15-letter words containing s, p, h, a, e
- swamp white oak — an oak, Quercus bicolor, of eastern North America, yielding a hard, heavy wood used in shipbuilding, for making furniture, etc.
- sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
- sympathetectomy — sympathectomy.
- sympathetic ink — a fluid for producing writing that is invisible until brought out by heat, chemicals, etc.; invisible ink.
- sympathetically — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- sympathomimetic — mimicking stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- sympathy strike — a strike by a body of workers, not because of grievances against their own employer, but by way of endorsing and aiding another group of workers who are on strike or have been locked out.
- teng hsiao-ping — Deng Xiaoping.
- thalassographer — a person who studies the sea; an oceanographer
- thalassotherapy — the use of sea water and marine products as a therapeutic treatment
- the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
- the disappeared — people who have been arrested secretly or abuducted and presumably imprisoned or killed
- the jos plateau — a plateau in Nigeria with an average altitude of 1280 metres
- the last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
- the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
- the peach state — a nickname for Georgia, a state in southeastern United States
- the present day — The present day is the period of history that we are in now.
- the upper ranks — the higher divisions of the armed forces
- thomas à kempis — Thomas à, 1379?–1471, German ecclesiastic and author.
- tiglath-pileser — died 727 b.c, king of Assyria 745–727.
- trainspotterish — obsessed with trivial details, esp of a subject generally considered uninteresting
- trans-euphrates — a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey through Syria and Iraq, joining the Tigris to form the Shatt-al-Arab near the Persian Gulf. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.
- u-shaped valley — a steep-sided valley caused by glacial erosion
- unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- vegetable sheep — any of various species of the genus Raoulia, esp R. mammillaris or R. eximia, of New Zealand rocky mountains: a small low bush having white flowers and hairy leaves which, from a distance, make it look like a sheep
- vindhya pradesh — a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- west hartlepool — a former borough, now part of Hartlepool, in Cleveland County, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tees.
- west palm beach — a city in SE Florida: winter resort.
- westphalian ham — a hard German ham with a distinctive flavor derived from being smoked over beechwood and juniper.
- whip into shape — to bring by vigorous action into the proper or desired condition
- whippersnappers — Plural form of whippersnapper.
- white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.
- zapata mustache — a large mustache that curves down the corners of the mouth.
- zygophyllaceous — belonging to the Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family of plants.