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13-letter words containing i, s, o, p, d

  • speedcoding 3 — (language)   [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].
  • sphenoid bone — the large butterfly-shaped compound bone at the base of the skull, containing a protective depression for the pituitary gland
  • spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
  • spider flower — cleome
  • spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
  • spider orchid — any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys, esp O. sphegodes, having a flower with yellow, green, or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip
  • spiny dogfish — any of several dogfish sharks of the genus Squalus, having a spine in front of each of the two dorsal fins, especially S. acanthias, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters.
  • splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
  • spondylolysis — the destruction of the vertebra
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
  • spread option — spread (def 25b).
  • spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
  • springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
  • standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
  • stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
  • stripped down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
  • stripped-down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
  • strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
  • subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
  • supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
  • superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
  • superdominant — submediant.
  • superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
  • superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
  • the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
  • turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
  • uncompromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
  • unimpassioned — not filled with passion or affected by strong emotion
  • unpersonified — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
  • unprovisioned — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • vino de pasto — a pale, dry sherry of Spain.
  • violin spider — brown recluse spider.
  • well disposed — If you are well disposed to a person, plan, or activity, you are likely to agree with them or support them.
  • well-disposed — favorably, sympathetically, or kindly disposed: The sponsors are well-disposed toward our plan.
  • well-polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
  • wind scorpion — sun spider.
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