13-letter words containing c, o, r, p
- sprocket hole — any of a series of regular perforations along the edge of photographic film for engaging the drive sprockets in a motion-picture camera or projector.
- spruce grouse — a grouse, Canachites canadensis, of coniferous forests of northern North America, that feeds on evergreen buds and needles.
- standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
- step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stratospheric — relating to the stratosphere
- streptocarpus — any of various plants belonging to the genus Streptocarpus, of the gesneria family, native to Africa and Asia, having showy white, pink, or purplish flowers and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- streptococcus — any of several spherical or oval bacteria of the genus Streptococcus, occurring in pairs or chains, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans, causing scarlet fever, tonsillitis, etc.
- strip cartoon — A strip cartoon is the same as a comic strip.
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- successorship — the position or state of a successor
- supercautious — very or extremely cautious
- supercollider — a very large colliding-beam machine in which superconducting magnets create millions of megavolts of energy.
- supercolossal — greater than colossal, huge, enormous
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- supercomputer — a very fast, powerful mainframe computer, used in advanced military and scientific applications.
- superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- support price — the price at which the government will purchase commodities, especially farm produce, in order to maintain a certain price level.
- supramolecule — a collection of molecules held together by intermolecular forces
- supreme court — the highest court of the U.S.
- suspercollate — to hang
- talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
- tangoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by touch.
- tape recorder — an electrical device for recording or playing back sound, video, or data on magnetic tape.
- tarpeian rock — a rock on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, from which criminals and traitors were hurled.
- tax inspector — a government official whose job is to make sure that people and companies are paying the right amount of tax
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
- the-spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- theriomorphic — (of deities) thought of or represented as having the form of beasts.
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thermospheric — pertaining to the thermosphere
- thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
- thoracoplasty — the operation removing selected portions of the ribs to collapse part of the underlying lung or an abnormal pleural space, usually in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- to be precise — You say 'to be precise' to indicate that you are giving more detailed or accurate information than you have just given.
- to keep track — If you keep track of a situation or a person, you make sure that you have the newest and most accurate information about them all the time.
- to perfection — impeccably, perfectly
- topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
- topographical — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
- tortilla chip — Tortilla chips are thick crisps made from corn which are often served with dips such as salsa.
- tracheophytes — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
- trachycarpous — having rough-skinned fruit.
- tracking poll — a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge.
- transcription — the act or process of transcribing.
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- trichopterist — a student of, or expert in, trichopteran insects