13-letter words containing n, i, p, l
- flip-flopping — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
- florianopolis — a state in S Brazil. 36,856 sq. mi. (95,455 sq. km). Capital: Florianópolis.
- flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- flying picket — (in industrial disputes) a member of a group of pickets organized to be able to move quickly from place to place
- folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
- foliage plant — any plant grown chiefly for its attractive leaves.
- fore clipping — a word formed by omitting the first part of the form from which it is derived.
- fowling piece — a shotgun for shooting wildfowl.
- franklin park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- friction pile — a pile depending on the friction of surrounding earth for support.
- fulani empire — a powerful W African Muslim state that flourished in the 19th century in the area of present-day Nigeria.
- galvanic pile — voltaic pile.
- gas explosion — an explosion caused by a gas leak in the presence of an ignition source
- gene splicing — recombinant DNA technology.
- gene-splicing — recombinant DNA technology.
- genital phase — the final stage of psychosexual development, in which a person achieves an affectionate, mature relationship with a sexual partner.
- genotypically — With reference to a genotype.
- gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
- giant scallop — sea scallop.
- glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
- glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
- gopher client — (networking) A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
- gospel singer — a singer performing gospel music
- gossip column — newspaper: celebrity news article
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- grease nipple — a metal nipple designed to engage with a grease gun for injecting grease into a bearing, etc
- grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
- hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
- hanging plant — a plant that grows downwards or hangs, often from a hanging basket or a high surface
- heating plant — a building or facility containing a boiler or furnace that provides heat to a building or a number of buildings
- heliographing — Present participle of heliograph.
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
- heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
- heteropolitan — a heterosexual man, typically living in a city, whose attitudes and interests are regarded as masculine but not excessively so
- highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- horripilation — a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose bumps.
- hospitalizing — Present participle of hospitalize.
- human capital — the collective skills, knowledge, or other intangible assets of individuals that can be used to create economic value for the individuals, their employers, or their community: Education is an investment in human capital that pays off in terms of higher productivity.
- hydroairplane — a hydroplane.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hyperrational — characterized by excessive rationality
- hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
- hypersplenism — an abnormal condition characterized by an enlarged spleen that prematurely destroys red blood cells or platelets.