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13-letter words containing a, n, p, l, s, i

  • postulational — to ask, demand, or claim.
  • practicalness — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
  • preindustrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
  • preliminaries — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
  • prepositional — any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.
  • presentiality — the state of being present
  • principalness — the quality or position of being principal
  • principalship — first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
  • progressional — the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
  • promised land — Heaven.
  • propositional — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
  • prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.
  • provincialise — to make provincial in character.
  • provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
  • provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
  • provisionally — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
  • prussian blue — any of a number of blue pigments containing ferrocyanide or ferricyanide complexes
  • psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
  • pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
  • pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
  • pusillanimity — the state or condition of being pusillanimous; timidity; cowardliness.
  • pusillanimous — lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
  • raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
  • release print — Movies. print (def 31).
  • replenishable — able to be replenished
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • resting place — grave
  • rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
  • salad spinner — a utensil used for drying washed salad or vegetables that consists of a plastic basket inside a plastic bowl. The salad is placed in the basket and the outer bowl is then spun using a device such as a gear-operated handle or pull cord, and this spinning then separates water from the salad.
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
  • san luis peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,014 feet (4271 meters).
  • sardanapalian — excessively luxurious or sensual.
  • satin slipper — a play (1925–28) by Paul Claudel.
  • scapulimantic — relating to scapulimancy
  • scotch plains — a township in NE New Jersey.
  • self-pleasing — giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.
  • semipalatinsk — a city in NE Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
  • semipalmation — the state of being semipalmate
  • semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
  • seneschalship — the office or position of a seneschal
  • septentrional — northern; boreal
  • sexploitation — the exploitation of sex in films, magazines, etc.
  • shaking palsy — Parkinson's disease.
  • ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
  • shipping lane — sea lane.
  • shopping mall — mall (def 1).
  • single parent — mother or father without a partner
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