13-letter words containing l, p, s
- supersalesman — an extremely skillful and effective salesperson.
- supersensible — being above or beyond perception by the senses; beyond the reach of the senses.
- supersubtlety — the quality of being extremely subtle
- superthriller — a highly sensational film or book
- supervirulent — extremely virulent
- supplantation — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
- supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- support level — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
- suppositional — the act of supposing.
- supracellular — beyond the limits or above the level of cells.
- supralittoral — of or relating to the biogeographic region of a shore of a lake, sea, or ocean permanently above water but made damp by spray from waves or by capillarity of the substrate.
- supramolecule — a collection of molecules held together by intermolecular forces
- supranational — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
- suprarational — not understandable by reason alone; beyond rational comprehension.
- suprasensible — not perceptible by the senses
- supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
- surface plate — Machinery. a flat plate used by machinists for testing surfaces that are to be made perfectly flat.
- surplus store — a shop that sells used items, or items previously purchased but unused, and no longer needed. The items are often military, government or industrial excess
- surplus value — (in Marxian economics) the part of the value of a commodity that exceeds the cost of labor, regarded as the profit of the capitalist.
- suspensefully — in a suspenseful manner
- suspercollate — to hang
- swimming pool — a tank or large artificial basin, as of concrete, for filling with water for swimming.
- swivel-hipped — characterized by an exaggeratedly swinging or extremely free motion of the hips.
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- syphilization — the act of syphilizing
- syphilophobia — the excessive fear of syphilis
- tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- tachyphylaxis — Medicine/Medical. immediate, temporary immunization against the effects of injection of a toxic extract owing to previous small injections of the same extract.
- tapsal-teerie — topsy-turvy.
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- tempestuously — characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.
- tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis
- terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
- tetrapetalous — having four petals.
- the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
- the pole star — the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis
- the spiritual — the realm of spirits
- the spotlight — the focus of attention
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
- thigh-slapper — a very funny joke, remark, story, or incident.
- thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
- thoracoplasty — the operation removing selected portions of the ribs to collapse part of the underlying lung or an abnormal pleural space, usually in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- timbrophilist — a person who loves stamps or who collects stamps
- total eclipse — an eclipse in which the surface of the eclipsed body is completely obscured.
- total impulse — a measure of the maximum momentum that a given reaction engine and fuel supply can impart to a vehicle.
- 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.