted on more favourable terms
- accomplishments — Plural form of accomplishment.
- accrued expense — an expense incurred but not yet paid, as accrued interest on notes payable.
- aches and pains — You can use aches and pains to refer in a general way to any minor pains that you feel in your body.
- adrenoreceptors — Plural form of adrenoreceptor.
- anamorphic lens — a component in the optical system of a film projector for converting standard 35mm film images into wide-screen format
- aneroid capsule — a box or chamber of thin metal, partially exhausted of air, used in the aneroid barometer and pressure altimeter.
- angina pectoris — a sudden intense pain in the chest, often accompanied by feelings of suffocation, caused by momentary lack of adequate blood supply to the heart muscle
- annular eclipse — an eclipse of the sun in which the moon does not cover the entire disc of the sun, so that a ring of sunlight surrounds the shadow of the moon
- anthropometrics — the science of measuring the size and proportions of the human body (called anthropometry), especially as applied to the design of furniture and machines.
- anti-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
- antiperistaltic — reversed peristaltic action of the intestines, by which their contents are carried upward.
- antispeculation — opposed to or acting against excessive oil speculation
- antispeculative — opposed to or acting against speculation
- aplastic anemia — a form of anemia resulting from a failure of the bone marrow to produce adequate quantities of the essential blood components, including leukocytes and platelets
- apostolicalness — The state or quality of being apostolical.
- apple macintosh — Macintosh
- apprenticeships — Plural form of apprenticeship.
- arms inspection — the official checking of a country's weapons and other military equipment, usually to check that international agreements have been respected
- back plastering — the introduction of partitions of lath and plaster between the inner and outer surfaces of a stud wall in order to improve the insulating properties of the wall.
- bear comparison — to be sufficiently similar in class or range to be compared with (something else), esp favourably
- ben day process — a method of adding texture, shading, or detail to line drawings by overlaying a transparent sheet of dots or any other pattern during platemaking
- bits and pieces — You can use bits and pieces or bits and bobs to refer to a collection of different things.
- bits per second — (communications, unit) (bps, b/s) The unit in which data rate is measured. For example, a modem's data rate is usually measured in kilobits per second. In 1996, the maximum modem speed for use on the PSTN was 33.6 kbps, rising to 56 kbps in 1997. Note that kilo- (k), mega- (M), etc. in data rates denote powers of 1000, not 1024.
- boustrophedonic — of or relating to lines written in opposite directions
- 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.
- brocken specter — an optical phenomenon sometimes occurring at high altitudes when the image of an observer placed between the sun and a cloud is projected on the cloud as a greatly magnified shadow.
- cabinet scraper — a scraper used in preparing a wood surface for sanding.
- calliper splint — a splint consisting of two metal rods with straps attached, for supporting or exerting tension on the leg
- camp counsellor — an adult supervisor assigned to a group of campers at a summer camp
- cape chelyuskin — a cape in N central Russia, in N Siberia at the end of the Taimyr Peninsula: the northernmost point of Asia
- cape finisterre — a headland in NW Spain: the westernmost point of the Spanish mainland
- capital expense — A capital expense is the cost of acquiring or making improvements to fixed assets.
- car transporter — a vehicle for carrying automobiles
- cardinal spider — a large house spider, Tegenaria parietina
- carpentersville — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- cartesian plane — Usually, Cartesian coordinates. a member of a system of coordinates for locating a point on a plane (Cartesian plane) by its distance from each of two intersecting lines, or in space by its distance from each of three planes intersecting at a point.
- cartesian space — ordinary two- or three-dimensional space.
- cast a spell on — to put into, or as into, a trance
- cast aspersions — If you cast aspersions on someone or something, you suggest that they are not very good in some way.
- castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
- castner process — a process for extracting sodium from sodium hydroxide, devised by Hamilton Young Castner (1858–98)
- cell disruption — Cell disruption is when a biological material becomes smaller to release proteins and enzymes.
- centipede grass — a slow-growing grass, Eremochloa ophiuroides, introduced into the U.S. from China and used for lawns in warm areas.
- 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
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