13-letter words containing p, e, a, s
- severance pay — money, exclusive of wages, back pay, etc., paid to an employee who has tenure and who is dismissed because of lack of work or other reasons beyond the employee's control.
- sexploitation — the exploitation of sex in films, magazines, etc.
- shag pile rug — a piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor. It is like a carpet but covers a smaller area
- shakespearean — of, relating to, or suggestive of Shakespeare or his works.
- shakespearian — of, relating to, or suggestive of Shakespeare or his works.
- shape-shifter — a creature or thing that can change shape at will or that does so under certain conditions
- shaped charge — a warhead having a concave, hollow end and operating on the Munroe effect.
- share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
- share premium — the excess of the amount actually subscribed for an issue of corporate capital over its par value
- sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
- sharp-sighted — having keen sight.
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
- sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
- sheep measles — a disease of sheep caused by infestation by the cysticerci of a dog tapeworm (Taenia ovis)
- sheep station — a large sheep farm
- sheepshearing — an act or instance of shearing sheep.
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shell program — A shell program is a basic computer program that provides a framework within which the user can develop the program to suit their own needs.
- shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
- ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
- ship of state — a nation or its affairs likened to a ship under sail.
- ship's papers — the documents that are required by law to be carried by a ship for the purpose of ascertaining details of her ownership, nationality, destination, and cargo or to prove her neutrality
- shipping lane — sea lane.
- shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
- shoe repairer — a person who mends shoes
- sign of peace — the liturgical practice of giving a sign of peace, union, or friendship, as a handshake or embrace, at some point in a Christian service, esp. in a Mass or Communion service
- silver poplar — white poplar (def 1).
- silver-plated — Something that is silver-plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver.
- single parent — mother or father without a partner
- single-parent — of or noting a family in which a parent brings up a child or children alone, without a partner: a single-parent family; a single-parent household.
- sino-japanese — having to do with both China and Japan
- skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- skip distance — the minimum distance along the earth's surface between the position of a short-wave transmitter and the region where its signal is received after one reflection from the ionosphere.
- sleeping area — an area in a room or house where people can sleep
- slip carriage — a railway car detached from a moving train as it passes through a station.
- slipper chair — a small bedroom chair with a low seat.
- slipper satin — a fine satin fabric with a mat finish
- slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
- slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
- snap fastener — A snap fastener is a small metal object used to fasten clothes, made up of two parts which can be pressed together.
- snap the whip — crack the whip (def 2).
- sneak preview — a preview of a motion picture, often shown in addition to an announced film, in order to observe the reaction of the audience.
- soapbox derby — a race between children in homemade racing carts
- soccer player — A soccer player is a person who plays soccer, especially as a profession.
- social gospel — a movement in America, chiefly in the early part of the 20th century, stressing the social teachings of Jesus and their applicability to public life.
- solar eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- solar-powered — powered by heat radiation from the sun converted into electrical power