13-letter words containing s, p, i, r, l, a
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
- exemplariness — The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
- extra-special — particular; exceptional
- fairy-slipper — Calypso (def 2).
- false vampire — any large, carnivorous bat of the families Megadermatidae and Phyllostomatidae, of Africa, Asia, and Australia, erroneously reputed to suck the blood of animals and humans.
- field sparrow — a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.
- filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- florianopolis — a state in S Brazil. 36,856 sq. mi. (95,455 sq. km). Capital: Florianópolis.
- fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
- glass slipper — an imaginary ladies' shoe made of glass, as worn by Cinderella in the fairy tale of that name
- grease nipple — a metal nipple designed to engage with a grease gun for injecting grease into a bearing, etc
- 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.
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- hilbert space — a complete infinite-dimensional vector space on which an inner product is defined.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- hyper-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hyperphysical — being above or beyond the physical; immaterial; supernatural.
- hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
- 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.
- 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.
- inexpressable — Not capable of being expressed.
- infrascapular — (anatomy) Beneath the scapula.
- inscriptional — Of or pertaining to inscription.
- inspirational — imparting inspiration.
- 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.
- isle of capri — Capri.