13-letter words containing c, o, s, t, p, l
- micropolitics — The use of formal and informal power by individuals and groups to achieve their goals within organizations, as opposed to macropolitics.
- milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
- nanoparticles — Plural form of nanoparticle.
- neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
- neocapitalist — a person who advocates neocapitalism
- neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- noncapitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
- nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
- nonspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- object pascal — (language) An object-oriented Pascal developed jointly by Apple Computer and Niklaus Wirth.
- oligopolistic — the market condition that exists when there are few sellers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors. Compare duopoly, monopoly (def 1).
- omoplatoscopy — Divination by use of a shoulder blade.
- opthalmoscope — Misspelling of ophthalmoscope.
- optical glass — any of several types of high-quality, homogeneous, color-free glass, as flint or crown glass, having specified refractive properties, used in lenses and other components of optical systems.
- 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.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- pact of steel — a military alliance concluded between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on May 22, 1939, committing each to assist the other in the event of war with another power and pledging that neither would seek a separate peace or armistice.
- palaeocrystic — consisting of former glacial formation
- paleo-asiatic — a member of any of various Mongoloid peoples of northeastern Asia.
- pastoral care — help with personal needs and problems given by a teacher
- periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phelloplastic — an image or a representation that has been fashioned from cork
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- photovoltaics — (used with a singular verb) a field of semiconductor technology involving the direct conversion of electromagnetic radiation as sunlight, into electricity.
- physoclistous — having the air bladder closed off from the mouth.
- pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
- pilot biscuit — hardtack.
- plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- play politics — the science or art of political government.
- plectopterous — of or relating to the order Plectoptera, containing mayflies
- pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
- pointillistic — pertaining to or characteristic of pointillism or pointillists.
- police escort — a police officer or vehicle which accompanies a prisoner
- polychotomous — divided into multiple parts
- polycistronic — of or relating to the transcription of two or more adjacent cistrons into a single messenger RNA molecule.
- polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
- post-colonial — of or relating to the period following a state of colonialism.
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- postcanonical — written at a later date than the books belonging to a canon, especially the Bible.
- postclassical — of or relating to a time after the classical period, especially in art, culture, or literature.
- postconciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
- postcranially — affecting the postcranium
- postepileptic — after an epileptic seizure
- postholocaust — following a holocaust
- potter's clay — a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.