15-letter words containing s, t, o, p, l
- sycophantically — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- symptomatically — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
- symptomological — relating to symptomology
- telescopic lens — a lens that makes distant objects appear larger and brighter
- telestereoscope — a binocular optical instrument used for stereoscopic viewing of distant objects; a small range finder.
- thalassographer — a person who studies the sea; an oceanographer
- thalassographic — relating to thalassography
- thalassotherapy — the use of sea water and marine products as a therapeutic treatment
- the jos plateau — a plateau in Nigeria with an average altitude of 1280 metres
- the peloponnese — the S peninsula of Greece, joined to central Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth: chief cities in ancient times were Sparta and Corinth, now Patras. Pop: 503 300 (2001). Area: 21 439 sq km (8361 sq miles)
- the pleistocene — the Pleistocene epoch or rock series
- threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
- to play footsie — If someone plays footsie with you, they touch your feet with their own feet, for example under a table, often as a playful way of expressing their romantic or sexual feelings towards you.
- to pull strings — If you pull strings, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.
- topgallant mast — a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel.
- topgallant sail — a sail or either of two sails set on the yard or yards of a topgallant mast.
- transplantation — to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
- twelve apostles — the twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to go forth to teach the gospel
- two-star petrol — leaded petrol that has a low octane number; inferior leaded petrol
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
- ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
- unapostolically — in an unapostalic manner
- uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
- unpretentiously — without pretension
- unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- vespertilionine — of or relating to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae, common in temperate regions and including most familiar species.
- vicar apostolic — Roman Catholic Church. a titular bishop serving either in a district where no episcopal see has been established, or in one where the succession of bishops has been interrupted.
- visible exports — goods sold to a foreign country or countries
- visible imports — products that a company or country buys from other countries
- washington palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
- well-positioned — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- west hartlepool — a former borough, now part of Hartlepool, in Cleveland County, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tees.
- white corpuscle — white blood cell.
- wilson's petrel — a small petrel, Oceanites oceanicus, that breeds in the Southern Hemisphere but ranges into the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- xenotransplants — Plural form of xenotransplant.
- zoophysiologist — an expert in zoophysiology