13-letter words containing a, t, h, p, s, c
- optic chiasma — a site at the base of the forebrain where the inner half of the fibers of the left and right optic nerves cross to the opposite side of the brain.
- orchestra pit — musicians' seating in front of stage
- orchestra-pit — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- packet switch — packet switching
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
- past historic — the simple past
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phantom stock — an employee bonus expressed as the cash value of a specified amount of company stock to be received at a future date, meant to create employee interest in raising stock prices without giving any stock away.
- pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
- phelloplastic — an image or a representation that has been fashioned from cork
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- phonocamptics — the branch of acoustics dealing with echoes
- photoacoustic — optoacoustic
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- photovoltaics — (used with a singular verb) a field of semiconductor technology involving the direct conversion of electromagnetic radiation as sunlight, into electricity.
- physicalistic — of or relating to physicalism.
- physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
- postholocaust — following a holocaust
- pre christmas — the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
- pre-christian — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the Christian Era.
- pre-christmas — the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
- preanesthetic — a substance that produces a preliminary or light anesthesia.
- press attaché — the official in an embassy who has the job of liaising with the media
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
- protest march — public demonstration
- psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
- psychasthenia — Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
- psychasthenic — a person who has psychasthenia
- 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.
- sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- saratoga chip — potato chip.
- scintigraphic — of or relating to scintigraphy
- 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.
- scratch paper — rough paper for notes, etc.
- scratchpad ii — See Scratchpad I, AXIOM.
- secretaryship — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- shack-tapping — the making of house-by-house visits to canvass.
- share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
- ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
- 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.