13-letter words containing l, i, s, o, m
- sublime porte — official name of Porte.
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- sugar of milk — lactose.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- swimming hole — a place, as in a stream or creek, where there is water deep enough to use for swimming.
- swimming pool — a tank or large artificial basin, as of concrete, for filling with water for swimming.
- symbiotically — living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship: Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.
- symbolic code — a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.
- symbolic link — (file format) (SYLK) A Microsoft file format for spreadsheets, (not to be confused with symbolic link). SYLK format existed in one form or another in as early as 1987, and was part of Excel v1.0. It is is an outgrowth of VisiCalc DIF file format. SYLK format is ascii text and represents information about both formula, value, and some formatting information, which makes it something like an RTF for spreadsheets. It is used as a general tabular data exchange format.
- symbolization — the act or process of symbolizing.
- sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- temerariously — in an audacious manner
- terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
- thermal noise — a wide spectrum of electromagnetic noise appearing in electronic circuits and devices as a result of the temperature-dependent random motions of electrons and other charge carriers.
- thermoelastic — pertaining to the thermodynamic effects produced by deformation of an elastic substance.
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thermotensile — of or relating to tensile strength in so far as it is affected by temperature
- thromboclasis — thrombolysis.
- timbrophilist — a person who loves stamps or who collects stamps
- tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
- total impulse — a measure of the maximum momentum that a given reaction engine and fuel supply can impart to a vehicle.
- tous-les-mois — a large-grained farinaceous food resembling arrowroot, obtained from a South American canna, Canna edulis, and used in baby food.
- toxoplasmosis — infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, transmitted to humans by consumption of insufficiently cooked meat containing the parasite or by contact with contaminated cats or their feces: the illness produced is usually mild, but in pregnant women may damage the fetus.
- umbelliferous — bearing an umbel or umbels.
- unambiguously — plainly, clearly
- unambitiously — in an unambitious manner
- uncomplaisant — not eager to please; not compliant or obliging
- uncustomarily — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- unmaliciously — not in a malicious manner
- unmetabolised — not metabolised
- unpromisingly — in a manner that is not showing any promise of favourable development or future success
- unwomanliness — the quality or state of being unwomanly
- vasostimulant — stimulating the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- ventriloquism — the art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy.
- victimologist — the study of crime victims and the psychological effects of being a victim.
- violent storm — Meteorology. storm (def 3).
- vocationalism — the practice or policy of requiring vocational training of all college or high-school students.
- west columbia — a town in central South Carolina.
- winston-salem — a city in N North Carolina.
- wireless room — a room on a premises, on a ship, etc where radio equipment is installed
- words fail me — I am too happy, sad, amazed, etc, to express my thoughts