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

  • river dolphin — any freshwater cetacean of the family Platanistidae, inhabiting rivers of North and South America and S Asia. They are smaller than marine dolphins and have a longer narrower snout
  • rolling paper — cigarette paper available in small packages to smokers for rolling their own cigarettes.
  • route planner — a book of road maps
  • rumelgumption — commonsense
  • rumlegumption — commonsense
  • rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
  • 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.
  • saloon keeper — a person who owns or operates a saloon.
  • 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.
  • scleroprotein — protein that is fibrous and insoluble in water, serving a protective or supportive function in the body.
  • seaplane base — a base for seaplanes
  • selenographer — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
  • selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
  • self-apparent — clear and evident without need of further evidence
  • self-contempt — the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
  • self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
  • self-exposing — to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
  • self-hypnosis — autohypnosis.
  • self-pleasing — giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.
  • self-policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
  • self-punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
  • selling point — a unique or advantageous feature that appeals to the prospective buyer of a service, product, etc.: A generous discount is the chief selling point of the book club.
  • selling price — cost at which sth is put up for sale
  • 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
  • serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
  • sexploitation — the exploitation of sex in films, magazines, etc.
  • shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
  • shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
  • ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
  • shipping lane — sea lane.
  • shipping line — a business that operates ships, which it may or may not own
  • side-slipping — travelling down a slope in a direction that is not in line with one's skis
  • sidesplitting — convulsively uproarious: sidesplitting laughter.
  • silver spring — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • simple minded — free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
  • simple-minded — free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
  • 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.
  • sinking spell — a temporary decline, as in health or market values: Wall Street is over its sinking spell.
  • siphon bottle — a bottle for aerated water, fitted with a bent tube through the neck, the water being forced out, when a valve is opened, by the pressure on its surface of the gas accumulating within the bottle.
  • skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
  • sky-blue pink — a jocular name for a nonexistent, unknown, or unimportant colour
  • sleep hygiene — the habits conducive to getting the right amount and quality of sleep
  • sleeping area — an area in a room or house where people can sleep
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