13-letter words containing c, u, p, t, o
- out of pocket — small enough or suitable for carrying in the pocket: a pocket watch.
- out-of-pocket — paid out in cash or from one's own financial resources and sometimes reimbursed: My out-of-pocket travel expenses included taking business clients to dinner.
- outer product — cross product.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- output device — (hardware) Electronic or electromechanical equipment connected to a computer and used to transfer data out of the computer in the form of text, images, sounds or other media to a display screen, printer, loudspeaker or storage device. Most modern storage devices such as disk drives and magnetic tape drives act as both input and output devices, others such as CD-ROM are input only.
- 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
- percussionist — a musician who plays percussion instruments.
- perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
- petrocurrency — money, paid in dollars, earned by a country for the exporting of petroleum
- photoacoustic — optoacoustic
- physoclistous — having the air bladder closed off from the mouth.
- pick-up joint — a place where people go with the intention of meeting someone to start a sexual relationship with
- pick-up point — the prearranged place where you go to collect people or things
- picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
- picturization — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pilot biscuit — hardtack.
- plectopterous — of or relating to the order Plectoptera, containing mayflies
- plymouth rock — a rock at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on which the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower are said to have stepped ashore when they landed in America in 1620.
- pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pneumonectomy — excision of part or all of a lung.
- 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
- point success — a peak in W central Washington, to the S of Mount Rainier, in the Cascade Range.14,158 feet (4318 meters).
- polyarticular — pertaining to or affecting many joints.
- polychotomous — divided into multiple parts
- port harcourt — a seaport in S Nigeria.
- post-conquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
- post-consumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- postcommunion — the part of a communion service that follows after the congregation has received communion.
- postholocaust — following a holocaust
- postpubescent — a young person in his or her early teens.
- 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.
- pre-encounter — to come upon or meet with, especially unexpectedly: to encounter a new situation.
- precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- 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.
- preproduction — Movies. the steps necessary to prepare a film for production, as casting, choosing locations, and designing sets and costumes.
- price support — the maintenance of the price of a commodity, product, etc., especially by means of a public subsidy or government purchase of surpluses.