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13-letter words containing l, o, s, p

  • semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
  • semipalmation — the state of being semipalmate
  • semipolitical — of a partially political nature; having some political features.
  • semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
  • 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.
  • shell program — A shell program is a basic computer program that provides a framework within which the user can develop the program to suit their own needs.
  • shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
  • shirley poppy — a cultivated strain of the corn poppy, having variously colored single or double flowers.
  • shopping list — a list made by a shopper of items or goods to be bought.
  • shopping mall — mall (def 1).
  • shoulder loop — a flap on each shoulder of a service uniform on which metallic insignia of rank are worn by commissioned and warrant officers in the Army, Air Force, and Marines.
  • silver polish — a type of polishing medium that is suitable for silver
  • silver poplar — white poplar (def 1).
  • simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
  • 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.
  • sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
  • slotted spoon — a large spoon whose bowl has several slots or holes for draining liquid from food being ladled.
  • slow handclap — slow rhythmic clapping, esp used by an audience to indicate dissatisfaction or impatience
  • 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
  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • soccer player — A soccer player is a person who plays soccer, especially as a profession.
  • social gospel — a movement in America, chiefly in the early part of the 20th century, stressing the social teachings of Jesus and their applicability to public life.
  • social phobia — a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations
  • solar eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
  • solar-powered — powered by heat radiation from the sun converted into electrical power
  • solitary wasp — any of numerous wasps, as the sand wasps or mud wasps, that do not live in a community.
  • somar dumpacl — (tool)   A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
  • sophistically — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
  • 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)
  • space biology — exobiology.
  • spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
  • spasmodically — given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
  • spastic colon — a chronic condition of recurring abdominal pain with constipation or diarrhoea or both
  • speak volumes — a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.
  • special offer — bargain
  • special order — A special order is an extra order or an order for an item specially requested by a customer.
  • special-order — to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.
  • speckled wood — a common woodland brown satyrid butterfly, Pararge aegeria, marked with pale orange or yellowish-white spots
  • speleotherapy — a form of treatment for asthma sufferers that takes place in clinics in disused mines, in which the air is free of pollen, dust mites, and the other irritants that provoke an allergic reaction; used to reduce the risk of heart disease
  • spelling book — an elementary textbook or manual to teach spelling
  • spelling-book — a person who spells words.
  • spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
  • sphagnicolous — growing in moss
  • sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
  • sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
  • spider flower — cleome
  • spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
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