13-letter words containing m, l, i, s
- social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
- sodomitically — in a sodomitical manner
- solemnization — to perform the ceremony of (marriage).
- solifidianism — a person who maintains that faith alone, without the performance of good works, is all that is necessary for salvation.
- somniloquence — sleep-talking
- spasmodically — given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
- spathiphyllum — any of various tropical plants of the genus Spathiphyllum, having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental.
- 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.
- spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
- spinning mule — mule1 (def 7).
- splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- splenectomize — to remove the spleen from
- spoils system — the system or practice in which public offices with their emoluments and advantages are at the disposal of the victorious party for its own purposes.
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- sprint medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards, the second and third members run 220 yards each, and the fourth member runs 880 yards.
- spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
- stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
- state militia — (formerly) a force composed of the citizens of a state
- statesmanlike — a person who is experienced in the art of government or versed in the administration of government affairs.
- steam whistle — a type of whistle sounded by a blast of steam, as used formerly in factories, on locomotives, etc
- sterculia gum — karaya gum.
- stigmatically — in a stigmatic, villainous, or infamous manner
- stimulability — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stocking loom — a type of knitting machine
- stomatologist — a person who works in stomatology
- storax family — the plant family Styracaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, clusters of bell-shaped white flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the silver bell, snowbell, and storax.
- storm trysail — a small fore-and-aft sail, triangular or square, set on the mainmast of a sailing vessel in foul weather to help keep her head to the wind
- stratum title — a system of registered ownership of space in multistorey buildings, to be equivalent to the ownership of the land of a single-storey building
- striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
- strombuliform — in the shape of a coil
- structuralism — any theory that embodies structural principles.
- sublime porte — official name of Porte.
- submillimeter — less than a millimeter in size: a submillimeter wave.
- submillimetre — a microscopic division of a millimetre
- 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.
- sulfadimidine — an antibacterial sulfa drug used in human and veterinary medicine. It is effective against chlamydia, toxoplasma, and cocidia
- sulfamerazine — a sulfa drug, C11H12N4O2S, a methyl derivative of sulfadiazine that is more rapidly absorbed
- sulfanilamide — a white, crystalline amide of sulfanilic acid, C 6 H 8 N 2 O 2 S, formerly used in the treatment of bacterial infections: replaced by its derivatives and by antibiotics.
- supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- supermilitant — highly militant
- supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- sutter's mill — the location in California, NE of Sacramento, near which gold was discovered in 1848, precipitating the gold rush of 1849.
- sweet william — a pink, Dianthus barbatus, having clusters of small, variously colored flowers.
- swimming gala — a competitive event featuring swimming races
- 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.