13-letter words containing s, h, e, l, p, i
- pencil pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
- pencil-pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
- penny whistle — a type of flageolet with six finger holes, esp a cheap one made of metal
- peripheralism — the explanation of psychological events emphasizing peripheral human functions, as those of skeletal muscles or the sex organs, rather than cognition or other processes of the central nervous system.
- perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- perityphlitis — the inflammation of the tissue surrounding the caecum
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phalansterian — of or relating to a phalanstery.
- phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
- phallic phase — the time from about age three to five when the genitals become the focus of a child's sensual pleasure.
- phelloplastic — an image or a representation that has been fashioned from cork
- phenomenalism — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- philhellenism — a friend or supporter of the Greeks.
- phillips head — a screw head having two partial slots crossed at right angles, driven by a special screwdriver (Phillips screwdriver)
- philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
- philosophizer — to speculate or theorize, usually in a superficial or imprecise manner.
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- phospholipase — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the breaking down of phospholipids.
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- physical file — (file system) A low-level view of the physical characteristics of a file, such as its location on a disk or its physical structure, for example, whether indexed or sequential.
- physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
- pick holes in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- pleasant hill — a city in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
- polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
- polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
- pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
- rehospitalize — to place in hospital again
- replenishable — able to be replenished
- replenishment — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- reprehensible — deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
- reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
- rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
- schiller park — a town in NE Illinois.
- self-hypnosis — autohypnosis.
- seneschalship — the office or position of a seneschal
- shag pile rug — a piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor. It is like a carpet but covers a smaller area
- share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
- shipping lane — sea lane.
- shipping line — a business that operates ships, which it may or may not own
- shirley poppy — a cultivated strain of the corn poppy, having variously colored single or double flowers.
- silver polish — a type of polishing medium that is suitable for silver
- siphon bottle — a bottle for aerated water, fitted with a bent tube through the neck, the water being forced out, when a valve is opened, by the pressure on its surface of the gas accumulating within the bottle.
- sleep hygiene — the habits conducive to getting the right amount and quality of sleep
- slipper chair — a small bedroom chair with a low seat.
- spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti
- speech clinic — a place at which specialists in speech therapy reeducate those with a speech handicap.