14-letter words containing s, l, i, p, n
- spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
- spindle-legged — (used with a plural verb) long, thin legs.
- spine-chilling — very frightening or horrifying.
- spine-tingling — A spine-tingling film or piece of music is enjoyable because it causes you to feel a strong emotion such as excitement or fear.
- spinning wheel — a device formerly used for spinning wool, flax, etc., into yarn or thread, consisting essentially of a single spindle driven by a large wheel operated by hand or foot.
- spiral binding — a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral of wire or plastic that coils through a series of holes punched along one side of each page and the front and back covers.
- spiritus lenis — smooth breathing.
- spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
- spittle insect — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cercopidae, which in the immature stages live in a spittlelike secretion on plants.
- splash erosion — erosion caused by the impact of falling raindrops.
- splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
- split decision — a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- spring balance — a device in which an object to be weighed is attached to the end of a helical spring, the extension of which indicates the weight of the object on a calibrated scale
- spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.
- springing line — a horizontal line between the springs of an arch or dome.
- spuyten duyvil — ship canal between N Manhattan Island & the mainland, connecting the Hudson & Harlem rivers
- steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
- stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
- string-pulling — the use of one's influence with other people to get things done, often unfairly
- strip lighting — Strip lighting is a method of lighting which uses long tubes rather than light bulbs.
- strip planting — the growing of different crops on alternate strips of ground that usually follow the contour of the land, a recourse to minimize erosion.
- striped marlin — a marlin, Tetrapturus audax, of the Pacific Ocean, having the sides of the body marked with dark blue vertical stripes, valued for sport and food.
- styptic pencil — a pencil-shaped stick of a paste containing alum or a similar styptic agent, used to stanch the bleeding of minor cuts.
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- sulfinpyrazone — a substance, C 2 3 H 2 0 N 2 O 3 S, used in the treatment of chronic gout.
- sulfinyl group — the bivalent group >SO.
- sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
- sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
- sulphonium ion — a positive ion produced by the addition of a proton to the sulphur atom of a thiol or thio-ether
- sulphur spring — a natural hot spring containing sulphur, believed to have curative properties
- super-rational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
- superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
- supereminently — in a supereminent manner; to a supereminent degree
- superessential — beyond or above essence; transcending being
- superinflation — hyperinflation.
- superinsulated — highly insulated
- supermasculine — highly masculine
- superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- supplicatingly — in a pleading manner
- supra-national — outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
- supralapsarian — the doctrine that the decree of election preceded human creation and the Fall (opposed to infralapsarianism).
- suspensibility — capable of being suspended.
- sussex spaniel — one of an English breed of shortlegged spaniels having a golden liver-colored coat.
- sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
- synaptic cleft — the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- the-suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.