13-letter words containing c, o, l, u, s
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- nudist colony — a place where group of nudists live together separated from the rest of the community
- object clause — the clause that acts as the object of a verb
- obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
- opossum block — (in New Zealand) a block of bush allocated to a licensed opossum trapper
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
- oraculousness — the state of being oraculous
- ostreiculture — the breeding of oysters
- overcredulous — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
- physoclistous — having the air bladder closed off from the mouth.
- pilot biscuit — hardtack.
- plectopterous — of or relating to the order Plectoptera, containing mayflies
- pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
- polar nucleus — Botany. either of two female haploid nuclei, in the embryo sac of flowers, that fuse to produce a diploid nucleus, which combines with a male nucleus to form the endosperm.
- polychotomous — divided into multiple parts
- polygalaceous — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
- polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
- popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- postholocaust — following a holocaust
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
- promiscuously — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- pseudo-colour — an artificial colour
- pseudo-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- pseudoclassic — falsely or spuriously classic.
- public school — (in the U.S.) a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education commonly including primary and secondary schools.
- public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
- punctiliously — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- pyrocellulose — cordite.
- quelque chose — a trifle
- quelque-chose — kickshaw.
- red corpuscle — a red blood cell.
- red delicious — a deep-red type of Delicious apple.
- rock squirrel — a large, gray ground squirrel, Spermophilus variegatus, inhabiting rocky areas of the southwestern U.S.
- rose-coloured — of the colour rose; rosy
- russel crouse — Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- salviniaceous — relating to the genus Salviniaceae
- sansculottism — (in the French Revolution) a revolutionary of the poorer class: originally a term of contempt applied by the aristocrats but later adopted as a popular name by the revolutionaries.
- school figure — (in ice skating) any one of a group of sixty-nine different figures, skated in two- or three-circle figure-eight patterns, used to test various skating movements, a skater usually being required to perform six selected ones in competition.
- school outing — a short trip that a school organizes for schoolchildren, usually during the school day, to a place of interest such as museum or art gallery
- sclerocaulous — having a hard, dry stem
- selenous acid — a colorless, transparent, crystalline powder, H2SeO3, soluble in water and used as a reagent