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13-letter words containing i, n, s, p, r, a

  • exemplariness — The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
  • express train — a fast train
  • extraposition — placement of something outside something else
  • flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
  • florianopolis — a state in S Brazil. 36,856 sq. mi. (95,455 sq. km). Capital: Florianópolis.
  • fosamprenavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral prodrug of the protease inhibitor amprenavir. It is used to treat HIV infected patients.
  • freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
  • gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
  • gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
  • gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
  • grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.
  • grantsmanship — skill in securing grants, as for research, from federal agencies, foundations, or the like.
  • grease nipple — a metal nipple designed to engage with a grease gun for injecting grease into a bearing, etc
  • grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
  • growing pains — If a person or organization suffers from growing pains, they experience temporary difficulties and problems at the beginning of a particular stage of development.
  • hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
  • hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
  • haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
  • heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
  • herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
  • hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
  • house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
  • housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
  • hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
  • hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
  • hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
  • iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
  • impartialness — The quality of being impartial.
  • imperseverant — lacking the power to perceive
  • impersonalise — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
  • impersonalism — the practice of maintaining impersonal relations with individuals or groups.
  • impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
  • impersonalize — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
  • impersonating — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
  • impersonation — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
  • impersonators — Plural form of impersonator.
  • imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
  • improvisation — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
  • incorporators — one of the signers of the articles or certificate of legal incorporation.
  • inexpressable — Not capable of being expressed.
  • infraposition — A situation or position beneath.
  • infrascapular — (anatomy) Beneath the scapula.
  • infraspecific — of or relating to a subdivision of a species, as a subspecies, variety, or cultivar.
  • inscriptional — Of or pertaining to inscription.
  • inspectorates — Plural form of inspectorate.
  • inspirational — imparting inspiration.
  • insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
  • insupportably — In an insupportable manner.
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