13-letter words containing p, l, a, s, i
- seneschalship — the office or position of a seneschal
- septentrional — northern; boreal
- septisyllable — a word made up of seven syllables.
- serial rapist — someone who carries out a series of rapes
- service clasp — clasp (def 4).
- sesquiplicate — relating to or involving the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of given terms; i.e. the sesquiplicate ratio of given terms is the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of those terms
- 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
- 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.
- shopping mall — mall (def 1).
- silver poplar — white poplar (def 1).
- silver-plated — Something that is silver-plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver.
- simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
- 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.
- sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
- skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- 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.
- slip trailing — the act of decorating an object with a poured stream of slip.
- 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
- small capital — a capital letter of a particular font, the same height as the x-high letters.
- 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.
- social phobia — a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations
- 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.
- solitary wasp — any of numerous wasps, as the sand wasps or mud wasps, that do not live in a community.
- sophistically — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- space biology — exobiology.
- space lattice — lattice (def 4).
- spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
- spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti
- sparking plug — spark plug (def 1).
- spasmodically — given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
- spastic colon — a chronic condition of recurring abdominal pain with constipation or diarrhoea or both
- 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.
- special agent — an investigator in a law enforcement agency.
- special needs — learning difficulties
- special offer — bargain
- special order — A special order is an extra order or an order for an item specially requested by a customer.
- special staff — all staff officers assigned to headquarters of a division or higher unit who are not members of the general staff or personal staff.
- special-order — to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.
- specialities' — specialty.
- spectral line — a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
- speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.