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13-letter words containing s, i, m, p

  • sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
  • shipping room — a place in a business concern where goods are packed and shipped.
  • shop chairman — a unionized employee elected to represent a shop, department, or the like, in dealings with an employer.
  • shopping mall — mall (def 1).
  • sigmoidoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope for visual examination of the rectum and sigmoid colon.
  • sigmoidoscopy — an examination by means of a sigmoidoscope.
  • simple minded — free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
  • simple-minded — free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
  • simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
  • simscript i.5 — A version of SIMSCRIPT developed at CACI in 1965. It produced assembly language.
  • sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
  • slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • small capital — a capital letter of a particular font, the same height as the x-high letters.
  • snap-brim hat — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
  • somatopsychic — of or relating to the effects of the body on the mind.
  • space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
  • spanish broom — a spiny, often leafless shrub, Genista hispanica, of the legume family, native to southern Europe, having clustered, golden-yellow flowers and hairy pods.
  • spasmodically — given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
  • spathiphyllum — any of various tropical plants of the genus Spathiphyllum, having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental.
  • specific name — the second part in the name of a species, such as norvegicus in Rattus norvegicus
  • specimen copy — a copy of a document regarded as typical of that type of document
  • specimen page — a page regarded as typical of pages of its type, esp one produced by a typesetter or designer to show an example of the typesetting for a book
  • spectinomycin — an antibiotic drug, C 1 4 H 2 4 N 2 O 7 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces spectabilis, used in the treatment of susceptible gonorrhea.
  • speech making — act of addressing the public formally
  • spenta mainyu — the good and creative spirit that is the offspring of Ahura Mazda.
  • sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
  • spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
  • spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
  • spermatotoxic — spermotoxic.
  • spermatotoxin — spermotoxin.
  • 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.
  • spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
  • spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
  • 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.
  • spokesmanship — the office or skilful use of the office of spokesman
  • sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • sportsmanship — the character, practice, or skill of a sportsman.
  • 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.
  • stamp machine — a machine used for stamping documents, as with the time, etc
  • standing jump — a jump performed from a stationary position without a run-up
  • statesmanship — the ability, qualifications, or practice of a statesman; wisdom and skill in the management of public affairs.
  • stereotropism — a tropism determined by contact with a solid.
  • stoppage time — In soccer and some other sports, stoppage time is the period of time that is added to the end of a game because play was stopped during the game as a result of, for example, injuries to players.
  • striped maple — a maple, Acer pensylvanicum, of northeastern North America, having white-striped bark.
  • sublime porte — official name of Porte.
  • submarine pen — a bunker that prevents submarines from bombs
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