13-letter words containing p, s, i, l, a, n
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- depersonalise — Alternative spelling of depersonalize.
- depersonalize — To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.
- diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
- dilapidations — Plural form of dilapidation.
- dipsomaniacal — Pertaining to or suffering from dipsomania.
- disciplinable — subject to or meriting disciplinary action: a disciplinable breach of rules.
- disparagingly — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- displacements — Plural form of displacement.
- displantation — the removal of a plantation
- display panel — an electronic screen on which information can be displayed
- dispositional — the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude: a girl with a pleasant disposition.
- dispraisingly — By way of dispraise.
- dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- elephant fish — a large marine fish, Callorhinchus milii, of southwest Pacific waters, having a snout resembling an elephant's trunk
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- elephantiasis — A condition in which a limb or other part of the body becomes grossly enlarged due to obstruction of the lymphatic vessels, typically by the nematode parasites that cause filariasis.
- empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
- encapsulating — Present participle of encapsulate.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
- epanadiplosis — a figure of speech involving the same word being used at the beginning and the end
- epinastically — in an epinastic manner
- episcopalians — Plural form of episcopalian.
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- exemplariness — The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
- expansibility — The condition of being expansible.
- explantations — Plural form of explantation.
- exploitations — Plural form of exploitation.
- expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
- expostulation — (countable) The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
- fashion plate — a person who consistently wears the latest style in dress.
- field spaniel — one of a British breed of spaniels having a flat or slightly waved, usually black coat, used for hunting and retrieving game.
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- florianopolis — a state in S Brazil. 36,856 sq. mi. (95,455 sq. km). Capital: Florianópolis.
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- gas explosion — an explosion caused by a gas leak in the presence of an ignition source
- genital phase — the final stage of psychosexual development, in which a person achieves an affectionate, mature relationship with a sexual partner.
- giant scallop — sea scallop.
- grease nipple — a metal nipple designed to engage with a grease gun for injecting grease into a bearing, etc
- grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
- hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
- heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
- hospitalizing — Present participle of hospitalize.
- hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
- hypnoanalysis — a method of psychoanalysis in which a patient is put into hypnosis in an attempt to secure analytic data, free associations, and early emotional reactions.
- impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
- impartialness — The quality of being impartial.