13-letter words containing s, p, e, l, i, n
- principalness — the quality or position of being principal
- print spooler — a program that sequences printing jobs by temporarily storing data in a buffer and processing the jobs sequentially.
- progressional — the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
- promised land — Heaven.
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- prudentialist — a person who acts prudentially
- prussian blue — any of a number of blue pigments containing ferrocyanide or ferricyanide complexes
- pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
- pursuit plane — (formerly) an armed airplane designed for speed and maneuverability in fighting enemy aircraft.
- raising plate — wall plate (def 1).
- release print — Movies. print (def 31).
- replenishable — able to be replenished
- replenishment — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- reprehensible — deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
- republicanism — republican government.
- resting place — grave
- rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
- salad spinner — a utensil used for drying washed salad or vegetables that consists of a plastic basket inside a plastic bowl. The salad is placed in the basket and the outer bowl is then spun using a device such as a gear-operated handle or pull cord, and this spinning then separates water from the salad.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- san luis peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,014 feet (4271 meters).
- satin slipper — a play (1925–28) by Paul Claudel.
- scleroprotein — protein that is fibrous and insoluble in water, serving a protective or supportive function in the body.
- selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
- self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
- self-exposing — to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
- self-hypnosis — autohypnosis.
- self-pleasing — giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.
- self-policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- self-punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
- selling point — a unique or advantageous feature that appeals to the prospective buyer of a service, product, etc.: A generous discount is the chief selling point of the book club.
- selling price — cost at which sth is put up for sale
- semipalatinsk — a city in NE Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
- 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.
- seneschalship — the office or position of a seneschal
- septentrional — northern; boreal
- serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
- sexploitation — the exploitation of sex in films, magazines, etc.
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
- shipping lane — sea lane.
- shipping line — a business that operates ships, which it may or may not own
- side-slipping — travelling down a slope in a direction that is not in line with one's skis
- sidesplitting — convulsively uproarious: sidesplitting laughter.
- silver spring — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- simple minded — free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
- simple-minded — free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
- single parent — mother or father without a partner
- single-parent — of or noting a family in which a parent brings up a child or children alone, without a partner: a single-parent family; a single-parent household.
- sinking spell — a temporary decline, as in health or market values: Wall Street is over its sinking spell.