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13-letter words containing s, l, i, p, n, g

  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • sparking plug — spark plug (def 1).
  • special agent — an investigator in a law enforcement agency.
  • speed dialing — to dial (a telephone number) using speed dial.
  • speed walking — power walking.
  • spelling book — an elementary textbook or manual to teach spelling
  • spelling-book — a person who spells words.
  • sphagnicolous — growing in moss
  • sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
  • 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.
  • spinning mule — mule1 (def 7).
  • spinning reel — a fishing reel mounted on a spinning rod, having a stationary spool on the side of which is a revolving metal arm that catches the line and winds it onto the spool as a handle is turned, the metal arm being disengaged during casting so the line spirals freely off the spool, carried by the cast lure.
  • spiral casing — a spiral passage for directing the water from a penstock around a water turbine and into the rotor.
  • spiral spring — a form of spring consisting of a wire coiled in a helix.
  • splitting adz — a heavy stone tool used by prehistoric peoples in northwestern North America and northeastern Asia.
  • splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • spot lighting — Spot lighting is lighting directed towards and used to draw attention to a product or display.
  • sprightliness — animated or vivacious; lively.
  • spring a leak — to develop a leak
  • spring squill — a European liliaceous plant Scilla verna, having small blue or purple flowers
  • spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
  • spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
  • string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
  • string-puller — a person who uses his or her influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
  • sulfur spring — a spring the water of which contains naturally occurring sulfur compounds.
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • superregional — involving many regions
  • supplementing — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
  • swimming pool — a tank or large artificial basin, as of concrete, for filling with water for swimming.
  • unpromisingly — in a manner that is not showing any promise of favourable development or future success
  • volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
  • well-speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
  • when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
  • zuppa inglese — tiered layers of sponge cake sprinkled with rum or liqueur, then spread with custard or other cream filling.
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