13-letter words containing e, l, a, p, s
- total impulse — a measure of the maximum momentum that a given reaction engine and fuel supply can impart to a vehicle.
- townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
- trade surplus — If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports.
- transparently — having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen.
- transpersonal — extending beyond or transcending the personal.
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
- trumpet blast — the sound of a single note made by a trumpet
- tungsten lamp — an incandescent electric lamp in which the filament is made of tungsten.
- uillean pipes — bagpipes developed in Ireland and operated by squeezing bellows under the arm
- umbrella step — (in the game of giant steps) a step executed by extending one foot forward and whirling on the heel.
- un-personable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- under a spell — in a trance
- unpersuadable — not open or susceptible to persuasion
- unplasticized — not made plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- unpleasurable — such as to give pleasure; enjoyable; agreeable; pleasant: a pleasurable experience.
- unpleasurably — without pleasure, in an unpleasurable manner
- unpostponable — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- unpresentable — not fit to be shown or introduced to other people
- unpublishable — not capable of being made available in print for distribution and sale
- unrespectable — not able to be respected
- unspecialized — not specialized
- unspecifiable — not able to be specified
- unspectacular — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- unspeculative — not characterized by speculation
- unsuperficial — external or outward: a superficial resemblance.
- unsupportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- unsurpassable — to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
- upper silesia — a highly industrialized region divided between Germany and Poland after World War I.
- upperclassman — a junior or senior in a secondary school or college.
- vanity plates — a vehicle license plate bearing a combination of letters or numbers requested by the licensee, as a name or occupation.
- venus flytrap — firewall machine
- visual purple — rhodopsin.
- wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
- walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
- water spaniel — either of two breeds of spaniels, used for retrieving waterfowl.
- well-speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- west st. paul — a city in SE Minnesota, near St. Paul.
- wild allspice — spicebush (sense 1)
- williams pear — a variety of pear that has large yellow juicy sweet fruit
- with pleasure — gladly, willingly
- zinc sulphate — a colourless soluble crystalline substance usually existing as the heptahydrate or monohydrate: used as a mordant, in preserving wood and skins, and in the electrodeposition of zinc. Formula: ZnSO4
- zuppa inglese — tiered layers of sponge cake sprinkled with rum or liqueur, then spread with custard or other cream filling.
- zygapophyseal — one of the four processes of a vertebra, occurring in pairs that interlock each vertebra with the vertebrae above and below.