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15-letter words containing s, t, o, p, a, n

  • japanese oyster — a commercial oyster, Ostrea gigas, of the Pacific coast of North America, introduced from Japan.
  • juxtapositional — an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
  • juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
  • keep tabs on sb — If someone keeps tabs on you, they make sure that they always know where you are and what you are doing, often in order to control you.
  • keynote speaker — sb: gives opening speech
  • learn the ropes — become familiar with sth
  • leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
  • lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
  • 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.
  • malpresentation — Abnormal positioning of a fetus at the time of delivery.
  • mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
  • mental hospital — psychiatric institution
  • mephistophelean — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
  • mephistophelian — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
  • metropolitanism — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
  • misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
  • monospaced type — a typeface in which the width of all letters, including the space around them, is the same
  • montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
  • morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
  • mount parnassus — a mountain in central Greece, in NW Boeotia: in ancient times sacred to Dionysus, Apollo, and the Muses, with the Castalian Spring and Delphi on its slopes. Height: 2457 m (8061 ft)
  • mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
  • nansen passport — a passport issued after World War I by the League of Nations to refugees unable to establish citizenship.
  • nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
  • natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
  • negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
  • neo-pentecostal — charismatic (def 2).
  • nephrolithiasis — (pathology) presence of calculi in kidneys.
  • net.personality — Someone who has made a name for him or herself on Usenet, through either longevity or attention-getting posts, but doesn't meet the other requirements of net.godhood.
  • neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
  • neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
  • non-a hepatitis — a form of viral hepatitis, not caused by the agents responsible for hepatitis A and hepatitis B, that is commonly transmitted by infected blood transfusions. The causative virus has been isolated
  • non-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
  • non-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • non-spontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
  • non-suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
  • non-syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
  • noncatastrophic — of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous: a catastrophic failure of the dam.
  • noncompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
  • nonencapsulated — not encapsulated
  • nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
  • nonpartisanship — The quality of not being partisan, of remaining politically independent.
  • nonpsychiatrist — a person who is not a psychiatrist
  • nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
  • not to speak of — You can use not to speak of when adding something which your previous statement also applies to, or applies to even more than other things.
  • oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
  • opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
  • opening batsman — a player who bats the first ball in cricket
  • operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
  • operations room — a room from which all the operations of a military, police, or other disciplined activity are controlled
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