13-letter words containing s, a, t, n, i
- isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
- isolationists — Plural form of isolationist.
- isomerization — (chemistry) the conversion of a compound into a different isomeric form.
- italian aster — a composite plant, Aster amellus, of Eurasia, having clustered, purple flower heads.
- italian sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord, characterized by having a major third and an augmented sixth above the root
- jail sentence — a term of imprisonment imposed by a court
- jasperization — The act or process of jasperizing.
- joseph stalin — Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
- just a minute — wait, stop
- justification — a reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends: His insulting you was ample justification for you to leave the party.
- justin martyr — Saint, a.d. c100–163? early church historian and philosopher.
- juxtaposition — an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- kathenotheism — Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
- kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- kinaesthetics — Alternative spelling of kinesthetics.
- kinanesthesia — A disturbance of deep nerve sensitivity.
- kindergartens — Plural form of kindergarten.
- kinesipathist — someone who uses kinesipathy to treat diseases
- kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
- kiss-and-tell — revealing sth private for money
- kitchen waste — bits of food that are left over from cooking, such as vegetable peelings, cheese rind, and scraps from people's plates
- kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
- kristallnacht — a Nazi pogrom throughout Germany and Austria on the night of November 9–10, 1938, during which Jews were killed and their property destroyed.
- labyrinthitis — inflammation of the inner ear, or labyrinth, characterized by dizziness, nausea, and visual disturbances.
- lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
- laminectomies — Plural form of laminectomy.
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- landfill site — also landfill
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- landing stage — a floating platform used as a wharf.
- landing strip — airstrip.
- lantern slide — a slide or transparency for projection by a slide projector or magic lantern.
- laryngologist — A person who studies or specializes in laryngology; a subspeciality of otorhinolaryngology.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- laser pointer — a portable laser that emits monochromatic light over a long and narrow distance, used especially as a pointing device.
- laser printer — Computers. a high-speed printer that uses a laser to form dot-matrix patterns and an electrostatic process to fuse metallic particles to paper a page at a time: capable of producing a variety of character fonts, graphics, and other symbols.
- lateroversion — abnormal lateral displacement of a bodily organ or part, esp of the uterus
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- law stationer — a stationer selling articles used by lawyers
- least bittern — any of several tawny brown herons that inhabit reedy marshes, as Botaurus lentiginosus (American bittern) of North America, and B. stellaris, of Europe.
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
- liberationism — the principles of liberationists
- liberationist — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- libyan desert — a desert in N Africa, in E Libya, W Egypt, and NW Sudan, W of the Nile: part of the Sahara. About 650,000 sq. mi. (1,683,500 sq. km).
- license plate — a plate or tag, usually of metal, bearing evidence of official registration and permission, as for the use of a motor vehicle.
- lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.