13-letter words containing s, p, i, l, r
- scleroprotein — protein that is fibrous and insoluble in water, serving a protective or supportive function in the body.
- scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
- scripturalist — a literalist or translator obedient to the Scriptures
- secret police — a police force that functions as the enforcement arm of a government's political policies and whose activities, which often include surveillance, intimidation, and physical violence as a means of suppressing dissent, are usually concealed from the public.
- selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
- self-improver — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
- self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
- selling price — cost at which sth is put up for sale
- semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
- semiempirical — partly empirical
- semipermeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- septentrional — northern; boreal
- serial rapist — someone who carries out a series of rapes
- serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
- service clasp — clasp (def 4).
- shag pile rug — a piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor. It is like a carpet but covers a smaller area
- share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
- shirley poppy — a cultivated strain of the corn poppy, having variously colored single or double flowers.
- silver polish — a type of polishing medium that is suitable for silver
- silver poplar — white poplar (def 1).
- silver spring — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- silver-plated — Something that is silver-plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver.
- simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
- 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.
- sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
- sleeping area — an area in a room or house where people can sleep
- slip carriage — a railway car detached from a moving train as it passes through a station.
- slip trailing — the act of decorating an object with a poured stream of slip.
- slipper chair — a small bedroom chair with a low seat.
- slipper satin — a fine satin fabric with a mat finish
- slippery dick — a wrasse, Halichoeres bivittatus, inhabiting tropical regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- solar eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- solitary wasp — any of numerous wasps, as the sand wasps or mud wasps, that do not live in a community.
- spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
- sparking plug — spark plug (def 1).
- special offer — bargain
- special order — A special order is an extra order or an order for an item specially requested by a customer.
- special-order — to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.
- spectral line — a line in a spectrum due to the absorption or emission of light at a discrete frequency.
- spider flower — cleome
- spine-chiller — a book, film, etc, that arouses terror
- spinning reel — a fishing reel mounted on a spinning rod, having a stationary spool on the side of which is a revolving metal arm that catches the line and winds it onto the spool as a handle is turned, the metal arm being disengaged during casting so the line spirals freely off the spool, carried by the cast lure.
- spinuliferous — relating to a spine or spines
- spiny lobster — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers.
- spiral casing — a spiral passage for directing the water from a penstock around a water turbine and into the rotor.
- spiral galaxy — a galaxy having a spiral structure.