13-letter words containing s, p, i
- library paste — a white, smooth paste for paper and lightweight cardboard.
- library steps — a folding stepladder, especially one folding into another piece of furniture, as a table or chair.
- license plate — a plate or tag, usually of metal, bearing evidence of official registration and permission, as for the use of a motor vehicle.
- lickety-split — at great speed; rapidly: to travel lickety-split.
- life is cheap — You use life is cheap or life has become cheap to refer to a situation in which nobody cares that large numbers of people are dying.
- like ninepins — If you say that people or things are going down like ninepins, you mean that large numbers of them are suddenly becoming ill, collapsing, or doing very badly.
- line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
- lipodystrophy — A disorder characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue.
- liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
- lipstick tree — annatto (def 1).
- lithoglyptics — The art of cutting and engraving gems.
- lithotripters — Plural form of lithotripter.
- lithotriptist — a person skilled in breaking and removing stones from the bladder
- lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
- louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- low explosive — a relatively slow-burning explosive, usually set off by heat or friction, used for propelling charges in guns or for ordinary blasting.
- lunar 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.
- lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
- lymphangiomas — Plural form of lymphangioma.
- lymphatolysis — destruction of lymphatic vessels or of lymphoid tissue.
- lymphoblastic — (US, cytology, immunology) Of or pertaining to a lymphoblast.
- lymphocytosis — an abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- lymphomatosis — lymphoma spread throughout the body.
- lymphopoiesis — the formation of lymphocytes.
- macroparasite — (biology) Any parasite that is visible to the naked eye.
- macroscopical — Macroscopic.
- magnetooptics — the branch of physics that deals with magnetooptic phenomena.
- maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
- mainz psalter — a book printed by Johannes Gutenberg: thought by some to be the first book printed from movable type.
- major premise — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
- make position — the situation in which a short vowel may be regarded as long, that is, when it occurs before two or more consonants
- malabsorption — faulty absorption of nutritive material from the intestine.
- malapropistic — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- mammoplasties — Plural form of mammoplasty.
- manipulations — Plural form of manipulation.
- manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- mansplanation — Also called mansplanation [man-spluh-ney-shuh n] /ˌmæn spləˈneɪ ʃən/ (Show IPA). such an explanation given to someone, usually a woman.
- mantis shrimp — any stomatopod crustacean having a pair of appendages modified for grasping prey and resembling those of a mantis.
- maple heights — a city in NE Ohio.
- mariposa lily — any lily of the genus Calochortus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having tuliplike flowers of various colors.
- maritime alps — a range of the W Alps in SE France and NW Italy. Highest peak: Argentera, 3297 m (10 817 ft)
- marlinespikes — Plural form of marlinespike.
- masking piece — a flat, curtain, or other piece of scenery for concealing a part of a stage from the audience.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
- matthew paris — Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- mean-spirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- measuring cup — a graduated cup used especially in cooking for measuring ingredients.