15-letter words containing s, p, o, n, g
- paphian goddess — Aphrodite, worshiped in Cyprus as the goddess of sexual love.
- parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
- passenger coach — a carriage in which passengers sit
- passive smoking — the inhaling of cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoke of others, especially by a nonsmoker in an enclosed area.
- pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
- performing arts — dance, drama, music
- pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
- personal growth — development as an individual
- phenomenologies — the study of phenomena.
- phenomenologist — the study of phenomena.
- phrasemongering — the act of coining memorable phrases
- pickling onions — small onions suitable for pickling
- 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
- pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- polling station — voting venue
- polysomnography — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
- pop one's clogs — If you say that someone has popped their clogs, you mean that they have died.
- 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.
- preregistration — early registration, in advance of event or general registration
- prison governor — the senior administrator or head of a prison
- problem-solving — skills, process: of finding solutions
- 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.
- programme notes — notes designed to act as guide to an audience listening to live (esp classical) music. They will inform about the sequence of music played and may give some information about the music
- progressiveness — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
- pseudohexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
- pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
- psion organiser — (computer) A popular pocket computer from the UK Company Psion plc. The organiser uses a graphical user interface with windows, menus, icons and dialog boxes. There have been several versions so far: Series3a, Series3, HC, MC, OrgII.
- psychodiagnosis — a psychological examination using psychodiagnostic techniques.
- puffin crossing — a UK pedestrian road crossing with traffic lights signalling red to stop the traffic flow when pedestrians are seen on the crossing by infrared detectors. The green signal reappears when no pedestrians are seen on the crossing
- 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.
- refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
- resolving power — Optics. the ability of an optical device to produce separate images of close objects.
- sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
- sauce espagnole — brown sauce.
- scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
- secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
- self-exploiting — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
- self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic