13-letter words containing a, u, t, o, c
- outreach work — work (done by welfare workers, volunteers, etc) designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
- outrecuidance — (archaic) Presumption, arrogance, self-conceit.
- over-cautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- over-educated — to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling. Synonyms: instruct, school, drill, indoctrinate.
- overacuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- overeducation — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- palaeocurrent — an ancient current, esp of water, evidence of which has been preserved in sedimentary rocks as fossilized ripple marks, etc
- pandiculation — the act of stretching oneself.
- partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
- photoacoustic — optoacoustic
- picturization — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
- pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
- pococurantist — a person who demonstrates a tendency toward indifference
- polyarticular — pertaining to or affecting many joints.
- port harcourt — a seaport in S Nigeria.
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- postholocaust — following a holocaust
- posttraumatic — occurring after physical or psychological trauma.
- pre-education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
- precopulatory — carried out or occurring prior to copulation
- prefunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- prejudication — the act of judging beforehand
- preoccupation — the state of being preoccupied.
- probate court — a special court with power over administration of estates of deceased persons, the probate of wills, etc.
- procuratorate — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.
- product range — variety of merchandise within a brand
- pronunciation — Rare. an act or instance of declaring publicly; pronouncement: It was but the latest pronunciation of the political double-standard uttered in the course of this scandal. Synonyms: declaration, assertion, statement; announcement, affirmation; proclamation, promulgation, dissemination.
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- 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.
- protoactinium — protactinium.
- pseudoaquatic — not aquatic but indigenous to moist regions.
- punctuational — punctuated equilibrium.
- qualification — a quality, accomplishment, etc., that fits a person for some function, office, or the like.
- qualificatory — That serves as qualification.
- quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
- quodlibetical — a subtle or elaborate argument or point of debate, usually on a theological or scholastic subject.
- radioactinium — the radioactive isotope of thorium having a mass number 227 and a half-life of 18.8 days. Symbol: RdAc, Th 227.
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
- ration coupon — a coupon that can be exchanged for a certain quantity of rationed goods
- reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- recalculation — recount, act of computing again
- recirculation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.