15-letter words containing s, p, i, t, n, g
- magnetic stripe — magnetic strip.
- master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- midgard serpent — a serpent, the child of Loki and Angerboda, who lies wrapped around the world, tail in mouth, and is destined to kill and to be killed by Thor at Ragnarok; Jormungand.
- misinterpreting — Present participle of misinterpret.
- misrepresenting — Present participle of misrepresent.
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- napier-hastings — a seaport on E North Island, in New Zealand.
- nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
- negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
- offset printing — offset (def 6).
- opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
- opening batsman — a player who bats the first ball in cricket
- opisthognathous — having receding jaws.
- pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
- packing density — a measure of the amount of data that can be held by unit length of a storage medium, such as magnetic tape
- palaeomagnetism — the study of the fossil magnetism in rocks, used to determine the past configurations of the continents and to investigate the past shape and magnitude of the earth's magnetic field
- palaeomagnetist — a student of or expert in palaeomagnetism
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- pantopragmatics — universal intervention in the affairs of others
- paralinguistics — the study of paralanguage.
- parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
- passenger train — railway train that carries people
- pematangsiantar — a city on NE Sumatra, in Indonesia.
- performing arts — dance, drama, music
- phase-switching — a technique used in radio interferometry in which the signal from one of the two antennae is periodically reversed in phase before being multiplied by the signal from the other antenna
- phenomenologist — the study of phenomena.
- pigeon shooting — the act of hunting and shooting live pigeons
- pissing contest — Slang: Vulgar. a contentious argument; confrontation.
- pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
- plantaginaceous — relating to or belonging to the family Plantaginaceae
- plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
- polling station — voting venue
- port washington — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- potting compost — Potting compost is soil that is specially prepared to help plants to grow, especially in containers.
- pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
- pre-advertising — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- preregistration — early registration, in advance of event or general registration
- princess regent — a princess who is regent of a country.
- process costing — a method of assigning costs to production processes where products must of necessity be produced in one continuous process, with unit cost arrived at by averaging units produced to the total cost of the process.
- 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.
- pulsejet engine — a jet engine equipped with valves that continuously open to admit air, then close during combustion, giving a pulsating thrust: used to power the V-1, a German buzz bomb, in World War II.
- refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
- resist printing — a fabric-printing method in which a dye-resistant substance is applied to certain specified areas of the material prior to immersion in a dye bath and subsequently removed so as to permit the original hue to act as a pattern against the colored ground.
- sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
- scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
- screen-printing — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- self-exploiting — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.