13-letter words containing l, e, p, t, o, n
- route planner — a book of road maps
- rumelgumption — commonsense
- rumlegumption — commonsense
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- scleroprotein — protein that is fibrous and insoluble in water, serving a protective or supportive function in the body.
- selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
- self-contempt — the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
- 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.
- semipalmation — the state of being semipalmate
- septentrional — northern; boreal
- sexploitation — the exploitation of sex in films, magazines, etc.
- shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- 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.
- slotted spoon — a large spoon whose bowl has several slots or holes for draining liquid from food being ladled.
- slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- spiny lobster — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers.
- splenectomize — to remove the spleen from
- spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- spotter plane — an aircraft used in observing enemy movements or the accuracy of fire on a target
- stenopetalous — having narrow petals.
- stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
- stone parsley — a parsley, Sison amomum, of Eurasia, bearing aromatic seeds that are used as a condiment.
- subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
- sunspot cycle — the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
- supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
- superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
- telencephalon — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
- telephone box — a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone.
- telephone tag — repeated unsuccessful attempts by two persons to connect with one another by telephone.
- teleportation — to transport (a body) by telekinesis.
- temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
- temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
- temporizingly — in a yielding manner
- terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
- the paleocene — the Paleocene Epoch or its rocks
- the paleogene — the Paleogene subdivision of the Tertiary Period or its rocks
- thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
- tompot blenny — a variety of blenny (Parablennius gattorugine), with tentacles over its eyes
- townsend plan — a pension plan, proposed in the U.S. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.
- township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
- transpersonal — extending beyond or transcending the personal.
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
- triple-tongue — to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and t and k successively, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
- tropical zone — Torrid Zone
- tropocollagen — the molecular unit which forms collagen, consisting of three polypeptide chains
- uncompletable — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.