13-letter words containing s, i, n, e, p
- pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
- purse strings — hold the purse strings, to have the power to determine how money shall be spent.
- pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
- pycnidiospore — the fruiting body of certain fungi, which contains spore-bearing cells
- pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
- quaking aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- quickstepping — Present participle of quickstep.
- raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
- re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
- re-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
- reading speed — the rate at which something is read, often expressed in terms of words per minute. Reading speed is usually determined by the purpose of reading (for comprehension, learning, memorization, etc)
- reagent strip — A reagent strip is a thin piece of paper impregnated with a reagent (= a substance that causes a chemical reaction) to a specific substance, used in testing for that substance in a body of fluid.
- receptiveness — having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
- recomposition — to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
- recompression — the act or process of compressing something again
- redescription — the act of redescribing
- redisposition — the withdrawal and redistribution of armed forces with the aim of more effective use
- reichspfennig — a former bronze coin of Germany, the 100th part of a reichsmark.
- release print — Movies. print (def 31).
- repercussions — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- 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.
- repositioning — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- reprehensible — deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
- repressionist — an advocate of repression; someone who argues for or holds to repressive measures
- repristinated — to restore to the first or original state or condition.
- republicanism — republican government.
- response time — Psychology. the time consumed in making a response.
- resting place — grave
- retrospecting — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- retrospection — the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past.
- rewriteperson — rewriteman.
- 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)
- saint peter's — a basilica in Vatican City: dome designed by Michelangelo.
- saint-exupery — Antoine de [ahn-twan duh] /ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1900–45, French author and aviator.
- salad spinner — a utensil used for drying washed salad or vegetables that consists of a plastic basket inside a plastic bowl. The salad is placed in the basket and the outer bowl is then spun using a device such as a gear-operated handle or pull cord, and this spinning then separates water from the salad.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- san luis peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,014 feet (4271 meters).
- satin slipper — a play (1925–28) by Paul Claudel.
- scene painter — a person who paints scenery in a theatre
- schizophrenia — Psychiatry.. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
- schizophrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
- scleroprotein — protein that is fibrous and insoluble in water, serving a protective or supportive function in the body.
- scrivenership — the position of being a scrivener or scribe; scribing
- second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
- selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
- self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
- self-exposing — to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
- self-hypnosis — autohypnosis.
- self-pleasing — giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.