13-letter words containing p, h, i, l
- seneschalship — the office or position of a seneschal
- 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
- shaking palsy — Parkinson's disease.
- share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
- shipping lane — sea lane.
- shipping line — a business that operates ships, which it may or may not own
- shirley poppy — a cultivated strain of the corn poppy, having variously colored single or double flowers.
- shopping list — a list made by a shopper of items or goods to be bought.
- shopping mall — mall (def 1).
- silver polish — a type of polishing medium that is suitable for silver
- siphon bottle — a bottle for aerated water, fitted with a bent tube through the neck, the water being forced out, when a valve is opened, by the pressure on its surface of the gas accumulating within the bottle.
- sleep hygiene — the habits conducive to getting the right amount and quality of sleep
- slipper chair — a small bedroom chair with a low seat.
- social phobia — a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations
- sophistically — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti
- spathiphyllum — any of various tropical plants of the genus Spathiphyllum, having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental.
- speech clinic — a place at which specialists in speech therapy reeducate those with a speech handicap.
- speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
- sphagnicolous — growing in moss
- sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
- sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
- spindleshanks — spindlelegs.
- spine-chiller — a book, film, etc, that arouses terror
- spot lighting — Spot lighting is lighting directed towards and used to draw attention to a product or display.
- sprightliness — animated or vivacious; lively.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- 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.
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
- superphysical — above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
- superthriller — a highly sensational film or book
- swivel-hipped — characterized by an exaggeratedly swinging or extremely free motion of the hips.
- sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- syphilization — the act of syphilizing
- syphilophobia — the excessive fear of syphilis
- tachyphylaxis — Medicine/Medical. immediate, temporary immunization against the effects of injection of a toxic extract owing to previous small injections of the same extract.
- technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
- telencephalic — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
- the big apple — New York City
- the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
- the paleozoic — the Paleozoic Era or its rocks
- the palisades — line of steep cliffs in NE N.J. & SE N.Y. on the west shore of the Hudson: c. 15 mi (24 km) long
- the spiritual — the realm of spirits
- the spotlight — the focus of attention
- the-big-apple — New York City.
- therapeutical — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.