13-letter words containing a, p, r, o, s, i
- catastrophise — Alt form catastrophize.
- catastrophism — an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes
- catastrophist — the doctrine that certain vast geological changes in the earth's history were caused by catastrophes rather than gradual evolutionary processes.
- catastrophize — (obsolete) To end a comedy.
- cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
- cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- chaperoneship — State or position of chaperone.
- chirographist — a person who studies or who is knowledgeable about handwriting styles
- chiropractics — The practice of a chiropractor.
- chiropractors — Plural form of chiropractor.
- chloroplastic — a plastid containing chlorophyll.
- chorepiscopal — (in early Christianity) relating to or connected with a local bishop
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- clistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- co-authorship — the state a coauthor
- coadjutorship — the state of being a coadjutor
- cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
- coconspirator — a fellow conspirator
- commandership — a person who commands.
- comparativist — a comparatist
- compatriotism — a native or inhabitant of one's own country; fellow countryman or countrywoman.
- compressional — relating to compression
- compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
- conspiracists — Plural form of conspiracist.
- conspiratress — a woman who conspires
- conspurcation — the act of defiling
- constupration — the act of raping or violating
- containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
- contrapuntist — a composer skilled in counterpoint
- copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
- copperheadism — U.S. History. (during the Civil War) the advocacy of peace negotiations to restore the Union to its prewar condition, with continued slavery in the South.
- coral springs — city in SE Fla.: pop. 118,000
- cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
- corporativism — corporatism
- corporisation — The forming into one body; embodiment.
- corsican pine — a pine tree, a variant of the black pine Pinus nigra var maritime, originally native to Corsica and neighbouring Mediterranean regions
- corticospinal — Of, or pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.
- cranioscopist — a practitioner of cranioscopy
- crop spraying — the spraying of crops with insecticide, fungicide, etc
- cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
- cryptoclastic — (of minerals and rocks) composed of microscopic fragments
- cupid's arrow — one of the arrows that Cupid is supposed to fire from his bow, which cause the person struck to fall in love
- depersonalise — Alternative spelling of depersonalize.
- depersonalize — To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
- dermographism — dermatographia.
- diageotropism — a diatropic response of plant parts, such as rhizomes, to the stimulus of gravity
- diazo process — a method for printing on paper treated with a diazo compound that disintegrates upon exposure to light and developing the unexposed areas by the use of diazo dyes.
- dictatorships — Plural form of dictatorship.