13-letter words containing p, e, t, i, s
- stamp machine — a machine used for stamping documents, as with the time, etc
- star sapphire — a sapphire, cut cabochon, exhibiting asterism in the form of a colorless six-rayed star.
- stargazey pie — a Cornish fish pie served with the head of the fish protruding through the crust
- state capitol — the building which houses the government of a state
- statesmanship — the ability, qualifications, or practice of a statesman; wisdom and skill in the management of public affairs.
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
- step function — a function that is constant on each of a finite set of subintervals of its domain, the union of the subintervals being the domain.
- step out with — to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone), esp publicly
- stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
- stepparenting — parenting within a stepfamily
- steppingstone — a stone, or one of a line of stones, in shallow water, a marshy place, or the like, that is stepped on in crossing.
- stereotropism — a tropism determined by contact with a solid.
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stethoscopist — a person who is experienced in the use of a stethoscope
- stevens point — a city in central Wisconsin.
- sticker price — the dealer's full asking price of a new automobile as shown on a sticker attached to it and accompanied by an itemized list of the cost of its basic and optional equipment and other charges.
- stirpiculture — the production of special stocks or strains by careful breeding.
- stoppage time — In soccer and some other sports, stoppage time is the period of time that is added to the end of a game because play was stopped during the game as a result of, for example, injuries to players.
- stovepipe hat — a tall silk hat.
- straighten up — stand straighter
- stratospheric — relating to the stratosphere
- strepsipteran — strepsipterous.
- strepsipteron — a strepsipterous insect.
- streptokinase — an enzyme used to dissolve blood clots.
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
- striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
- stripped down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- stripped pine — natural pine from which any varnish or painted finish has been removed
- stripped-down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
- sublime porte — official name of Porte.
- subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- subspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- subspeciality — a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
- sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- super-intense — existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
- super-tension — the act of stretching or straining.
- superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
- supercautious — very or extremely cautious
- supercritical — extremely critical.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superdominant — submediant.
- superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.