13-letter words starting with s
- spirochetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
- splanchnocele — a primitive embryonic body cavity
- splanchnology — the visceral system
- splatter film — a film containing many scenes of violent and gruesome murders.
- splendiferous — splendid; magnificent; fine.
- splenectomize — to remove the spleen from
- splenial bone — a small bone in the lower jaw of some animals, such as reptiles and birds
- split spindle — a turned piece halved lengthwise for use as applied ornament, as on a chest or cupboard, or as part of a chair back or the like.
- splitting adz — a heavy stone tool used by prehistoric peoples in northwestern North America and northeastern Asia.
- splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
- spoiler party — a third political party formed to draw votes away from one of the two major parties, thus spoiling its chance of winning an election.
- 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.
- spokesmanship — the office or skilful use of the office of spokesman
- spondylolysis — the destruction of the vertebra
- 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.
- spontaneities — the exhibiting of actions, impulses, or behaviour that are stimulated by internal processes
- spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- sporopollenin — an inert, tough polymer forming the resistant outer coat of a pollen grain or spore.
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- sports centre — a place where people take part in sports
- sports ground — an area of land where sports are played
- sports injury — wound sustained while playing sport
- sports jacket — a jacket, often of textured wool or colorful pattern, with a collar, lapels, long sleeves, and buttons in the front, cut somewhat fuller than the jacket of a business suit, worn with slacks for informal occasions.
- sports writer — A sports writer is a journalist who writes about sport.
- sportscasting — the reporting of a sports event by radio or television broadcast.
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- sportsmanship — the character, practice, or skill of a sportsman.
- 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.
- spotted adder — milk snake.
- spotted crake — a Eurasian rail, Porzana porzana, of swamps and marshes, having a buff speckled plumage and dark brown wings
- spotted fever — any of several fevers characterized by spots on the skin, especially as in cerebrospinal meningitis or typhus fever.
- spotted hyena — a long-legged carnivorous doglike mammal native to Africa and S Asia (Crocuta crocuta)
- spotted skunk — either of two small, nocturnal skunks of the genus Spilogale, distinguished by a white forehead patch and a luxuriant coat of broken stripes and spots, including S. putorius of temperate North America and S. pygmaea of Mexico.
- spotter plane — an aircraft used in observing enemy movements or the accuracy of fire on a target
- spread option — spread (def 25b).
- spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- spreader beam — a crosspiece for spacing the chains or cables hanging from the boom of a crane.
- sprightliness — animated or vivacious; lively.
- spring a leak — to develop a leak
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- spring binder — a loose-leaf binder in which a single, long, clamplike spring, forming the spine, holds the leaves.
- spring greens — Young cabbages are sometimes referred to as spring greens.
- spring peeper — a tree frog, Hyla crucifer, having an X -shaped mark on the back and voicing a shrill call commonly heard near ponds and swamps of eastern North America in the early spring.
- spring squill — a European liliaceous plant Scilla verna, having small blue or purple flowers
- spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
- springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.