13-letter words containing i, n, c, a, l
- sphagnicolous — growing in moss
- spice islands — the Moluccas
- spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
- spiral casing — a spiral passage for directing the water from a penstock around a water turbine and into the rotor.
- suballocation — an allocation made from a previous allocation
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sulfonic acid — any of a large group of organic compounds of the structure RSO 2 OH, which are strong acids that give neutral sodium salts: used in the synthesis of phenols, dyes, and other substances.
- supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- syllabication — to syllabify.
- synallagmatic — relating to a reciprocally binding contract
- synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- syntactically — of or relating to syntax: syntactic errors in English; the syntactic rules for computer source code.
- synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- table dancing — Table dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances in a sexy way close to a customer or group of customers.
- table licence — a licence authorizing the sale of alcoholic drinks with meals only
- tactical unit — a group organized to function in combat as a self-contained unit.
- talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
- tantalic acid — an acid, HTaO 3 , that forms complex salts or tantalates.
- tapioca-plant — the cassava, Manihot esculenta.
- taxonomically — the science or technique of classification.
- technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
- telegenically — having physical qualities or characteristics that televise well; videogenic.
- telemechanics — the science or practice of operating mechanisms by remote control.
- telencephalic — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
- tercentennial — pertaining to 300 years or a period of 300 years.
- the carolinas — North Carolina and South Carolina
- the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
- tobaccanalian — a smoker
- touch-in-goal — the area at each end of the field outside of a touch-in-goal line.
- touchline ban — an official prohibition of a manager or coach from being present on or near the field during a match
- tracking poll — a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge.
- traction load — the solid material that is carried along the bed of a river
- trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
- tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
- transactional — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- transatlantic — crossing or reaching across the Atlantic: a transatlantic liner.
- translocation — a change of location.
- trial balance — a statement of all the open debit and credit items, made preliminary to balancing a double-entry ledger.
- triamcinolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid drug, C 21 H 27 FO 6 , used in the symptomatic treatment of inflammation.
- tricentennial — pertaining to 300 years or a period of 300 years.
- trifunctional — pertaining to molecules that can react at three sites.
- tropical zone — Torrid Zone
- tuberculation — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
- tussiculation — a hacking cough.
- ugly american — An Ugly American is an American who travels to a foreign country and gives the United States a bad reputation by acting in an offensive way.
- ultraromantic — extremely romantic
- ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film