13-letter words containing s, t, a, m, p
- postvasectomy — of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
- potato-masher — a kitchen implement used to crush or mash potatoes
- praetorianism — the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
- pre christmas — the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
- pre-christmas — the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- primary tense — in Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, a tense referring to present or future time
- primatologist — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- primrose path — a way of life devoted to irresponsible hedonism, often of a sensual nature: The evangelist exhorted us to avoid the primrose path and stick to the straight and narrow.
- prismatically — of, relating to, or like a prism.
- prison inmate — a person who is confined in a prison
- privateersman — an officer or sailor of a privateer.
- problem state — IBM jargon for user mode, the opposite of "supervisor state". On IBM System 360, 370 and 390 mainframes privileged instructions may only be executed in "supervisor state". Application programs request the operating system to perform these operations by using the Supervisor Call (SVC) instruction.
- promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
- prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
- protanomalous — of, relating to, or affected by protanomaly
- protest march — public demonstration
- protestantism — the religion of Protestants.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- psychosomatic — of or relating to a physical disorder that is caused by or notably influenced by emotional factors.
- pusillanimity — the state or condition of being pusillanimous; timidity; cowardliness.
- pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
- representamen — (in semiotics) a sign or signifier, whether physical or otherwise, which points to an object
- revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
- sample letter — an example of a particular type of letter intended to show people how to construct their own letter
- savings stamp — a stamp which can be bought (for example at a machine in a supermarket), saved, and then redeemed against the cost of goods later (for example at Christmas)
- scapulimantic — relating to scapulimancy
- scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
- semi-parasite — Biology. commonly parasitic but also capable of living on dead or decaying animal matter.
- semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
- semipalatinsk — a city in NE Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
- semipalmation — the state of being semipalmate
- semiparasitic — Biology. commonly parasitic but also capable of living on dead or decaying animal matter.
- semipermanent — not quite permanent.
- semipolitical — of a partially political nature; having some political features.
- septempartite — separated into seven sections.
- simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
- slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
- slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
- small capital — a capital letter of a particular font, the same height as the x-high letters.
- snap-brim hat — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- somatopsychic — of or relating to the effects of the body on the mind.
- spa treatment — a non-medical procedure to help the health of the body, such as a massage
- space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
- sparcsystem 4 — (computer) A computer built with the MicroSPARC ii 70MHz CPU as used in the SPARC 5 Model 70. The SPARCsystem 4 is basically a cheaper, cut-down SPARC 5. It has an 8-bit pixel accelerator instead of the SBus Turbo GX card. Memory expansion is limited to 160 MB. Availability was planned for March/April 1995.
- spathiphyllum — any of various tropical plants of the genus Spathiphyllum, having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental.
- spenta amesha — Amesha Spenta.
- spenta mainyu — the good and creative spirit that is the offspring of Ahura Mazda.