13-letter words containing i, s, o, l, n
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- grimes golden — a yellow variety of apple that ripens in late autumn.
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- gulf of lions — a wide bay of the Mediterranean off the S coast of France, between the Spanish border and Toulon
- gynaecologist — (UK, Canada, dated in US) A physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.
- gynecologists — Plural form of gynecologist.
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- heliocentrism — The theory that the sun is the center of the universe, (This theory is historically important and was widely accepted at the time of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler.).
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
- hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
- hill of beans — something of trifling value; virtually nothing at all: The problem didn't amount to a hill of beans.
- hold in leash — to control; curb; restrain
- homeschooling — a school set up in the home.
- hornswoggling — Present participle of hornswoggle.
- hospitalizing — Present participle of hospitalize.
- housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
- housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hypnoanalysis — a method of psychoanalysis in which a patient is put into hypnosis in an attempt to secure analytic data, free associations, and early emotional reactions.
- idealizations — Plural form of idealization.
- ignominiously — marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat.
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- illogicalness — The quality of being illogical.
- illuminations — Plural form of illumination.
- illusionistic — a technique of using pictorial methods in order to deceive the eye. Compare trompe l'oeil.
- illustrations — Plural form of illustration.
- immovableness — The quality of being immovable.
- impecuniously — In an impecunious manner.
- 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.
- implantations — Plural form of implantation.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- in conclusion — to sum up, to conclude
- in silhouette — If you see something in silhouette, you see it as a dark shape with no detail except for the outline.
- in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- inbounds line — one of two broken lines, parallel to the sidelines and running the length of the field, to which the ball is brought when it goes beyond the sidelines.
- inclinometers — Plural form of inclinometer.
- inclusion map — a map of a set to itself in which each element of a given subset of the set is mapped to itself.
- incognoscible — (rare, dated) Not capable of being known; incomprehensible.
- incombustible — not combustible; incapable of being burned; fireproof.
- incommiscible — not able to be mixed or combined
- incompatibles — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incompossible — incompatible; mutually exclusive
- incondensable — not condensable; incapable of being condensed.
- incongruously — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
- inconsciently — in an inconscient manner
- inconstruable — unable to be construed