13-letter words containing s, l, i, p, c
- specialities' — specialty.
- spectral line — a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
- speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- speech clinic — a place at which specialists in speech therapy reeducate those with a speech handicap.
- speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
- sphagnicolous — growing in moss
- spice islands — the Moluccas
- spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
- spine-chiller — a book, film, etc, that arouses terror
- spiral casing — a spiral passage for directing the water from a penstock around a water turbine and into the rotor.
- splenectomize — to remove the spleen from
- square splice — a scarf joint between two pieces, having the form of a half-lap joint with a thicker and a thinner section for each piece, the thicker one being at the end: used to resist tension.
- state capitol — the building which houses the government of a state
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stirpiculture — the production of special stocks or strains by careful breeding.
- sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- subdiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- subspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- subspeciality — a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- subspecialize — to specialize in a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
- supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
- supercritical — extremely critical.
- superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
- supergalactic — a system of galaxies.
- superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
- superparticle — (in supersymmetry theory) a theoretical particle that is a partner to an observed particle, having the same mass but a different spin
- superphysical — above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
- sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- tachyphylaxis — Medicine/Medical. immediate, temporary immunization against the effects of injection of a toxic extract owing to previous small injections of the same extract.
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
- total eclipse — an eclipse in which the surface of the eclipsed body is completely obscured.
- triploblastic — having three primary germ layers, as the embryos of vertebrates.
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- ultraphysical — extremely physical
- uncomplaisant — not eager to please; not compliant or obliging
- undisciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
- unplasticized — not made plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer
- unspecialized — not specialized
- unspecifiable — not able to be specified
- unspeculative — not characterized by speculation
- unsuperficial — external or outward: a superficial resemblance.
- unsusceptible — not susceptible or impressionable; not possible or easy to influence; not vulnerable (to harm)
- vinyl plastic — any of various plastics made from polymerized vinyl compounds or copolymers of vinyl and other resins, used in various molded or extruded products, coatings, adhesives, sizes, etc.
- wild allspice — spicebush (sense 1)
- zinc sulphate — a colourless soluble crystalline substance usually existing as the heptahydrate or monohydrate: used as a mordant, in preserving wood and skins, and in the electrodeposition of zinc. Formula: ZnSO4