15-letter words containing s, p, r, i, g
- programme music — music that is intended to depict or evoke a scene or idea
- 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.
- progressivistic — characteristic of a progressivist
- property rights — a legal right to or in a particular property.
- pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
- 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.
- psychobiography — a biographical study focusing on psychological factors, as childhood traumas and unconscious motives.
- psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
- psychographical — relating to psychographics
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- range paralysis — Marek's disease.
- raster graphics — (graphics) Computer graphics in which an image is composed of an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Opposite: vector graphics.
- refuelling stop — a stop made so that fresh fuel can be supplied (to an aircraft, vehicle, etc)
- registered port — (networking) Any TCP or UDP port with a number in the range 1025 to 65535 (i.e. not a well-known port) that is registered with IANA.
- registered post — a Post Office service by which compensation is paid for loss or damage to mail for which a registration fee has been paid
- relapsing fever — one of a group of fevers characterized by relapses, occurring in many tropical countries, and caused by several species of spirochetes transmitted by several species of lice and ticks.
- 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.
- resolving power — Optics. the ability of an optical device to produce separate images of close objects.
- ribier (grapes) — a large, black variety of European or Californian table grape (Vitis vinifera)
- rite de passage — rite of passage.
- rite of passage — Anthropology. a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person's change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan.
- running repairs — repairs, as to a machine or vehicle, that are minor and can be made with little or no interruption in the use of the item
- 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-preserving — preservation of oneself from harm or destruction.
- self-respecting — You can use self-respecting with a noun describing a particular type of person to indicate that something is typical of, or necessary for, that type of person.
- self-supporting — the supporting or maintaining of oneself or itself without reliance on outside aid.
- semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
- shooting script — a motion-picture scenario having the scenes arranged in the order in which they are to be photographed.
- shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
- shopping center — a group of stores within a single architectural plan, supplying most of the basic shopping needs, especially in suburban areas.
- shopping centre — A shopping centre is a specially built area containing a lot of different shops.
- shrink-wrapping — a flexible plastic wrapping designed to shrink about its contours to protect and seal something
- singapore sling — a cocktail of gin, cherry brandy, sugar, and water.
- slab plastering — coarse plastering, as between the studs in a half-timbered wall.
- snapping turtle — either of two large, edible, freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, of North and Central America, having a large head and powerful hooked jaws, especially the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina.
- sneezing powder — a powder used to make people sneeze as a practical joke
- spaghetti strap — a thin, often rounded strip of fabric used in women's clothing, as to form a shoulder strap on a bare-shouldered garment.
- sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
- spawning ground — a place where fish deposit their eggs for fertilization
- specific charge — the ratio of the charge on a particle to the mass of the particle.
- speech training — training designed to improve spoken skills, such as voice projection
- spelling reform — an attempt to change the spelling of English words to make it conform more closely to pronunciation.
- spermatogenesis — the origin and development of spermatozoa.
- spherical angle — an angle formed by arcs of great circles of a sphere.
- spill your guts — If someone spills their guts, they tell you everything about something secret or private.
- spirit leveling — leveling according to the indications of a spirit level.