13-letter words containing s, n, a, p, o
- provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
- provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
- provisionally — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
- psychoanalyse — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
- psychoanalyst — a person trained to practice psychoanalysis.
- psychoanalyze — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
- psychodynamic — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- pucciniaceous — (of a fungus) belonging to the genus Puccinia
- puritan spoon — a silver spoon having an ovoid bowl and a straight, flat, completely plain stem.
- pusillanimous — lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadriphonics — quadraphony.
- random sample — a statistical sample that is devised to avoid interference so that its distribution is affected only by, and so can be held to represent, that of the whole population
- re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
- s corporation — An S corporation is a type of corporation in which the owners are taxed for any taxable income on their individual returns.
- saloon keeper — a person who owns or operates a saloon.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
- san pablo bay — the N part of San Francisco Bay, in W California.
- schizophrenia — Psychiatry.. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
- scotch plains — a township in NE New Jersey.
- sea transport — transport by ship over the sea
- second papers — the documents by which an alien formerly made application for U.S. citizenship after having earlier filed a declaration of intention
- secret weapon — Someone's secret weapon is a thing or person which they believe will help them achieve something and which other people do not know about.
- selenographer — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- semipalmation — the state of being semipalmate
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- septentrional — northern; boreal
- sexploitation — the exploitation of sex in films, magazines, etc.
- shanks's pony — one's own legs as a means of transportation
- sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- sheep station — a large sheep farm
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- shop chairman — a unionized employee elected to represent a shop, department, or the like, in dealings with an employer.
- shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
- shopping mall — mall (def 1).
- sign of peace — the liturgical practice of giving a sign of peace, union, or friendship, as a handshake or embrace, at some point in a Christian service, esp. in a Mass or Communion service
- sino-japanese — having to do with both China and Japan
- slow handclap — slow rhythmic clapping, esp used by an audience to indicate dissatisfaction or impatience
- slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
- soup-and-fish — a man's formal evening clothes.
- soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
- souphanouvong — Prince, 1909–1995, Laotian political leader: president 1975–86 (half brother of Prince Souvanna Phouma).
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- space fiction — a book, film, TV series, etc, set in outer space
- space station — an orbiting manned structure that can be used for a variety of purposes, as to assemble or service satellites, refuel spacecraft, etc.
- spanish broom — a spiny, often leafless shrub, Genista hispanica, of the legume family, native to southern Europe, having clustered, golden-yellow flowers and hairy pods.