13-letter words containing m, p, a, y
- sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
- somatopsychic — of or relating to the effects of the body on the mind.
- sparcsystem 4 — (computer) A computer built with the MicroSPARC ii 70MHz CPU as used in the SPARC 5 Model 70. The SPARCsystem 4 is basically a cheaper, cut-down SPARC 5. It has an 8-bit pixel accelerator instead of the SBus Turbo GX card. Memory expansion is limited to 160 MB. Availability was planned for March/April 1995.
- 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.
- spenta mainyu — the good and creative spirit that is the offspring of Ahura Mazda.
- spermatophyte — any of the Spermatophyta, a primary division or group of plants comprising those that bear seeds.
- 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.
- stock company — Finance. a company or corporation whose capital is divided into shares represented by stock.
- stomatoplasty — plastic surgery of the mouth or the cervix.
- sumptuary law — a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
- supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
- supernumerary — being in excess of the usual, proper, or prescribed number; additional; extra.
- supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
- swamp cypress — bald cypress.
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- sympathectomy — surgery that interrupts a nerve pathway of the sympathetic or involuntary nervous system.
- sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- take-home pay — the amount of salary remaining after deductions, as of taxes, have been made.
- tapestry moth — carpet moth.
- thermotherapy — treatment of disease by means of moist or dry heat.
- token payment — a small payment binding an agreement or acknowledging a debt.
- trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
- tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
- tympanoplasty — reconstruction of the eardrum and the bones of the middle ear.
- unimpeachably — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- weapon system — a weapon and the components necessary to its proper function, such as targeting and guidance devices
- weeping myall — any of several Australian acacias, especially Acacia pendula (weeping myall) having gray foliage and drooping branches.
- yachtsmanship — The ability or art of being adept at sailing a yacht.
- york imperial — an American variety of yellow or green apple with red stripes.