13-letter words containing i, m, p, e, a, r
- semi-parasite — Biology. commonly parasitic but also capable of living on dead or decaying animal matter.
- semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
- semiempirical — partly empirical
- semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
- semiparasitic — Biology. commonly parasitic but also capable of living on dead or decaying animal matter.
- semipermanent — not quite permanent.
- semipermeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- septempartite — separated into seven sections.
- share premium — the excess of the amount actually subscribed for an issue of corporate capital over its par value
- sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
- slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- supermilitant — highly militant
- superorganism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- temporariness — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
- temporization — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
- 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
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- treponemiasis — infection with treponema; syphilis.
- two-part time — duple time.
- umbrella pine — a Japanese evergreen tree, Sciadopitys verticillata, having linear leaves growing in umbrellalike whorls, cultivated as an ornamental.
- underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
- unimpregnated — not saturated, soaked or infused (with something)
- unproblematic — not problematic, not causing difficulties or confusion; uncomplicated
- unreprimanded — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- vip treatment — preferential or special treatment, as or as if given to famous or rich people
- warping frame — a wooden frame containing evenly spaced pegs on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- whipped cream — dairy cream that has been whisked
- williams pear — a variety of pear that has large yellow juicy sweet fruit