14-letter words containing n, p, l
- shopping plaza — a complex of stores, banks, movie theaters, etc.; shopping center.
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- side-splitting — convulsively uproarious: sidesplitting laughter.
- silent partner — a partner taking no active part in the conduct of a business.
- silver protein — any of several colloidal silver solutions containing silver and a protein, as albumin: formerly used in treating inflammation of mucous membranes
- silver-spooned — born into, of, or relating to a wealthy upper-class family
- simple machine — machine (def 3b).
- simple protein — a protein that yields only amino acids and no other major products when hydrolyzed (contrasted with conjugated protein).
- simplification — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
- simpson's rule — a method for approximating the value of a definite integral by approximating, with parabolic arcs, the area under the curve defined by the integrand.
- sinclair pc200 — (computer) 1998-07-28
- single premium — a single payment that covers the entire cost of an insurance policy.
- singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
- sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
- slatwall panel — A slatwall panel is a slatted surface which can be fixed to the wall from which shelves or hooks can be hung at varying heights to display merchandise.
- sleep learning — the act or process of learning during sleep by listening to recordings repeatedly.
- sleep movement — the folding together of leaflets, petals, etc, that occurs at night in certain plants, such as the prayer plant (Maranta leuconura)
- sleep-learning — the idea that people can learn things while they are asleep
- sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
- sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
- sleeping giant — If you refer to someone or something as a sleeping giant, you mean that they are powerful but they have not yet shown the full extent of their power.
- sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
- slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget about it.
- social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- solid compound — a word formed from two or more other words or elements, written or printed as single word without a hyphen
- south portland — a city in SW Maine.
- spangled glass — an American art glass having flakes of mica in a layer of clear glass flashed with colored glass.
- spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
- sparkling wine — a wine that is naturally carbonated by a second fermentation.
- spatialization — the process of causing something to occupy space or assume some of the properties of space
- speaking clock — a telephone service that gives a precise verbal statement of the correct time
- special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
- specialisation — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
- specialization — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
- specimen plant — a plant grown by itself for ornamental effect, rather than being massed with others in a bed or border.
- spellbindingly — in a spellbinding manner
- spelling error — an error in the conventionally accepted form of spelling a word
- spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
- spindle-legged — (used with a plural verb) long, thin legs.
- spine-chilling — very frightening or horrifying.
- spine-tingling — A spine-tingling film or piece of music is enjoyable because it causes you to feel a strong emotion such as excitement or fear.
- spinning wheel — a device formerly used for spinning wool, flax, etc., into yarn or thread, consisting essentially of a single spindle driven by a large wheel operated by hand or foot.
- spiral binding — a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral of wire or plastic that coils through a series of holes punched along one side of each page and the front and back covers.
- spiritus lenis — smooth breathing.
- spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
- spittle insect — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cercopidae, which in the immature stages live in a spittlelike secretion on plants.
- splash erosion — erosion caused by the impact of falling raindrops.
- splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
- split decision — a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful