0%

13-letter words containing s, e, m, p, l

  • semiempirical — partly empirical
  • semipalatinsk — a city in NE Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
  • semipalmation — the state of being semipalmate
  • semipermeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • semipolitical — of a partially political nature; having some political features.
  • semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
  • sheep measles — a disease of sheep caused by infestation by the cysticerci of a dog tapeworm (Taenia ovis)
  • shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
  • shell program — A shell program is a basic computer program that provides a framework within which the user can develop the program to suit their own needs.
  • simple minded — free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
  • simple-minded — free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
  • slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
  • speak volumes — a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.
  • spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
  • sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
  • spinning mule — mule1 (def 7).
  • splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
  • splenectomize — to remove the spleen from
  • spoils system — the system or practice in which public offices with their emoluments and advantages are at the disposal of the victorious party for its own purposes.
  • sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • sprint medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards, the second and third members run 220 yards each, and the fourth member runs 880 yards.
  • 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.
  • stormy petrel — the British storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean.
  • striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
  • subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
  • sublime porte — official name of Porte.
  • subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
  • 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
  • supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
  • supersalesman — an extremely skillful and effective salesperson.
  • supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
  • supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
  • supramolecule — a collection of molecules held together by intermolecular forces
  • supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
  • telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
  • tempestuously — characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • umbrella step — (in the game of giant steps) a step executed by extending one foot forward and whirling on the heel.
  • unimpressible — not capable of being or willing to be impressed
  • unpermissible — that can be permitted; allowable: a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances; Such behavior is not permissible!
  • upperclassman — a junior or senior in a secondary school or college.
  • wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?