13-letter words containing c, o, u, p, l
- corpus luteum — a yellow glandular mass of tissue that forms in a Graafian follicle following release of an ovum. It secretes progesterone, a hormone necessary to maintain pregnancy
- cottage tulip — a late-flowering type of tulip, usually having pointed or elongated flowers.
- councilperson — a member of a city or local legislative council.
- counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
- counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
- countrypeople — countryfolk.
- county police — (in the US) the police of a particular county
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- crumple zones — parts of a motor vehicle, at the front and the rear, that are designed to crumple in a collision, thereby absorbing the impact
- cup of elijah — Elijah's cup.
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- cyclospermous — having the embryo curled around the central albumen
- deduplication — (computing) The elimination of redundant duplicate data.
- diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
- diplock court — in Northern Ireland, a court of law designed to try cases linked with terrorism. In order to prevent the intimidation of jurors, the court consists of a single judge and no jury
- dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
- duplicitously — In a duplicitous, two-faced manner.
- electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- fluoroscopist — One who carries out fluoroscopy.
- futtock plate — a metal plate placed perpendicular to the top of a ship's lower mast to hold the futtock shrouds.
- gossip column — newspaper: celebrity news article
- guilt complex — If you say that someone has a guilt complex about something, you mean that they feel very guilty about it, in a way that you consider is exaggerated, unreasonable, or unnecessary.
- half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hyposulphuric — relating to sulphur which is in a lower state of oxidation than it is in sulphuric compounds
- impecuniously — In an impecunious manner.
- inclusion map — a map of a set to itself in which each element of a given subset of the set is mapped to itself.
- incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
- incorruptible — not corruptible: incorruptible integrity.
- incorruptibly — In an incorruptible manner.
- john q public — the average or typical U.S. citizen: an entertainment aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
- komi republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia: annexed by the princes of Moscow in the 14th century. Capital: Syktyvkar. Pop: 1 019 000 (2002). Area: 415 900 sq km (160 540 sq miles)
- lace-up shoes — shoes which are fastened with laces
- leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
- leptokurtotic — (statistics) Leptokurtic.
- leucodepleted — of or denoting blood from which the white cells have been removed
- liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
- loop diuretic — any of a group of diuretics, including frusemide, that act by inhibiting resorption of salts from Henle's loop of the kidney tubule
- lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
- lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- maculopapular — (medicine, of a rash) Consisting of a flat, red area on the skin that is covered with small confluent bumps, as in scarlet fever and measles.
- melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
- mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.