13-letter words containing ir
- schoolgirlish — like or characteristic of a schoolgirl
- second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
- security firm — a firm which provides guards for buildings, and other security services and personnel
- self-directed — guided, regulated, or managed: a carefully directed program.
- semi-circular — Something that is semi-circular has the shape of half a circle.
- semi-delirium — Pathology. a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc.
- semiempirical — partly empirical
- semireligious — having a somewhat religious character.
- senior airman — a noncommissioned officer ranking between a staff sergeant and airman first class. Abbreviation: SrA.
- seventy-first — next after the seventieth; being the ordinal number for 71.
- seventy-third — next after the seventy-second; being the ordinal number for 73.
- sewing circle — a group, especially of women, meeting regularly to sew.
- shirley poppy — a cultivated strain of the corn poppy, having variously colored single or double flowers.
- shirt-sleeves — not wearing a jacket; informally dressed: a shirt-sleeve mob.
- shoe repairer — a person who mends shoes
- shooting iron — a firearm, especially a pistol or revolver.
- shop chairman — a unionized employee elected to represent a shop, department, or the like, in dealings with an employer.
- short-circuit — Electricity. to make (an appliance, switch, etc.) inoperable by establishing a short circuit in. to carry (a current) as a short circuit.
- silver-haired — having silver coloured hair
- sir-reverence — (used as an expression of apology, as before unseemly or indelicate words.)
- sirloin steak — cut of beef
- slipper chair — a small bedroom chair with a low seat.
- social circle — a group of people who are socially connected
- somersetshire — a county in SW England. 1335 sq. mi. (3455 sq. km).
- soul-stirring — arousing excitement and enthusiasm; uplifting
- souvenir shop — a shop that sells trivial gift items, such as T-shirts, coffee mugs, keyrings etc, esp aimed at tourists
- spiral casing — a spiral passage for directing the water from a penstock around a water turbine and into the rotor.
- spiral galaxy — a galaxy having a spiral structure.
- spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
- spiral spring — a form of spring consisting of a wire coiled in a helix.
- spiritousness — the state of being spiritous
- spirochetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
- squirrel away — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- squirrel cage — a cage containing a cylindrical framework that is rotated by a squirrel or other small animal running inside of it.
- squirrel corn — an American plant, Dicentra canadensis, of the fumitory family, having yellow roots resembling kernels of corn, finely dissected leaves, and clusters of drooping, heart-shaped, cream-colored flowers.
- staffordshire — a county in central England. 1154 sq. mi. (2715 sq. km). County seat: Stafford.
- star sapphire — a sapphire, cut cabochon, exhibiting asterism in the form of a colorless six-rayed star.
- steamer chair — deck chair.
- stinging hair — sting (def 18).
- stinking iris — an iris plant, Iris foetidissima, of W Europe and N Africa, having purplish flowers and a strong unpleasant smell when bruised
- stirlingshire — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
- stirpiculture — the production of special stocks or strains by careful breeding.
- stirrup pants — close-fitting pants with a stirruplike strap, at the end of each leg, to be positioned under the arch of the foot
- stuffed shirt — a pompous, self-satisfied, and inflexible person.
- supervirtuoso — a highly accomplished virtuoso
- supervirulent — extremely virulent
- tactical wire — wire entanglements used to break up attacking enemy formations or to keep them within the field of defensive fire.
- tahrir square — a large square in central Cairo, in Egypt. The name, meaning ‘liberation’, was used informally after the 1919 revolution and then officially after the 1952 revolution. Scene of mass demonstrations in 2011 against the government of president Hosni Mubarak
- the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
- the spiritual — the realm of spirits