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13-letter words containing a, s, p, e, r, m

  • share premium — the excess of the amount actually subscribed for an issue of corporate capital over its par value
  • sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
  • shell program — A shell program is a basic computer program that provides a framework within which the user can develop the program to suit their own needs.
  • slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
  • spa treatment — a non-medical procedure to help the health of the body, such as a massage
  • space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
  • sparcsystem 4 — (computer)   A computer built with the MicroSPARC ii 70MHz CPU as used in the SPARC 5 Model 70. The SPARCsystem 4 is basically a cheaper, cut-down SPARC 5. It has an 8-bit pixel accelerator instead of the SBus Turbo GX card. Memory expansion is limited to 160 MB. Availability was planned for March/April 1995.
  • spark chamber — a device for detecting elementary particles, consisting of a series of charged plates separated by a gas so that the passage of a charged particle causes sparking between adjacent plates.
  • sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
  • spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
  • spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
  • spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
  • spermatophore — a capsule surrounding a mass of spermatozoa, produced by the male of various animal species and transferred to the female.
  • spermatophyte — any of the Spermatophyta, a primary division or group of plants comprising those that bear seeds.
  • spermatorrhea — abnormally frequent and involuntary nonorgasmic emission of semen.
  • spermatotoxic — spermotoxic.
  • spermatotoxin — spermotoxin.
  • splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
  • sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • spreader beam — a crosspiece for spacing the chains or cables hanging from the boom of a crane.
  • spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
  • striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
  • subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
  • submarine pen — a bunker that prevents submarines from bombs
  • subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
  • supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
  • supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
  • superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
  • superdominant — submediant.
  • superhumanize — to make superhuman, or represent as such
  • supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
  • supermarketer — a person who owns or operates a supermarket.
  • supermembrane — a type of two-dimensional entity postulated in certain theories of elementary particles that involve supersymmetry
  • supermilitant — highly militant
  • supernumerary — being in excess of the usual, proper, or prescribed number; additional; extra.
  • superorganism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
  • superromantic — exceptionally romantic
  • supersalesman — an extremely skillful and effective salesperson.
  • supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
  • supramolecule — a collection of molecules held together by intermolecular forces
  • supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
  • swamp cypress — bald cypress.
  • tape streamer — A tape streamer is a piece of computer equipment that you use for copying data from a hard disk onto magnetic tape for security or storage.
  • tapestry moth — carpet moth.
  • temporariness — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
  • terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
  • theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
  • thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • topoisomerase — any of a class of enzymes that control the coiling of DNA molecules
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