13-letter words containing g, i, l, s, o
- solid-looking — reassuringly substantial or stable in appearance: They're a very solid-looking, intelligent couple.
- solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
- soul-stirring — arousing excitement and enthusiasm; uplifting
- sounding lead — a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea.
- sounding line — a line weighted with a lead or plummet (sounding lead) and bearing marks to show the length paid out, used for sounding, as at sea.
- sovietologist — Kremlinology.
- space biology — exobiology.
- spelling book — an elementary textbook or manual to teach spelling
- spelling-book — a person who spells words.
- sphagnicolous — growing in moss
- sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
- 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.
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- spot lighting — Spot lighting is lighting directed towards and used to draw attention to a product or display.
- spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
- starring role — a main role; the main role
- steering lock — an anti-theft device
- stereological — of, relating to, stereology
- sterling bloc — those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
- stocking loom — a type of knitting machine
- stomatologist — a person who works in stomatology
- stone boiling — a primitive method of boiling liquid with heated stones
- strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
- subcollegiate — of, relating to, or characteristic of subcollege students or a subcollege
- subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sugar of milk — lactose.
- suicidologist — someone who studies suicidology
- superregional — involving many regions
- surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
- swift-flowing — moving rapidly
- swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
- swimming pool — a tank or large artificial basin, as of concrete, for filling with water for swimming.
- syllogistical — relating to a syllogism
- syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
- technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- telediagnosis — the detection of a disease by evaluating data transmitted to a receiving station from instruments monitoring a distant patient, as someone in a spacecraft.
- thanatologist — a person who engages in the academic study of death and dying
- the spotlight — the focus of attention
- toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
- unambiguously — plainly, clearly
- undiagnosable — unable to be diagnosed
- unpromisingly — in a manner that is not showing any promise of favourable development or future success
- uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
- ustilagineous — belonging to the Ustilaginales, an order of fungi that cause plant disease
- vaccinologist — the science of vaccine development.
- venereologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
- vexillologist — the study of flags.