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13-letter words containing s, a, p, r, o, l

  • somar dumpacl — (tool)   A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
  • special offer — bargain
  • special order — A special order is an extra order or an order for an item specially requested by a customer.
  • special-order — to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.
  • speleotherapy — a form of treatment for asthma sufferers that takes place in clinics in disused mines, in which the air is free of pollen, dust mites, and the other irritants that provoke an allergic reaction; used to reduce the risk of heart disease
  • spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
  • spoiler party — a third political party formed to draw votes away from one of the two major parties, thus spoiling its chance of winning an election.
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • spotter plane — an aircraft used in observing enemy movements or the accuracy of fire on a target
  • spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
  • stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
  • stone parsley — a parsley, Sison amomum, of Eurasia, bearing aromatic seeds that are used as a condiment.
  • strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
  • subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
  • subtropically — in the subtropics
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • supercolossal — greater than colossal, huge, enormous
  • supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
  • superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
  • superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
  • supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
  • superpersonal — characteristic of a superperson
  • superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
  • superregional — involving many regions
  • supralittoral — of or relating to the biogeographic region of a shore of a lake, sea, or ocean permanently above water but made damp by spray from waves or by capillarity of the substrate.
  • supramolecule — a collection of molecules held together by intermolecular forces
  • supranational — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
  • suprarational — not understandable by reason alone; beyond rational comprehension.
  • supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
  • suspercollate — to hang
  • symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
  • terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
  • tetrapetalous — having four petals.
  • the pole star — the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis
  • thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thoracoplasty — the operation removing selected portions of the ribs to collapse part of the underlying lung or an abnormal pleural space, usually in the treatment of tuberculosis.
  • transpersonal — extending beyond or transcending the personal.
  • transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
  • triploblastic — having three primary germ layers, as the embryos of vertebrates.
  • tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
  • un-personable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
  • unsupportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
  • visual foxpro — (database)   A Microsoft database derived from Fox Software's FoxPRO.
  • wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
  • walter piston — Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.
  • xiphiplastron — the fourth lateral plate of a turtle's plastron
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