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15-letter words containing s, p, i, n, m

  • pontifical mass — (sometimes lowercase) Roman Catholic Church. a High Mass celebrated by a bishop or other prelate.
  • pontine marshes — an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932–34 after numerous attempts since 160 bc had failed
  • position isomer — any of two or more isomers that differ only in the position occupied by a substituent.
  • positive column — the luminous region between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
  • post-millennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
  • post-retirement — the act of retiring, withdrawing, or leaving; the state of being retired.
  • poststimulation — occurring after stimulation
  • potting compost — Potting compost is soil that is specially prepared to help plants to grow, especially in containers.
  • power macintosh — Power Mac
  • pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
  • pre-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • pre-romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
  • preferentialism — the economic system of preference, esp amongst British commonwealth countries
  • preformationism — the belief in the theory of preformation
  • preformationist — someone who advocates the theory of preformation
  • premier danseur — the leading male dancer in a ballet company.
  • prerequirements — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
  • presbyterianism — church government by presbyters or elders, equal in rank and organized into graded administrative courts.
  • presentationism — the doctrine that in perception, or in all forms of knowledge, there is an immediate awareness of the things perceived.
  • preservationism — a person who advocates or promotes preservation, especially of wildlife, natural areas, or historical places.
  • primary insurer — A primary insurer is the insurance company that first sells insurance to a client, who later purchases reinsurance.
  • primary sealing — Primary sealing is devices used for sealing tanks, to reduce emissions, often made of foam.
  • prism binocular — Usually, prism binoculars. Optics. binocular (def 1).
  • problem-solving — skills, process: of finding solutions
  • professionalism — professional character, spirit, or methods.
  • promissory note — a written promise to pay a specified sum of money to a designated person or to his or her order, or to the bearer of the note, at a fixed time or on demand.
  • properispomenon — a word with an accentuated penultimate syllable that is indicated by means of a circumflex
  • proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
  • pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
  • pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • pure and simple — sheer, utter
  • purslane family — the plant family Portulacaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, often fleshy leaves, sometimes showy flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bitterroot, purslane, red maids, rose moss, and spring beauty.
  • pusillanimously — lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
  • pyramid selling — Pyramid selling is a method of selling in which one person buys a supply of a particular product direct from the manufacturer and then sells it to a number of other people at an increased price. These people sell it on to others in a similar way, but eventually the final buyers are only able to sell the product for less than they paid for it.
  • pyrimidine base — any of a number of similar compounds having a basic structure that is derived from pyrimidine, including cytosine, thymine, and uracil, which are constituents of nucleic acids
  • quasi-permanent — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
  • 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.
  • remand prisoner — a prisoner who is sent back into custody (or sometimes admitted to bail) to await trial or continuation of their trial
  • rumpelstiltskin — a dwarf in a German folktale who spins flax into gold for a young woman to meet the demands of the prince she has married, on the condition that she give him her first child or else guess his name: she guesses his name and he vanishes or destroys himself in a rage.
  • sales promotion — the methods or techniques for creating public acceptance of or interest in a product, usually in addition to standard merchandising techniques, as advertising or personal selling, and generally consisting of the offer of free samples, gifts made to a purchaser, or the like.
  • sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
  • schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
  • scolopendriform — resembling scolopendra
  • scpi consortium — (body)   A body established to promote Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments. Address: 8380 Hercules Drive, Suite P3, La Mesa, CA 91942, USA.
  • self-punishment — the act of punishing.
  • semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
  • semitransparent — imperfectly or almost transparent.
  • september rains — rainy weather during the month of September
  • ship's manifest — a list of the shipments or cargo that a vessel is carrying
  • simple division — a type of division to find out how many times the smaller number is contained in the larger one
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