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13-letter words containing l, e, n, i, p, a

  • provincialize — to make provincial in character.
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
  • prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
  • prussian blue — any of a number of blue pigments containing ferrocyanide or ferricyanide complexes
  • pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
  • pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
  • purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
  • pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
  • pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • quintuplicate — a group, series, or set of five copies or identical items, especially copies of typewritten matter.
  • raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
  • reapplication — an act or the process of reapplying a substance
  • recompilation — the act of compiling: the compilation of documents.
  • reduplication — the act of reduplicating; the state of being reduplicated.
  • regulator pin — either of two pins on the regulators of certain timepieces, one on each side of the hairspring, that can be moved to adjust the rate of the timepiece.
  • release print — Movies. print (def 31).
  • replenishable — able to be replenished
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • republicanize — to make republican.
  • republication — publication anew.
  • resting place — grave
  • rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
  • rhizocephalan — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
  • rolling paper — cigarette paper available in small packages to smokers for rolling their own cigarettes.
  • salad spinner — a utensil used for drying washed salad or vegetables that consists of a plastic basket inside a plastic bowl. The salad is placed in the basket and the outer bowl is then spun using a device such as a gear-operated handle or pull cord, and this spinning then separates water from the salad.
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • san luis peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,014 feet (4271 meters).
  • satin slipper — a play (1925–28) by Paul Claudel.
  • self-pleasing — giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.
  • semipalatinsk — a city in NE Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
  • semipalmation — the state of being semipalmate
  • semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
  • seneschalship — the office or position of a seneschal
  • septentrional — northern; boreal
  • sexploitation — the exploitation of sex in films, magazines, etc.
  • ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
  • shipping lane — sea lane.
  • single parent — mother or father without a partner
  • single-parent — of or noting a family in which a parent brings up a child or children alone, without a partner: a single-parent family; a single-parent household.
  • skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • sleeping area — an area in a room or house where people can sleep
  • slipper satin — a fine satin fabric with a mat finish
  • slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • special agent — an investigator in a law enforcement agency.
  • special needs — learning difficulties
  • spectral line — a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
  • speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
  • speed dialing — to dial (a telephone number) using speed dial.
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