13-letter words containing s, a, m, p, l
- spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
- standard lamp — A standard lamp is a tall electric light which stands on the floor in a living room.
- stomatoplasty — plastic surgery of the mouth or the cervix.
- striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- sumptuary law — a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- supermilitant — highly militant
- supersalesman — an extremely skillful and effective salesperson.
- supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
- supramolecule — a collection of molecules held together by intermolecular forces
- supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- total impulse — a measure of the maximum momentum that a given reaction engine and fuel supply can impart to a vehicle.
- toxoplasmosis — infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, transmitted to humans by consumption of insufficiently cooked meat containing the parasite or by contact with contaminated cats or their feces: the illness produced is usually mild, but in pregnant women may damage the fetus.
- trumpet blast — the sound of a single note made by a trumpet
- tungsten lamp — an incandescent electric lamp in which the filament is made of tungsten.
- tympanoplasty — reconstruction of the eardrum and the bones of the middle ear.
- umbrella step — (in the game of giant steps) a step executed by extending one foot forward and whirling on the heel.
- uncomplaisant — not eager to please; not compliant or obliging
- upperclassman — a junior or senior in a secondary school or college.
- wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
- williams pear — a variety of pear that has large yellow juicy sweet fruit