13-letter words containing s, a, p, o, n, i
- displantation — the removal of a plantation
- 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.
- disreputation — disrepute.
- dodecaphonism — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
- dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
- durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
- dynamic scope — (language) In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- emancipations — Plural form of emancipation.
- enantiomorphs — Plural form of enantiomorph.
- 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.
- endoparasites — Plural form of endoparasite.
- endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
- endopeptidase — An enzyme that breaks peptide bonds other than terminal ones in a peptide chain.
- enhypostatize — to come together in one person or hypostasis
- enteropathies — Plural form of enteropathy.
- epanadiplosis — a figure of speech involving the same word being used at the beginning and the end
- episcopalians — Plural form of episcopalian.
- eta expansion — eta conversion
- ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
- exasperations — Plural form of exasperation.
- expansionists — Plural form of expansionist.
- 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.
- extraposition — placement of something outside something else
- fashion plate — a person who consistently wears the latest style in dress.
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- florianopolis — a state in S Brazil. 36,856 sq. mi. (95,455 sq. km). Capital: Florianópolis.
- fosamprenavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral prodrug of the protease inhibitor amprenavir. It is used to treat HIV infected patients.
- gas explosion — an explosion caused by a gas leak in the presence of an ignition source
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- giant scallop — sea scallop.
- gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
- gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
- gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
- grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.
- growing pains — If a person or organization suffers from growing pains, they experience temporary difficulties and problems at the beginning of a particular stage of development.
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- hopkinsianism — a modified Calvinism taught by Samuel Hopkins (1721–1803), that emphasized the sovereignty of God, the importance of His decrees, and the necessity of submitting to His will, accepting even damnation, if required, for His glory, and holding that ethics is merely disinterested benevolence.
- hospitalizing — Present participle of hospitalize.