13-letter words containing s, y, m, p, l
- phantasmality — the condition or character of being incorporeal and illusory
- physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- playing games — If you say that someone is playing games or playing silly games, you mean that they are not treating a situation seriously and you are annoyed with them.
- plenum system — a type of air-conditioning system in which air is passed into a room at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
- poliomyelitis — an acute viral disease, usually affecting children and young adults, caused by any of three polioviruses, characterized by inflammation of the motor neurons of the brain stem and spinal cord, and resulting in a motor paralysis, followed by muscular atrophy and often permanent deformities.
- polychotomous — divided into multiple parts
- polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
- polynomialism — a polynomial naming system
- polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
- polyribosomal — relating to a polyribosome
- polysomnogram — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
- polysyllabism — a polysyllabic style or the use of multisyllabic words
- polysyllogism — an argument made up of a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each being a premise of the one following, until the last one.
- polythalamous — having multiple chambers
- portal system — a vascular arrangement in which blood from the capillaries of one organ is transported to the capillaries of another organ by a connecting vein or veins.
- presumptively — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- prismatically — of, relating to, or like a prism.
- promiscuously — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
- pusillanimity — the state or condition of being pusillanimous; timidity; cowardliness.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
- sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
- self-employed — earning one's living directly from one's own profession or business, as a freelance writer or artist, rather than as an employee earning salary or commission from another.
- self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
- spasmodically — given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
- 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.
- 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.
- spoils system — the system or practice in which public offices with their emoluments and advantages are at the disposal of the victorious party for its own purposes.
- sprint medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards, the second and third members run 220 yards each, and the fourth member runs 880 yards.
- spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
- stomatoplasty — plastic surgery of the mouth or the cervix.
- stormy petrel — the British storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean.
- subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
- sumptuary law — a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
- supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- tempestuously — characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.
- tympanoplasty — reconstruction of the eardrum and the bones of the middle ear.
- unpromisingly — in a manner that is not showing any promise of favourable development or future success
- upon my soul! — an exclamation of surprise
- yol computers — (company) A company in London, UK that sells computer and network systems, established in 2001.