14-letter words containing s, p, i, r, a, l
- galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
- genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
- gyroscopically — Using a gyroscope.
- hair-splitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- heteroplasties — Plural form of heteroplasty.
- hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
- hospital drama — a TV programme or series based on events in a hospital
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hospital train — a military train equipped to transport wounded troops to a hospital.
- hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
- hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- hypersexualise — Alternative spelling of hypersexualize.
- hypersexuality — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
- hypersexualize — To make extremely sexual; to accentuate the sexuality of.
- hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
- hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypocoristical — (rare) synonym of hypocoristic.
- imparisyllabic — (of a noun) not composed of the same number of syllables in all of its inflected forms, as Latin corpus, corporis.
- impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
- impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
- infralapsarian — a person who believes in infralapsarianism.
- inseparability — incapable of being separated, parted, or disjoined: inseparable companions.
- inside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn outward so that it can accurately measure inside dimensions, as the inside diameter of a pipe.
- instant replay — Also called, British, action replay. Television. the recording and immediate rebroadcasting of a segment of a live television broadcast, especially of a sports event: an instant replay of the touchdown pass. a segment recorded and immediately rebroadcast.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- interpolations — Plural form of interpolation.
- irreplevisable — not replevisable; not capable of being replevied.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isomorphically — In an isomorphic manner.
- j/psi particle — the lightest of the psi particles, the first particle to be discovered that contains a charmed quark.
- kapellmeisters — Plural form of kapellmeister.
- kleptoparasite — A bird, insect, or other animal that habitually robs animals of other species of food.
- l-asparaginase — an enzyme that destroys asparagine, a nonessential amino acid needed as a nutrient by rapidly growing cells: used in treating leukemia
- lady's-slipper — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, the flowers of which have a protruding petal somewhat resembling a slipper: all species are reduced in numbers, some greatly.
- laissez passer — a permit; pass, especially one issued in lieu of a passport.
- laissez-passer — a permit; pass, especially one issued in lieu of a passport.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
- lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- lipari islands — a group of volcanic islands under Italian administration off the N coast of Sicily: remains that form a continuous record from Neolithic times. Chief town: Lipari. Pop: 10 554 (2001). Area: 114 sq km (44 sq miles)
- lipogrammatism — the practice or art of writing lipograms