15-letter words containing u, r, s, p
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- juristic person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- langres plateau — a calcareous plateau of E France north of Dijon between the Seine and the Saône, reaching over 580 m (1900 ft): forms a watershed between rivers flowing to the Mediterranean and to the English Channel
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- lords spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
- lung transplant — a medical operation in which the lungs are taken out of someone who has died and are placed into another person's body
- luster painting — a method of decorating glazed pottery with metallic pigment, originated in Persia, popular from the 9th through the mid-19th centuries.
- macrosporangium — megasporangium.
- male prostitute — man who has sex for money
- marsupial mouse — any of various mouse-sized to rat-sized marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, occurring in Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania: some species are rare or endangered.
- mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- massage parlour — A massage parlour is a place where people go and pay for a massage. Some places that are called massage parlours are in fact places where people pay to have sex.
- massapequa park — a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
- measuring spoon — a spoon for measuring amounts, as in cooking, usually part of a set of spoons of different sizes.
- menispermaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Menispermaceae, a family of mainly tropical and subtropical plants, most of which are woody climbers with small flowers
- mermaid's purse — the horny or leathery egg case of certain cartilaginous fishes, as skates.
- micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
- microsporangium — a sporangium containing microspores.
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- mother superior — the head of a Christian religious community for women.
- 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)
- mouse droppings — 1. (graphics, operating system, jargon) Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restored when the mouse pointer moves away from a particular location on the screen, producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are MS-DOS programs that write to the screen memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the graphics mode in use. 2. (web, jargon) The client address recorded in a web server's log whenever a client connects to a site. Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in this way but the potential for misuse of the information is limited.
- mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
- multiple master — (text, tool, software) (Or "Multiple Master Font") A font that is a mixture of two or more other fonts. A Multiple Master font is a single font containing from two to sixteen master designs (the current implementation limit). A weight factor specifies the contribution of each master design for the creation of a multiple master font instance. A Multiple Master instance is a single interpolation of a multiple master font as created by a user or application.
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- multiprocessors — Plural form of multiprocessor.
- mustard plaster — a black mixture of mustard and rubber placed on a cloth and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
- negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
- neurodepressive — (of a drug) depressing nerve-cell function.
- neurohypophyses — Plural form of neurohypophysis.
- neurohypophysis — See under pituitary gland.
- neurophysiology — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
- neuroprosthesis — A prosthesis used to improve the function of an impaired nervous system.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- neuropsychology — The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
- neutral spirits — nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent, or 190 proof, obtained chiefly from grain or molasses or redistilled from brandy, rum, etc., used for blending with straight whiskies and in the making of gin, cordials, liqueurs, and the like.
- nil desperandum — never despair
- non prosequitur — a judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit when the plaintiff does not appear in court to prosecute it.
- non-putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- non-suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
- nutty professor — a professor or academic person who is eccentric or slightly crazy or unusual
- on one's uppers — higher, as in place, position, pitch, or in a scale: the upper stories of a house; the upper register of a singer's voice.
- open university — higher education by correspondence
- opposite number — counterpart; equivalent: New members with an interest in folk art will find their opposite numbers in the association's directory.
- opprobriousness — The state or condition of being opprobrious.