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13-letter words containing p, e, l, s

  • rough sleeper — a homeless person who sleeps rough
  • rumble strips — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
  • rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
  • sacral plexus — a nerve network originating from the nerves of the sacral spine and innervating large areas of the lower trunk and legs, especially via the sciatic nerves.
  • salad spinner — a utensil used for drying washed salad or vegetables that consists of a plastic basket inside a plastic bowl. The salad is placed in the basket and the outer bowl is then spun using a device such as a gear-operated handle or pull cord, and this spinning then separates water from the salad.
  • sales receipt — slip or document: proof of payment
  • saloon keeper — a person who owns or operates a saloon.
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • sample letter — an example of a particular type of letter intended to show people how to construct their own letter
  • sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
  • san luis peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,014 feet (4271 meters).
  • satin slipper — a play (1925–28) by Paul Claudel.
  • scallop shell — the shell of a scallop
  • scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
  • scaphocephaly — premature closure of the sagittal suture resulting in a deformed skull having an elongated, keellike shape.
  • schiller park — a town in NE Illinois.
  • school report — written assessment of school pupil
  • scleroprotein — protein that is fibrous and insoluble in water, serving a protective or supportive function in the body.
  • sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
  • sculpturesque — suggesting sculpture: the sculpturesque beauty of her face.
  • seaplane base — a base for seaplanes
  • seckel (pear) — a small, sweet, juicy, reddish-brown pear
  • secret police — a police force that functions as the enforcement arm of a government's political policies and whose activities, which often include surveillance, intimidation, and physical violence as a means of suppressing dissent, are usually concealed from the public.
  • selenographer — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
  • selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
  • self-apparent — clear and evident without need of further evidence
  • self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
  • self-composed — being or appearing to be composed; calm.
  • self-contempt — the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
  • self-depraved — corrupt, wicked, or perverted.
  • self-employed — earning one's living directly from one's own profession or business, as a freelance writer or artist, rather than as an employee earning salary or commission from another.
  • self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
  • self-exposing — to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
  • self-exposure — the act of exposing, laying open, or uncovering: the sudden exposure of objects that were hidden under the blanket.
  • self-hypnosis — autohypnosis.
  • self-improver — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
  • self-pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
  • self-pleasing — giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.
  • self-policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
  • self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
  • self-prepared — properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready: prepared for a hurricane.
  • self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
  • self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
  • self-punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
  • self-reproach — blame or censure by one's own conscience.
  • selling point — a unique or advantageous feature that appeals to the prospective buyer of a service, product, etc.: A generous discount is the chief selling point of the book club.
  • selling price — cost at which sth is put up for sale
  • semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
  • semiempirical — partly empirical
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