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13-letter words containing a, s, p, r

  • bass response — the response of an audio reproduction system or component to low frequencies
  • batch-process — to perform batch processing on (files)
  • beam splitter — a system that divides a beam of light, electrons, etc, into two or more paths
  • beast of prey — any animal that hunts other animals for food
  • beaux esprits — bel esprit
  • beaux-esprits — plural of bel-esprit.
  • bell purchase — a tackle consisting of two standing single blocks, two running single blocks, a fall, and a runner, so arranged that it gives a mechanical advantage of six, neglecting friction.
  • best practice — Best practice is the way of running a business or providing a service that is recognized as correct or most effective.
  • bias-ply tire — a vehicle tire in which the main plies or cords run across the bead.
  • binary pulsar — a pulsar in a binary system.
  • bipartisanism — the quality of being bipartisan
  • birth parents — a child's biological parents, regardless of whether they subsequently bring up the child
  • blepharoplast — a cylindrical cytoplasmic body in protozoa
  • blepharospasm — spasm of the muscle of the eyelids, causing the eyes to shut tightly, either as a response to painful stimuli or occurring as a form of dystonia
  • blue copperas — a salt, copper sulfate, CuSO 4 ⋅5H 2 O, occurring naturally as large transparent, deep-blue triclinic crystals, appearing in its anhydrous state as a white powder: used chiefly as a mordant, insecticide, fungicide, and in engraving.
  • boarding pass — A boarding pass is a card that a passenger must have when boarding a plane or a boat.
  • brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
  • breaker strip — breaker1 (def 4).
  • breaker-strip — a person or thing that breaks.
  • breast pocket — The breast pocket of a man's coat or jacket is a pocket, usually on the inside, next to his chest.
  • breeches part — a male role played by an actress.
  • bring to pass — to cause to happen
  • brinksmanship — the technique or practice of maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage, especially by creating diplomatic crises.
  • broca-aphasia — a type of aphasia caused by a lesion in Broca's area of the brain, characterized by misarticulated speech and lack of grammatical morphemes.
  • business park — an area specially designated and landscaped to accommodate business offices, warehouses, light industry, etc
  • caesaropapism — the theory that the state should have authority over the church in ecclesiastical matters; Erastianism
  • calligraphist — fancy penmanship, especially highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
  • camerapersons — Plural form of cameraperson.
  • camphoraceous — similar to camphor
  • candy striper — a volunteer worker in a hospital
  • candy-striped — (esp of clothing fabric) having narrow coloured stripes on a white background
  • candy-striper — a person, often a teenager, who works as a volunteer in a hospital.
  • cape crawfish — an edible South African spiny lobster, Jasus lalandii.
  • cape hatteras — a promontory off the E coast of North Carolina, on Hatteras Island, which is situated between Pamlico Sound and the Atlantic: known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" for its danger to shipping
  • capellmeister — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp in an 18th-century princely household
  • caprivi strip — narrow strip of land, c. 50 mi (80 km) wide, of NE Namibia, extending eastward to the Zambezi River: c. 300 mi (483 km) long
  • capsule range — a small range of clothes by a particular designer, intended to be representative of the full range
  • carbolic soap — a disinfectant soap containing phenol
  • cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
  • carpetbaggers — U.S. History. a Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War and became active in Republican politics, especially so as to profiteer from the unsettled social and political conditions of the area during Reconstruction.
  • cartographers — Plural form of cartographer.
  • cartoon strip — A cartoon strip is a series of drawings that tells a story.
  • cash receipts — the money a business receives from its customers over a specified period
  • cash-strapped — If a person or organization is cash-strapped, they do not have enough money to buy or pay for the things they want or need.
  • cat distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
  • 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.
  • center spread — the pair of pages facing each other at the center of a magazine or newspaper, printed and made up as a single unit.
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