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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.
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