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13-letter words containing h, e, p, l

  • siphon bottle — a bottle for aerated water, fitted with a bent tube through the neck, the water being forced out, when a valve is opened, by the pressure on its surface of the gas accumulating within the bottle.
  • sleep hygiene — the habits conducive to getting the right amount and quality of sleep
  • sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
  • slipper chair — a small bedroom chair with a low seat.
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • space shuttle — any of several U.S. space vehicles consisting of a reusable manned orbiter that touches down on a landing strip after an orbital mission, two reusable solid rocket boosters that drop off after initial ascent, and an expendable external tank containing liquid propellants.
  • spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti
  • speech bubble — cartoon: spoken text in a balloon
  • speech clinic — a place at which specialists in speech therapy reeducate those with a speech handicap.
  • speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
  • speechfulness — the state of being full of speech or expression
  • speleotherapy — a form of treatment for asthma sufferers that takes place in clinics in disused mines, in which the air is free of pollen, dust mites, and the other irritants that provoke an allergic reaction; used to reduce the risk of heart disease
  • spell checker — a computer program for checking the spelling of words in an electronic document.
  • spell-checker — A spell-checker is a special program on a computer which you can use to check whether something you have written contains any spelling mistakes.
  • 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.
  • spindleshanks — spindlelegs.
  • spine-chiller — a book, film, etc, that arouses terror
  • splanchnocele — a primitive embryonic body cavity
  • sprightliness — animated or vivacious; lively.
  • sprocket hole — any of a series of regular perforations along the edge of photographic film for engaging the drive sprockets in a motion-picture camera or projector.
  • squash player — a person who plays squash
  • steeplechaser — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
  • strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
  • subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
  • superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
  • superphysical — above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
  • superthriller — a highly sensational film or book
  • swivel-hipped — characterized by an exaggeratedly swinging or extremely free motion of the hips.
  • technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
  • telencephalic — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • telencephalon — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • telephone box — a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone.
  • telephone tag — repeated unsuccessful attempts by two persons to connect with one another by telephone.
  • temporal hour — a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours.
  • terephthalate — a salt or ester of terephthalic acid.
  • the big apple — New York City
  • the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
  • the hyperreal — that which constitutes hyperreality
  • the paleocene — the Paleocene Epoch or its rocks
  • the paleogene — the Paleogene subdivision of the Tertiary Period or its rocks
  • the paleozoic — the Paleozoic Era or its rocks
  • the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
  • the pole star — the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis
  • the spiritual — the realm of spirits
  • the spotlight — the focus of attention
  • the-big-apple — New York City.
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