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15-letter words containing t, i, p

  • retroperitoneal — of or relating to the area behind the abdominal lining, where organs such as the kidneys and bladder are located
  • retrospectively — with contemplation of past situations, events, etc.: You should examine your relationship retrospectively.
  • rhesus positive — relating to blood containing Rhesus antigen D
  • rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
  • rice-paper tree — an Asian shrub or small tree, Tetrapanax papyriferus, of the ginseng family, the pith of which is used in making rice paper.
  • río de la plata — Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
  • 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.
  • rocket airplane — an airplane propelled wholly or mainly by a rocket engine.
  • round-trip time — (RTT) A measure of the current delay on a network, found by timing a packet bounced off some remote host. This can be done with ping -s.
  • roving reporter — a reporter who travels around, rather than staying in a fixed place
  • ruby grapefruit — a grapefruit with red flesh
  • rump parliament — the remnant of the Long Parliament established by the expulsion of the Presbyterian members in 1648, dismissed by force in 1653, and restored briefly in 1659–60.
  • rumpelstiltskin — a dwarf in a German folktale who spins flax into gold for a young woman to meet the demands of the prince she has married, on the condition that she give him her first child or else guess his name: she guesses his name and he vanishes or destroys himself in a rage.
  • s'il vous plait — if you please; please
  • sales promotion — the methods or techniques for creating public acceptance of or interest in a product, usually in addition to standard merchandising techniques, as advertising or personal selling, and generally consisting of the offer of free samples, gifts made to a purchaser, or the like.
  • san luis potosi — a state in central Mexico. 24,415 sq. mi. (63,235 sq. km).
  • sanitary napkin — a pad of absorbent material, as cotton, worn by women during menstruation to absorb the uterine flow.
  • saprophytically — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
  • sarcoptic mange — mange caused by burrowing mites of the genus Sarcoptes.
  • scpi consortium — (body)   A body established to promote Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments. Address: 8380 Hercules Drive, Suite P3, La Mesa, CA 91942, USA.
  • 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.
  • second position — a position in which the feet are spread apart and are at right angles to the direction of the body, the toes pointing out.
  • security police — a police force responsible for maintaining order at a specific locale or under specific circumstances, as at an airport or factory.
  • seidlitz powder — a laxative consisting of two powders, tartaric acid and a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt (sodium potassium tartrate)
  • self perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
  • self-absorption — preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
  • self-compatible — able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
  • self-conception — self-concept.
  • self-exploiting — to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
  • self-hypnotized — hypnotized by oneself.
  • self-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
  • self-perception — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
  • self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
  • self-protection — protection of oneself or itself.
  • self-punishment — the act of punishing.
  • 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.
  • seller's option — (on the New York Stock Exchange) a special transaction that gives the seller the right to make late delivery of a security within a specified period, ranging from 5 to not more than 60 business days for stocks.
  • semitransparent — imperfectly or almost transparent.
  • sensitive plant — Also called humble plant. a tropical American plant, Mimosa pudica, cultivated in greenhouses, having bipinnate leaves whose leaflets fold together when touched.
  • september rains — rainy weather during the month of September
  • septendecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 54 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 102 zeros.
  • septentrionally — northwards; in the direction of the north
  • serendipitously — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
  • serpentine jade — a green variety of serpentine used as a gem: not a true jade.
  • serum hepatitis — hepatitis B.
  • sexual politics — the differences in the amount of power that male and female people have in a society or group
  • sheffield plate — sheet copper with a cladding of silver.
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