13-letter words containing n, o, s, p
- gossipmongers — Plural form of gossipmonger.
- gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
- gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
- grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.
- grey-thompson — Tanni (Carys Davina) Baroness. born 1969, Welsh wheelchair athlete; won eleven gold medals for Britain in wheelchair racing in the Paralympic Games (1988–2004); a crossbench peer in the House of Lords since 2010
- ground troops — soldiers positioned on the ground
- groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
- groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
- growing pains — If a person or organization suffers from growing pains, they experience temporary difficulties and problems at the beginning of a particular stage of development.
- gymnospermous — of or relating to a gymnosperm; having exposed or naked seeds.
- hampton roads — a channel in SE Virginia between the mouth of the James River and Chesapeake Bay: battle between the Monitor and the Virginia 1862.
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- hitching post — a post to which horses, mules, etc., are tied.
- home shopping — buying items via tv or internet
- homeownership — a person who owns a home.
- honeycreepers — Plural form of honeycreeper.
- hopkinsianism — a modified Calvinism taught by Samuel Hopkins (1721–1803), that emphasized the sovereignty of God, the importance of His decrees, and the necessity of submitting to His will, accepting even damnation, if required, for His glory, and holding that ethics is merely disinterested benevolence.
- horsewhipping — Present participle of horsewhip.
- hospitalizing — Present participle of hospitalize.
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
- hymenopterans — Plural form of hymenopteran.
- hymenopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hymenoptera, an order of insects having, when winged, four membranous wings, and comprising the wasps, bees, ants, ichneumon flies, and sawflies.
- hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperpersonal — Very highly personal.
- hypnoanalysis — a method of psychoanalysis in which a patient is put into hypnosis in an attempt to secure analytic data, free associations, and early emotional reactions.
- hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.
- hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
- hyposensitive — low or diminished sensitivity to stimulation.
- hyposensitize — to cause (a person) to become less sensitive to (a substance producing an allergic reaction); desensitize.
- hypostatizing — Present participle of hypostatize.
- hypothesising — Present participle of hypothesise.
- hypothesizing — to form a hypothesis.
- i-proposition — a particular affirmative proposition
- ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- impecuniosity — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- impecuniously — In an impecunious manner.
- imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
- imperiousness — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- impersonalise — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalism — the practice of maintaining impersonal relations with individuals or groups.
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- impersonalize — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.