13-letter words containing t, a, l, p
- repeater loan — a loan lent to someone who has already borrowed
- replicability — the quality or state of being replicable
- representable — to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize: In this painting the cat represents evil and the bird, good.
- republication — publication anew.
- resting place — grave
- reverse plate — a plate for printing a reverse.
- rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
- rotary plough — an implement with a series of blades mounted on a power-driven shaft, used to break up soil or weeds
- route planner — a book of road maps
- rupert's land — (formerly, in Canada) the territories granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 and ceded to the Canadian Government in 1870, comprising all the land watered by rivers flowing into Hudson Bay
- sales receipt — slip or document: proof of payment
- 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
- satin slipper — a play (1925–28) by Paul Claudel.
- scapulimantic — relating to scapulimancy
- sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
- scotch plains — a township in NE New Jersey.
- scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
- scripturalist — a literalist or translator obedient to the Scriptures
- self-apparent — clear and evident without need of further evidence
- self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
- 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
- semipolitical — of a partially political nature; having some political features.
- septentrional — northern; boreal
- septisyllable — a word made up of seven syllables.
- serial rapist — someone who carries out a series of rapes
- sesquiplicate — relating to or involving the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of given terms; i.e. the sesquiplicate ratio of given terms is the ratio between the square roots of the cubes of those terms
- sexploitation — the exploitation of sex in films, magazines, etc.
- share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
- shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- silver-plated — Something that is silver-plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver.
- simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
- single parent — mother or father without a partner
- single-parent — of or noting a family in which a parent brings up a child or children alone, without a partner: a single-parent family; a single-parent household.
- skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- slip trailing — the act of decorating an object with a poured stream of slip.
- slipper satin — a fine satin fabric with a mat finish
- 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.
- solitary wasp — any of numerous wasps, as the sand wasps or mud wasps, that do not live in a community.
- sophistically — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- space blanket — a plastic insulating body wrapping coated on one or both sides with aluminium foil which reflects back most of the body heat lost by radiation: carried by climbers, mountaineers, etc, for use in cases of exposure or exhaustion
- space lattice — lattice (def 4).
- space shuttle — any of several U.S. space vehicles consisting of a reusable manned orbiter that touches down on a landing strip after an orbital mission, two reusable solid rocket boosters that drop off after initial ascent, and an expendable external tank containing liquid propellants.
- spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti