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13-letter words containing s, p, o, n, g

  • psychogenesis — genesis of the psyche.
  • psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
  • psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
  • psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
  • pudding stone — conglomerate (def 3).
  • repositioning — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
  • retrospecting — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
  • scoping study — a preliminary study to define the scope of a project
  • selenographer — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
  • self-exposing — to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
  • self-policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
  • selling point — a unique or advantageous feature that appeals to the prospective buyer of a service, product, etc.: A generous discount is the chief selling point of the book club.
  • serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
  • serving spoon — utensil used to serve food
  • sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • shipping room — a place in a business concern where goods are packed and shipped.
  • shocking pink — a vivid or intensely bright pink.
  • shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
  • shopping list — a list made by a shopper of items or goods to be bought.
  • shopping mall — mall (def 1).
  • shopping trip — visit to the shops
  • show-stopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • sign of peace — the liturgical practice of giving a sign of peace, union, or friendship, as a handshake or embrace, at some point in a Christian service, esp. in a Mass or Communion service
  • skipping rope — A skipping rope or skip rope is a piece of rope, usually with handles at each end. You exercise or play with it by turning it round and round and jumping over it.
  • skipping-rope — Also, jump roping. a children's game or an exercise for children and adults in which a rope is swung over and under the standing jumper, who must leap over it each time it reaches the feet.
  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • soundproofing — materials used to make something soundproof
  • souphanouvong — Prince, 1909–1995, Laotian political leader: president 1975–86 (half brother of Prince Souvanna Phouma).
  • speedcoding 3 — (language)   [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].
  • spelling book — an elementary textbook or manual to teach spelling
  • spelling-book — a person who spells words.
  • spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
  • sphagnicolous — growing in moss
  • sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
  • sphagnum moss — Botany
  • sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
  • spiny dogfish — any of several dogfish sharks of the genus Squalus, having a spine in front of each of the two dorsal fins, especially S. acanthias, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters.
  • splanchnology — the visceral system
  • sponge finger — sweet finger-shaped biscuit
  • sponge rubber — a light, spongy rubber, usually prepared by bubbling carbon dioxide through or whipping air into latex, used for padding, insulation, gaskets, etc.; foam rubber.
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • sports ground — an area of land where sports are played
  • sportscasting — the reporting of a sports event by radio or television broadcast.
  • sportswriting — the work of a sports writer
  • spot lighting — Spot lighting is lighting directed towards and used to draw attention to a product or display.
  • spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
  • spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
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