13-letter words containing e, g, p
- speed reading — a method of reading faster than normal, esp by skimming
- speed skating — ice skating as a form of racing, usually on an oval course and against other competitors or the clock.
- speed walking — power walking.
- speedcoding 3 — (language) [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].
- speeding fine — a fine for breaking the speed limit while driving a vehicle
- spelling book — an elementary textbook or manual to teach spelling
- spelling-book — a person who spells words.
- 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.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
- spine-bashing — to rest; loaf.
- spinning mule — mule1 (def 7).
- spinning reel — a fishing reel mounted on a spinning rod, having a stationary spool on the side of which is a revolving metal arm that catches the line and winds it onto the spool as a handle is turned, the metal arm being disengaged during casting so the line spirals freely off the spool, carried by the cast lure.
- splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
- sponge finger — sweet finger-shaped biscuit
- sponge rubber — a light, spongy rubber, usually prepared by bubbling carbon dioxide through or whipping air into latex, used for padding, insulation, gaskets, etc.; foam rubber.
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- sprightliness — animated or vivacious; lively.
- spring a leak — to develop a leak
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- spring binder — a loose-leaf binder in which a single, long, clamplike spring, forming the spine, holds the leaves.
- spring greens — Young cabbages are sometimes referred to as spring greens.
- spring peeper — a tree frog, Hyla crucifer, having an X -shaped mark on the back and voicing a shrill call commonly heard near ponds and swamps of eastern North America in the early spring.
- spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
- springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- spruce grouse — a grouse, Canachites canadensis, of coniferous forests of northern North America, that feeds on evergreen buds and needles.
- 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.
- spurge laurel — a European thymelaeaceous evergreen shrub, Daphne laureola, with glossy leaves and small green flowers
- spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
- stage whisper — a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
- star-spangled — spangled with stars.
- stargazey pie — a Cornish fish pie served with the head of the fish protruding through the crust
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
- steganopodous — belonging to the Stegandopodes or having all four toes webbed together
- stepparenting — parenting within a stepfamily
- steppingstone — a stone, or one of a line of stones, in shallow water, a marshy place, or the like, that is stepped on in crossing.
- stereographer — a person who takes stereoscopic photographs.
- stoppage time — In soccer and some other sports, stoppage time is the period of time that is added to the end of a game because play was stopped during the game as a result of, for example, injuries to players.
- straighten up — stand straighter
- stranger rape — sexual assault by an assailant upon a person he or she does not know.
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- superdelegate — a party leader or elected public official chosen as an uncommitted delegate to a national political convention.
- supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
- supergraphics — large-scale painted or applied decorative art in bold colors and typically in geometric or typographic designs, used over walls and sometimes floors and ceilings to create an illusion of expanded or altered space.
- superorganism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.