14-letter words containing s, p, i
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- symphonic poem — a form of tone poem, scored for a symphony orchestra, in which a literary or pictorial “plot” is treated with considerable program detail: originated by Franz Liszt in the mid-19th century and developed especially by Richard Strauss.
- synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
- synaptic cleft — the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
- synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
- tarpon springs — a town in W Florida.
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- telescopically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.
- the apple isle — Tasmania
- the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
- the game is up — If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed.
- the hispanidad — the common values and cultural attitudes shared between and linking Spain and the other Spanish-speaking countries of the world
- the opposition — a political party or group opposed to the ruling party or government
- the slush pile — the unsolicited manuscripts sent by hopeful authors to a publisher, considered as a whole
- the-suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- theriomorphism — the identification of animal characteristics with a supernatural being
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- think positive — be optimistic
- third position — a position in which the feet overlap at the heels with the toes pointing out in opposite directions to the left and right.
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- ticket scalper — an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.
- tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
- tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
- topic sentence — a sentence that expresses the essential idea of a paragraph or larger section, usually appearing at the beginning.
- tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
- tortoise plant — elephant's-foot.
- train-spotting — (of a train enthusiast) the activity of going to train stations and recording the numbers of trains
- training pants — briefs or shorts of cotton with added thickness, worn by a young child during toilet training.
- trans-physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- transempirical — beyond the range of experiential knowledge.
- transparencies — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- transparentize — to make transparent
- transportation — the act of transporting.
- transportingly — in a way to be transported or to transport
- trapeze artist — a person who performs, especially professionally, on a trapeze.
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- treponematosis — an infection caused by an organism of the genus Treponema, as syphilis, pinta, bejel, or yaws.
- trichophytosis — a skin infection caused by a trichophyton
- tripersonalism — the doctrine of three persons making up the Trinity
- tripersonalist — someone who believes in the Trinity
- tripersonality — the state or condition of being tripersonal; existence in three persons, as the Godhead.
- triple dresser — a dresser having three drawers across for most of its height.
- triple measure — time or rhythm characterized by three beats to the measure with an accent on the first beat.
- trophoneurosis — a disorder caused by defective functioning of the trophic nerves
- tropical storm — a tropical cyclone of less than hurricane force.
- trust hospital — a hospital that is run by an NHS trust which competes with other trusts for government funding
- trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
- turkish empire — Ottoman Empire
- twilight sleep — a state of semiconsciousness, usually produced by hypodermic injections of scopolamine and morphine, used chiefly to effect relatively painless childbirth.