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13-letter words containing s, a, r, p, 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
  • sparking plug — spark plug (def 1).
  • 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.
  • spectacularly — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
  • spectral line — a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
  • spectral type — a category for classifying a star, as A star or G star, according to features of its spectrum, as its shape as a function of temperature and wavelength and its absorption spectrum, that indicate the surface temperature of the star and the presence of particular atoms or molecules in its outer layers: principal types are spectral types O, B, A, F, G, K, and M.
  • 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
  • spiral casing — a spiral passage for directing the water from a penstock around a water turbine and into the rotor.
  • spiral galaxy — a galaxy having a spiral structure.
  • spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
  • spiral spring — a form of spring consisting of a wire coiled in a helix.
  • splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
  • 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
  • spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
  • spring a leak — to develop a leak
  • spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
  • spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
  • spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
  • 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.
  • spurge laurel — a European thymelaeaceous evergreen shrub, Daphne laureola, with glossy leaves and small green flowers
  • square splice — a scarf joint between two pieces, having the form of a half-lap joint with a thicker and a thinner section for each piece, the thicker one being at the end: used to resist tension.
  • squash player — a person who plays squash
  • stader splint — a splint consisting of an adjustable metal rod with a steel pin at either end for insertion in the bone above and below a fracture.
  • standard lamp — A standard lamp is a tall electric light which stands on the floor in a living room.
  • standard lisp — A subset of Lisp 1.5 developed by A. Hearn primarily for implementing REDUCE. It was replaced by Portable Sandard LISP.
  • star-spangled — spangled with stars.
  • steeplechaser — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • 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.
  • string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
  • striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
  • 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.
  • subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
  • subtropically — in the subtropics
  • sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
  • sulfate paper — paper made from sulfate pulp.
  • sulfite paper — paper made from sulfite pulp.
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • sumptuary law — a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
  • sunray pleats — bias-cut knife pleats that are narrower at the top than at the bottom, producing a flared effect, used esp for skirts
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