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15-letter words containing s, p, l, i

  • indisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or corrected by discipline
  • indisputability — The property of being indisputable.
  • industrial park — an industrial complex, typically in a suburban or rural area and set in parklike surroundings with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreation areas.
  • inescapableness — The quality of being inescapable.
  • infeasible path — dead code
  • 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)
  • inseparableness — The quality or state of being inseparable.
  • inspirationally — imparting inspiration.
  • instalment plan — agreed series of repayments
  • insulating tape — adhesive tape, impregnated with a moisture-repelling substance, used to insulate exposed electrical conductors
  • insuperableness — The quality of being insuperable or insurmountable; insuperability.
  • internal spline — any one of a series of grooves in a mating part into which external splines fit to prevent movement between two parts, esp in transmitting torque
  • interparoxysmal — occurring in the period or periods between paroxysms.
  • interpersonally — of or pertaining to the relations between persons: He has strong interpersonal skills.
  • introspectional — Of or relating to introspection.
  • introspectively — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
  • ionospherically — by the ionosphere
  • iridocapsulitis — inflammation of the iris and the capsule of the lens.
  • irreparableness — The quality of being irreparable.
  • irreprehensible — Not reprehensible, blameless, without blame; innocent.
  • irreprehensibly — in an irreprehensible manner
  • isle of sheppey — an island in SE England, off the N coast of Kent in the Thames estuary: separated from the mainland by The Swale, a narrow channel. Chief towns: Sheerness, Minster. Pop: 37 852 (2001 est). Area: 80 sq km (30 sq miles)
  • isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
  • 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.
  • isopropyl group — the univalent group C 3 H 7 , an isomer of the propyl group.
  • isotope geology — the study and application of stable and radioactive isotopes to geological processes and their time scales
  • italian cypress — a tall Eurasian cypress, cupressus sempervirens, native to the eastern Mediterranean region
  • italian spinone — a strongly-built gun dog with a wiry white coat and pendulous ears
  • jogger's nipple — painful inflammation of the nipple, caused by friction with a garment when running for long distances
  • joseph pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
  • jupiter pluvius — Jupiter regarded as the giver of rain
  • jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
  • jus postliminii — postliminy.
  • juxtapositional — an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
  • kaleidoscopical — Alternative form of kaleidoscopic.
  • kenai peninsula — peninsula in S Alas. between Cook Inlet & the main body of the Gulf of Alaska: c. 150 mi (241 km) long: site of one the world's largest ice fields
  • kleptoparasites — Plural form of kleptoparasite.
  • kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
  • l'istesso tempo — (of a musical passage or section following a change in time signature) at the same tempo as before.
  • land of promise — Promised Land.
  • least sandpiper — a small, American sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, related to the stints of Europe.
  • leaving present — a present given to a person when they leave a job, place etc
  • leptomeningitis — (pathology) inflammation of the leptomeninges.
  • leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
  • leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
  • lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
  • lexical scoping — lexical scope
  • lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
  • lick one's lips — to anticipate or recall something with glee or relish
  • life membership — the fact or condition of being a life member
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