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14-letter words containing s, n, a, p, i

  • sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
  • sleep learning — the act or process of learning during sleep by listening to recordings repeatedly.
  • sleep-learning — the idea that people can learn things while they are asleep
  • sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
  • sleeping giant — If you refer to someone or something as a sleeping giant, you mean that they are powerful but they have not yet shown the full extent of their power.
  • smear campaign — a campaign to tarnish the reputation of a public figure, especially by vilification or innuendo.
  • snap out of it — return quickly to normal
  • snippersnapper — an insignificant but pretentious person
  • social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
  • sophisticating — a sophisticated person.
  • sophistication — sophisticated character, ideas, tastes, or ways as the result of education, worldly experience, etc.: the sophistication of the wealthy.
  • space invaders — a video or computer game, the object of which is to destroy attacking alien spacecraft
  • space medicine — the branch of aviation medicine dealing with the effects on humans of flying outside the earth's atmosphere.
  • space sickness — a complex of symptoms including nausea, lethargy, headache, and sweating, occurring among astronauts under conditions of weightlessness.
  • spanish arabic — the Arabic language as used in Spain during the period of Moorish domination and influence, c900–1500. Abbreviation: SpAr.
  • spanish armada — Armada (def 1).
  • spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
  • spanish dagger — a stemless or short-trunked plant, Yucca gloriosa, of the agave family, native to the southeastern U.S., having leaves nearly 2½ feet (75 cm) long, with a stiff, sharp point, and greenish-white or reddish flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide.
  • spanish guinea — a republic in W equatorial Africa, comprising the mainland province of Río Muni and the island province of Bioko: formerly a Spanish colony. 10,824 sq. mi. (28,034 sq. km). Capital: Malabo.
  • spanish guitar — acoustic guitar.
  • spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
  • spanish sahara — former name of Western Sahara.
  • sparkling wine — a wine that is naturally carbonated by a second fermentation.
  • sparring match — a practice boxing match
  • spatialization — the process of causing something to occupy space or assume some of the properties of space
  • speaking clock — a telephone service that gives a precise verbal statement of the correct time
  • speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
  • speaking voice — a person's normal voice in which they speak
  • spear-phishing — the practice of sending fraudulent e-mails to extract financial data from computer users for purposes of identity theft, by mimicking a sender that the recipient knows
  • spearfisherman — a person who engages in spearfishing.
  • specbase_int92 — A variant of SPECint92 that reports "baseline" results, using stricter run rules.
  • special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
  • specialisation — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
  • specialization — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
  • specimen plant — a plant grown by itself for ornamental effect, rather than being massed with others in a bed or border.
  • specrate_int92 — (benchmark)   The integer SPECrate derived from the results of a set of integer benchmarks (the geometric mean of six SPEC rates from CINT92) run multiple times simultaneously, and can be used to estimate a machine's overall multi-tasking throughput for integer code. It is typically used on multiprocessor machines. SPECrate_int92 obsoletes SPECintThruput89. See also SPECbaserate.
  • speech-reading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • spick and span — spotlessly clean and neat: a spick-and-span kitchen.
  • spick-and-span — spotlessly clean and neat: a spick-and-span kitchen.
  • spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
  • spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
  • spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
  • spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
  • spiny anteater — echidna.
  • 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.
  • spirit rapping — a form of communication between living persons and the spirits of deceased persons by tapping out messages on a table, board, or the like.
  • spirit varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
  • spironolactone — a steroid, C 2 4 H 3 2 O 4 S, used in combination with other drugs as a diuretic and antihypertensive.
  • spit and image — a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another, esp to a relative
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