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13-letter words containing n, s, p

  • antisepticize — to treat with an antiseptic
  • antispasmodic — preventing or arresting spasms, esp in smooth muscle
  • aphanipterous — of or relating to the wingless insects of the order Aphaniptera
  • apicomplexans — Plural form of apicomplexan.
  • apostle plant — a plant, Neomarica northiana, of the iris family, native to Brazil, having large, fragrant white and violet flowers, and often cultivated as a houseplant.
  • apostle spoon — a silver spoon with a figure of one of the Apostles on the handle
  • apotheosizing — Present participle of apotheosize.
  • appealingness — the quality of being appealing
  • apperceptions — Plural form of apperception.
  • appersonation — the unconscious assumption of the personality characteristics of another, usually well known, person.
  • appreciations — Plural form of appreciation.
  • apprehensible — capable of being comprehended or grasped mentally
  • apprehensibly — In an apprehensive manner; cautiously.
  • apprehensions — Plural form of apprehension.
  • appurtenances — accessories or equipment
  • apron strings — If you say that someone is tied to another person's apron strings, you mean that they are controlled or influenced too much by the other person.
  • as it happens — You use as it happens in order to introduce a statement, especially one that is rather surprising.
  • ascoli piceno — a town in E central Italy, in the Marches: capital of the Roman province of Picenum; site of the massacre of all its Roman citizens in the Social War in 90 bc. Pop: 51 375 (2001)
  • aspirationals — Plural form of aspirational.
  • assistantship — a graduate post which requires the student to carry out some teaching duties in return for financial assistance
  • assumptionist — Augustinian of the Assumption.
  • asthenosphere — a thin semifluid layer of the earth (100–200 km thick), below the outer rigid lithosphere, forming part of the mantle and thought to be able to flow vertically and horizontally, enabling sections of lithosphere to subside, rise, and undergo lateral movement
  • asti spumante — a sweet, sparkling Italian white wine with a muscat flavor.
  • at this point — at this moment in time
  • austrian pine — an evergreen tree, Pina nigra austriaca
  • autoresponder — A program that automatically generates a set response to all messages sent to a particular e-mail address.
  • awe-inspiring — If you describe someone or something as awe-inspiring, you are emphasizing that you think that they are remarkable and amazing, although sometimes rather frightening.
  • back-slapping — Back-slapping is noisy, cheerful behaviour which people use in order to show affection or appreciation to each other.
  • balanced step — any of a series of staircase winders so planned that they are nearly as wide at the inside of the stair as the adjacent fliers.
  • balch springs — a town in NE Texas.
  • banana spider — a large, yellowish, tropical crab spider (Heteropoda venatoria) occasionally found in bunches of bananas shipped to the Temperate Zones
  • band spectrum — a spectrum consisting of a number of bands of closely spaced lines that are associated with emission or absorption of radiation by molecules
  • bandspreading — an additional tuning control in some radio receivers whereby a selected narrow band of frequencies can be spread over a wider frequency band, in order to give finer control of tuning
  • bass response — the response of an audio reproduction system or component to low frequencies
  • bay of naples — an inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the SW coast of Italy
  • be spoken for — If a person or thing is spoken for or has been spoken for, someone has claimed them or asked for them, so no-one else can have them.
  • be upstanding — (in a court of law) a direction to all persons present to rise to their feet before the judge enters or leaves the court
  • bespottedness — the state of being covered with spots or blemishes
  • binary pulsar — a pulsar in a binary system.
  • bipartisanism — the quality of being bipartisan
  • birth parents — a child's biological parents, regardless of whether they subsequently bring up the child
  • bishop's ring — a reddish-brown corona occasionally seen around the sun, caused by volcanic dust in the atmosphere.
  • bits per inch — (unit)   (BPI) A measure of the recording density of a magnetic tape or disk.
  • boarding pass — A boarding pass is a card that a passenger must have when boarding a plane or a boat.
  • body shopping — the purchasing of manpower from another country, usually one where wages are cheap
  • book scorpion — any of various small arachnids of the order Pseudoscorpionida (false scorpions), esp Chelifer cancroides, which are sometimes found in old books, etc
  • boring sponge — any of a family (Clionidae) of sponges that settle on and dissolve the shells of clams
  • boustrophedon — having alternate lines written from right to left and from left to right
  • bring to pass — to cause to happen
  • brinksmanship — the technique or practice of maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage, especially by creating diplomatic crises.
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