13-letter words containing n, i, e, s, p, o
- repositioning — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- repressionist — an advocate of repression; someone who argues for or holds to repressive measures
- response time — Psychology. the time consumed in making a response.
- retrospecting — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- retrospection — the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past.
- rewriteperson — rewriteman.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- schizophrenia — Psychiatry.. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
- schizophrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
- scleroprotein — protein that is fibrous and insoluble in water, serving a protective or supportive function in the body.
- second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
- selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
- self-exposing — to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
- self-hypnosis — autohypnosis.
- self-policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- selling point — a unique or advantageous feature that appeals to the prospective buyer of a service, product, etc.: A generous discount is the chief selling point of the book club.
- semipalmation — the state of being semipalmate
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- septentrional — northern; boreal
- septentriones — the seven stars of the Plough, the Great Bear
- serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
- serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
- serviceperson — a person who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- serving spoon — utensil used to serve food
- sexploitation — the exploitation of sex in films, magazines, etc.
- sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
- sheep station — a large sheep farm
- sign of peace — the liturgical practice of giving a sign of peace, union, or friendship, as a handshake or embrace, at some point in a Christian service, esp. in a Mass or Communion service
- sino-japanese — having to do with both China and Japan
- 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.
- skipping rope — A skipping rope or skip rope is a piece of rope, usually with handles at each end. You exercise or play with it by turning it round and round and jumping over it.
- skipping-rope — Also, jump roping. a children's game or an exercise for children and adults in which a rope is swung over and under the standing jumper, who must leap over it each time it reaches the feet.
- slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
- souvenir shop — a shop that sells trivial gift items, such as T-shirts, coffee mugs, keyrings etc, esp aimed at tourists
- space fiction — a book, film, TV series, etc, set in outer space
- space station — an orbiting manned structure that can be used for a variety of purposes, as to assemble or service satellites, refuel spacecraft, etc.
- spark erosion — a method of machining using a shaped electrode which erodes the workpiece by an electric spark discharge between itself and the workpiece
- specification — the act of specifying.
- specimen copy — a copy of a document regarded as typical of that type of document
- spectinomycin — an antibiotic drug, C 1 4 H 2 4 N 2 O 7 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces spectabilis, used in the treatment of susceptible gonorrhea.
- speedcoding 3 — (language) [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].
- spelling book — an elementary textbook or manual to teach spelling
- spelling-book — a person who spells words.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- spermatotoxin — spermotoxin.
- sphenoid bone — the large butterfly-shaped compound bone at the base of the skull, containing a protective depression for the pituitary gland
- spheristerion — an area designated for ballplay
- 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 monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
- spinuliferous — relating to a spine or spines