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15-letter words containing se

  • normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
  • northern sennet — any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
  • not be yourself — If you say that you are not yourself, you mean you are not feeling well.
  • object database — a database format in which information is shown in the form of objects
  • oblique section — a representation of an object as it would appear if cut by a plane that is other than parallel or perpendicular to its longest axis.
  • observation car — a railroad passenger car having a lounge or platform from which the scenery can be viewed.
  • observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
  • obstacle course — a military training area having obstacles, as hurdles, ditches, and walls, that must be surmounted or crossed in succession.
  • obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
  • offset printing — offset (def 6).
  • oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
  • old-man-the-sea — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
  • on the decrease — decreasing
  • on the increase — growing, increasing
  • operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
  • ordinary seaman — a seaman insufficiently skilled to be classified as an able-bodied seaman. Abbreviation: O.D., O.S., o.s.
  • organic disease — a disease in which there is a structural alteration (opposed to functional disease).
  • ortega y gasset — José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1883–1955, Spanish philosopher, journalist, and critic.
  • over-advertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
  • over-assessment — too much assessment
  • over-capitalise — to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
  • overrepresented — represented disproportionately or in too large a number (corresponding to the number in the population, etc)
  • oversensitivity — excessively or unduly sensitive.
  • pac-man defense — a defensive tactic against a hostile takeover in which the targeted company makes its own bid to take over the hostile firm.
  • paget's disease — Pathology. a chronic disease characterized by episodic accelerated bone resorption and growth of abnormal replacement bone, causing bone pain, deformation, fractures, and osteosarcoma; osteitis deformans.
  • palais de danse — a dance hall
  • paradise flower — a prickly vine, Solanum wendlandii, of the nightshade family, native to Costa Rica, having branched clusters of showy lilac-blue flowers.
  • paradise valley — a town in SW Arizona.
  • paraffin series — methane series
  • parmesan cheese — of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
  • partial eclipse — astronomy
  • passenger coach — a carriage in which passengers sit
  • passenger ferry — a ferry that carries passengers
  • passenger train — railway train that carries people
  • penal servitude — imprisonment together with hard labor.
  • perseus cluster — a cluster of about 500 galaxies in the direction of the constellation Perseus, grouped around a particular Seyfert galaxy that is an intense radio source (Perseus A)
  • petit serjeanty — serjeanty in which the tenant renders services of an impersonal nature to the king, as providing him annually with an implement of war, as a lance or bow.
  • phase-switching — a technique used in radio interferometry in which the signal from one of the two antennae is periodically reversed in phase before being multiplied by the signal from the other antenna
  • photo-secession — an association of photographers founded in New York City in 1902 by Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen that advocated the development and public recognition of photography as a fine art.
  • photosensitizer — a drug, food, or other chemical that increases sensitivity to light and other visible photons
  • phototypesetter — a machine for phototypesetting
  • phrasemongering — the act of coining memorable phrases
  • pick and choose — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
  • please yourself — You say 'please yourself' to indicate in a rather rude way that you do not mind or care whether the person you are talking to does a particular thing or not.
  • pleasure cruise — a trip in a boat for recreational purposes
  • pleasure-seeker — someone who always wants to have pleasure
  • police presence — attendance or proximity of police officers
  • posse comitatus — the body of persons that a peace officer of a county is empowered to call upon for assistance in preserving the peace, making arrests, and serving writs.
  • practical nurse — a person who has not graduated from an accredited school of nursing but whose vocation is caring for the sick.
  • premier danseur — the leading male dancer in a ballet company.
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