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13-letter words containing l, a, c, h, i, s

  • photovoltaics — (used with a singular verb) a field of semiconductor technology involving the direct conversion of electromagnetic radiation as sunlight, into electricity.
  • physical file — (file system)   A low-level view of the physical characteristics of a file, such as its location on a disk or its physical structure, for example, whether indexed or sequential.
  • physicalistic — of or relating to physicalism.
  • physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
  • physiological — of or relating to physiology.
  • plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • principalship — first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
  • psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
  • psychological — of or relating to psychology.
  • psychotically — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
  • rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
  • rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
  • richter scale — a scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake.
  • saccharolytic — of or causing the hydrolysis of sugars.
  • saddle-stitch — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
  • saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
  • sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
  • schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
  • schiller park — a town in NE Illinois.
  • scholarliness — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
  • scholasticate — a course of study for seminarians, taken prior to their theological studies.
  • scholasticism — (sometimes initial capital letter) the system of theological and philosophical teaching predominant in the Middle Ages, based chiefly upon the authority of the church fathers and of Aristotle and his commentators.
  • school phobia — a fear of going to or returning to school
  • schoolmarmish — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
  • scotch plains — a township in NE New Jersey.
  • scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
  • self-chastise — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
  • semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
  • semiochemical — a chemical substance produced by an animal and used in communications, such as a pheromone
  • seneschalship — the office or position of a seneschal
  • shambolically — in a completely disorganized or chaotic manner
  • share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
  • shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
  • ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
  • silvichemical — any of a number of chemicals derived from a tree.
  • singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
  • sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
  • slash fiction — a type or piece of fan fiction involving usually same-sex romantic relationships between fictional characters or famous people, whether or not the romances actually exist: Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson slash fiction. Also called slash.
  • slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
  • slipper chair — a small bedroom chair with a low seat.
  • social phobia — a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations
  • solar chariot — (in ancient Egypt) a chariot placed in the tomb of a king to transport him to the sun.
  • sophistically — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
  • speech island — a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community.
  • sphagnicolous — growing in moss
  • superphysical — above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
  • swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
  • sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
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