13-letter words containing s, l, a, i
- irrationalism — irrationality in thought or action.
- irrationalist — One who is irrational in their beliefs or ideas.
- irredeemables — undated government or debenture stock
- irregularness — Quality of being irregular.
- irrelevancies — irrelevance.
- irritableness — Quality of being irritable.
- islamic state — an Islamist terrorist organization, formed in the early 21st century, whose aim is to create a caliphate in the Middle East and N Africa
- islamofascism — an ideology promoted by some Islamists, the aims of which are to establish Islamic orthodoxy and to resist western secularism
- island nation — a country that is entirely made up of one or more islands
- isle of capri — Capri.
- ismaticalness — the quality of following isms or fashionable doctrines
- isoagglutinin — an agglutinin that can effect isoagglutination.
- isoalloxazine — a yellow solid that is the heterocyclic compound of the flavins. Formula: C10H6N4O2
- isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
- isogonal line — an imaginary line, or one drawn on a map, connecting all points of equal magnetic declination.
- isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
- isolationists — Plural form of isolationist.
- isometrically — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- isosmotically — With the same osmotic pressure.
- isostatically — In an isostatic manner.
- isostructural — (of two substances) having the same crystal structure but not necessarily a similar chemical composition.
- 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
- james gosling — (person) The software engineer who wrote GOSMACS, and served as Sun Microsystems, Inc. project leader for both NeWS, and Java. He is currently (1997) a Vice President and "Distinguished Engineer" at Sun.
- japanese silk — raw silk of usually high quality produced in Japan, used in the manufacture of such fabrics as shantung and habutai.
- jigsaw puzzle — Also called picture puzzle. a set of irregularly cut pieces of pasteboard, wood, or the like that form a picture or design when fitted together.
- 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.
- juan carlos i — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
- judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
- judicial sale — a forced sale of property authorized or required by a court of law in order to satisfy a debt etc
- julius caesar — Gaius Julius Caesar.
- kaleidoscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of kaleidoscope.
- kaleidoscopes — Plural form of kaleidoscope.
- kaleidoscopic — of, relating to, or created by a kaleidoscope.
- kapellmeister — a choirmaster.
- kingsley amis — Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- kiss-and-tell — revealing sth private for money
- 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.
- kuril islands — a chain of 56 volcanic islands off the NE coast of Asia, extending for 1200 km (750 miles) from the S tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula to NE Hokkaido. Area: 14 990 sq km (6020 sq miles)
- labiogression — location of the anterior teeth forward of their natural position.
- laboriousness — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- labyrinthitis — inflammation of the inner ear, or labyrinth, characterized by dizziness, nausea, and visual disturbances.
- lackadaisical — without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic: a lackadaisical attempt.
- lactobacillus — any long, slender, rod-shaped, anaerobic bacterium of the genus Lactobacillus, that produces large amounts of lactic acid in the fermentation of carbohydrates, especially in milk.
- lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
- ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
- laisser-aller — unchecked freedom or ease; unrestraint; looseness.