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14-letter words containing i, n, s, p

  • spermiogenesis — the development of a spermatozoon from a spermatid.
  • spick and span — spotlessly clean and neat: a spick-and-span kitchen.
  • spick-and-span — spotlessly clean and neat: a spick-and-span kitchen.
  • spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
  • spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
  • spindle-legged — (used with a plural verb) long, thin legs.
  • spine-chilling — very frightening or horrifying.
  • spine-tingling — A spine-tingling film or piece of music is enjoyable because it causes you to feel a strong emotion such as excitement or fear.
  • spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
  • spinning jenny — an early spinning machine having more than one spindle, enabling a person to spin a number of yarns simultaneously.
  • spinning wheel — a device formerly used for spinning wool, flax, etc., into yarn or thread, consisting essentially of a single spindle driven by a large wheel operated by hand or foot.
  • spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
  • spiny anteater — echidna.
  • spiral binding — a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral of wire or plastic that coils through a series of holes punched along one side of each page and the front and back covers.
  • spirit rapping — a form of communication between living persons and the spirits of deceased persons by tapping out messages on a table, board, or the like.
  • spirit varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
  • spirit writing — writing allegedly produced by spirits or supernatural forces.
  • spiritus lenis — smooth breathing.
  • spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
  • spit and image — a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another, esp to a relative
  • spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
  • spitting image — spit1 (def 13).
  • spittle insect — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cercopidae, which in the immature stages live in a spittlelike secretion on plants.
  • splash erosion — erosion caused by the impact of falling raindrops.
  • splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
  • split decision — a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.
  • sponge pudding — a light steamed or baked pudding, spongy in texture, made with various flavourings or fruit
  • sporangiophore — a structure bearing sporangia.
  • sporangiospore — a spore that is produced within a sporangium.
  • sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
  • sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
  • spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.
  • sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
  • spring balance — a device in which an object to be weighed is attached to the end of a helical spring, the extension of which indicates the weight of the object on a calibrated scale
  • spring binding — a method of securing loose sheets of paper in a binder, using a mechanism containing a metal spring
  • spring chicken — a young chicken, especially a broiler or fryer.
  • spring equinox — the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox or spring equinox) and September 22 (autumnal equinox)
  • spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.
  • springboarding — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • springform pan — a metal cake pan with sides that can be unfastened to facilitate releasing the cake when done.
  • springing line — a horizontal line between the springs of an arch or dome.
  • spuyten duyvil — ship canal between N Manhattan Island & the mainland, connecting the Hudson & Harlem rivers
  • spy-in-the-sky — of or relating to a surveillance camera mounted on an aircraft or orbiting satellite
  • standard pitch — concert pitch
  • starting point — place where sth begins
  • starting price — gambling odds
  • steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
  • stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
  • stepping stone — stone: used to cross water
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