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

  • stader splint — a splint consisting of an adjustable metal rod with a steel pin at either end for insertion in the bone above and below a fracture.
  • string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
  • string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
  • subdiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
  • subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
  • sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
  • supermilitant — highly militant
  • supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
  • superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
  • superregional — involving many regions
  • supersensible — being above or beyond perception by the senses; beyond the reach of the senses.
  • supervirulent — extremely virulent
  • supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
  • suprasensible — not perceptible by the senses
  • table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
  • tattie-peelin — (esp of speech) highfalutin, affected, or pretentious
  • technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
  • telencephalic — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • teleportation — to transport (a body) by telekinesis.
  • temporizingly — in a yielding manner
  • tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis
  • terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
  • the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
  • thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
  • tin pan alley — the district of a city, especially New York City, where most of the popular music is published.
  • 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).
  • trigger plant — any of several small grasslike plants of the genus Stylidium, having sensitive stamens that are erected when disturbed: family Stylidiaceae
  • triple-nerved — noting a leaf in which two prominent nerves emerge from the middle nerve a little above its base.
  • 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.
  • tripping line — a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.
  • tropical zone — Torrid Zone
  • tyrian purple — Also called Tyrian dye. a highly prized crimson or purple dye of classical antiquity, originally obtained at great expense from a certain shellfish: later shown to be an indigo derivative and synthetically produced, and now replaced by other synthetic dyes.
  • uillean pipes — bagpipes developed in Ireland and operated by squeezing bellows under the arm
  • umbrella pine — a Japanese evergreen tree, Sciadopitys verticillata, having linear leaves growing in umbrellalike whorls, cultivated as an ornamental.
  • unappealingly — in an unappealing manner
  • unappreciable — sufficient to be readily perceived or estimated; considerable: There is an appreciable difference between socialism and communism.
  • uncapitalized — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
  • uncomplicated — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
  • undisciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
  • unexceptional — not exceptional; not unusual or extraordinary.
  • unexemplified — not exemplified; not clarified by example
  • unexplainable — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • unexplainably — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • unimpeachable — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
  • unimpeachably — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
  • unimpressible — not capable of being or willing to be impressed
  • uniparentally — in a uniparental manner
  • unmanipulated — not manipulated
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