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13-letter words containing a, s, o, p, t, c

  • postvasectomy — of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
  • potter's clay — a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.
  • preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
  • prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  • presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
  • priority case — a matter that takes precedence over others
  • proactiveness — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
  • probabilistic — Statistics. of or relating to probability: probabilistic forecasting.
  • procapitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
  • process table — (operating system, process)   A table containing all of the information that must be saved when the CPU switches from running one process to another in a multitasking system. The information in the process table allows the suspended process to be restarted at a later time as if it had never been stopped. Every process has an entry in the table. These entries are known as process control blocks and contain the following information: process state - information needed so that the process can be loaded into memory and run, such as the program counter, the stack pointer, and the values of registers. memory state - details of the memory allocation such as pointers to the various memory areas used by the program resource state - information regarding the status of files being used by the process such as user ID. Accounting and scheduling information. An example of a UNIX process table is shown below. SLOT ST PID PGRP UID PRI CPU EVENT NAME FLAGS 0 s 0 0 0 95 0 runout sched load sys 1 s 1 0 0 66 1 u init load 2 s 2 0 0 95 0 10bbdc vhand load sys SLOT is the entry number of the process. ST shows whether the process is paused or sleeping (s), ready to run (r), or running on a CPU (o). PID is the process ID. PGRP is the process Group. UID is the user ID. PRI is the priority of the process from 127 (highest) to 0 (lowest). EVENT is the event on which a process is paused or sleeping. NAME is the name of the process. FLAGS are the process flags. A process that has died but still has an entry in the process table is called a zombie process.
  • procrastinate — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
  • promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
  • prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
  • prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
  • proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
  • proteoclastic — of, related to, or initiating proteolysis
  • protest march — public demonstration
  • provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
  • pseudoaquatic — not aquatic but indigenous to moist regions.
  • psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
  • psychoanalyst — a person trained to practice psychoanalysis.
  • psychosomatic — of or relating to a physical disorder that is caused by or notably influenced by emotional factors.
  • psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
  • 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.
  • racket sports — sports, such as tennis, squash, badminton, etc, that are played using a racket
  • radiopacities — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
  • s corporation — An S corporation is a type of corporation in which the owners are taxed for any taxable income on their individual returns.
  • sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • saratoga chip — potato chip.
  • 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.
  • secret weapon — Someone's secret weapon is a thing or person which they believe will help them achieve something and which other people do not know about.
  • semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
  • semipolitical — of a partially political nature; having some political features.
  • shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
  • shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
  • simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
  • somatopsychic — of or relating to the effects of the body on the mind.
  • sophistically — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
  • sophisticated — sophisticated.
  • space fiction — a book, film, TV series, etc, set in outer space
  • space station — an orbiting manned structure that can be used for a variety of purposes, as to assemble or service satellites, refuel spacecraft, etc.
  • space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
  • spastic colon — a chronic condition of recurring abdominal pain with constipation or diarrhoea or both
  • specification — the act of specifying.
  • spectatorship — the state of being a spectator
  • spectrography — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
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