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

  • satin slipper — a play (1925–28) by Paul Claudel.
  • scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
  • 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.
  • 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-depraved — corrupt, wicked, or perverted.
  • self-exposure — the act of exposing, laying open, or uncovering: the sudden exposure of objects that were hidden under the blanket.
  • self-improver — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
  • 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-reproach — blame or censure by one's own conscience.
  • selling price — cost at which sth is put up for sale
  • semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
  • semiempirical — partly empirical
  • semipermeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
  • septentrional — northern; boreal
  • serial rapist — someone who carries out a series of rapes
  • serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
  • service clasp — clasp (def 4).
  • 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
  • share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
  • shell program — A shell program is a basic computer program that provides a framework within which the user can develop the program to suit their own needs.
  • ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
  • shirley poppy — a cultivated strain of the corn poppy, having variously colored single or double flowers.
  • shoulder loop — a flap on each shoulder of a service uniform on which metallic insignia of rank are worn by commissioned and warrant officers in the Army, Air Force, and Marines.
  • silver polish — a type of polishing medium that is suitable for silver
  • silver poplar — white poplar (def 1).
  • silver spring — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • silver-plated — Something that is silver-plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver.
  • 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.
  • sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
  • 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.
  • slipper chair — a small bedroom chair with a low seat.
  • slipper satin — a fine satin fabric with a mat finish
  • slippery dick — a wrasse, Halichoeres bivittatus, inhabiting tropical regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
  • slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
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