13-letter words containing s, p, i, l, r
- grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
- hair clippers — device for trimming hair
- hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- helispherical — spiral
- hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
- herpetologist — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- hieroglyphics — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hieroglyphist — a person who studies hieroglyphics; hieroglyphologist.
- hilbert space — a complete infinite-dimensional vector space on which an inner product is defined.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- house slipper — a slipper worn in the house or indoors, often distinguished from a bedroom slipper by having a back and heel.
- hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hyper-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperlordosis — Particularly severe lordosis.
- hyperphysical — being above or beyond the physical; immaterial; supernatural.
- hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
- hypersplenism — an abnormal condition characterized by an enlarged spleen that prematurely destroys red blood cells or platelets.
- hypochlorites — Plural form of hypochlorite.
- hyposulphuric — relating to sulphur which is in a lower state of oxidation than it is in sulphuric compounds
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- impartialness — The quality of being impartial.
- imperialistic — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- impermissible — not permissible or allowable; unallowable.
- impermissibly — (chiefly, legal) In a way or to an extent that is not permissible.
- impersonalise — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalism — the practice of maintaining impersonal relations with individuals or groups.
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- impersonalize — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- imputrescible — not liable to decomposition or putrefaction; incorruptible: a tanning process to make skins imputrescible.
- indiscerpible — (obsolete) Not discerpible; inseparable.
- inexpressable — Not capable of being expressed.
- inexpressible — not expressible; incapable of being uttered or described in words: a scene of inexpressible beauty.
- inexpressibly — not expressible; incapable of being uttered or described in words: a scene of inexpressible beauty.
- infrascapular — (anatomy) Beneath the scapula.
- inscriptional — Of or pertaining to inscription.
- inspirational — imparting inspiration.
- inspiritingly — In an inspiriting manner.
- insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
- insupportably — In an insupportable manner.
- interpersonal — of or pertaining to the relations between persons: He has strong interpersonal skills.
- interpilaster — a space between two pilasters
- interpleaders — Plural form of interpleader.
- interscapular — between the scapulae or shoulder blades.
- intracapsular — Within a capsule.
- intrapersonal — existing or occurring within the self or within one's mind: People with high intrapersonal intelligence are aware of their strengths and weaknesses. Intrapersonal conflict can lead to emotional stress.
- ipsilaterally — (anatomy, medicine) On the same side of the body.