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15-letter words containing s, p, h, e, r, i

  • indirect speech — Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words: for example, 'They said you didn't like it', 'I asked him what his plans were', and 'Citizens complained about the smoke'.
  • ingush republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: part of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Republic from 1936 until 1992. Capital: Magas (formerly at Nazran). Pop: 468 900 (2002). Area: 3600 sq km (1390 sq miles)
  • ionospherically — by the ionosphere
  • irreprehensible — Not reprehensible, blameless, without blame; innocent.
  • irreprehensibly — in an irreprehensible manner
  • isopropyl ether — a colorless, volatile, flammable, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O, used chiefly as a solvent for waxes, fats, and resins.
  • jewish princess — JAP.
  • 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
  • joseph pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
  • knife-sharpener — a kitchen implement that is used to sharpen knives
  • leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
  • life membership — the fact or condition of being a life member
  • lzh compression — (algorithm)   (After Lempel-Ziv and Haruyasu, the inventors) A compression algorithm derived from the LZSS scheme with a sliding window and additional compression applied to the output of the LZSS compressor by dynamic Huffman coding.
  • mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
  • membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
  • metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
  • metamorphosizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metamorphosize.
  • microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
  • misapprehending — Present participle of misapprehend.
  • misapprehension — misunderstanding.
  • miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
  • montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
  • more's the pity — If you add more's the pity to a comment, you are expressing your disappointment or regret about something.
  • morphophonemics — Also called morphonology, morphophonology. the study of the relations between morphemes and their phonological realizations, components, or mappings.
  • mother superior — the head of a Christian religious community for women.
  • napier-hastings — a seaport on E North Island, in New Zealand.
  • neoarsphenamine — a derivative of arsenic formerly used in treating syphilis
  • nephrolithiasis — (pathology) presence of calculi in kidneys.
  • nephrosclerosis — (pathology) arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries.
  • neurohypophysis — See under pituitary gland.
  • neurophysiology — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
  • neuroprosthesis — A prosthesis used to improve the function of an impaired nervous system.
  • neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
  • new hampshirite — of New Hampshire
  • nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
  • overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
  • parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
  • parish magazine — a magazine containing news and articles of interest to the people of a particular parish church or the local area
  • parish register — the register of the christenings, marriages, and burials in a parish.
  • parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • pepin the short — ("Pepin the Short") died a.d. 768, king of the Franks 751–768 (father of Charlemagne).
  • peroxysulphuric — as in peroxysulphuric acid
  • phlebosclerosis — sclerosis, or hardening, of the walls of veins.
  • phloem necrosis — a disease of the American elm caused by a mycoplasmalike organism, characterized by yellowing and necrosis of the foliage and yellowish-brown discoloration of the phloem.
  • phosphocreatine — a compound, C 4 H 1 0 O 5 N 3 P, found chiefly in muscle, formed by the enzymatic interaction of an organic phosphate and creatine, the breakdown of which provides energy for muscle contraction.
  • phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
  • photomicroscope — a microscope having an illuminator and a camera mechanism for producing a photomicrograph.
  • photosensitizer — a drug, food, or other chemical that increases sensitivity to light and other visible photons
  • phrasemongering — the act of coining memorable phrases
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