13-letter words containing c, y, p, s, e
- physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
- physitheistic — of, relating to, or believing in physitheism
- phytocoenosis — the plants of a given area considered as a whole.
- picturesquely — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
- pietistically — in a pietistical manner
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- polygalaceous — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
- polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
- 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).
- postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
- postemergency — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after an emergency
- postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
- postvasectomy — of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
- potter's clay — a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.
- priority case — a matter that takes precedence over others
- processionary — of, relating to, or moving in a procession
- prospectively — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
- psychasthenia — Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
- psychasthenic — a person who has psychasthenia
- psychoanalyse — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
- psychoanalyze — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
- psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
- psychogenesis — genesis of the psyche.
- psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
- psychographer — a person who writes a psychograph; a psychological or psychographic biographer.
- psychokinesis — the purported ability to move or deform inanimate objects, as metal spoons, through mental processes.
- psychometrics — the measurement of mental traits, abilities, and processes.
- psychomimetic — psychotomimetic.
- psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
- psychosurgery — treatment of mental disorders by means of brain surgery.
- psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
- psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
- pubococcygeus — a muscle that stretches backward from the pubes toward the coccyx and forms part of the pelvic floor. Abbreviation: PC.
- pycnidiospore — the fruiting body of certain fungi, which contains spore-bearing cells
- pyrocellulose — cordite.
- recovery ship — a naval vessel designed to participate in the retrieval of a satellite, instrument package, or spaceship after it has re-entered the atmosphere and landed in the ocean
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- scaphocephaly — premature closure of the sagittal suture resulting in a deformed skull having an elongated, keellike shape.
- sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
- secretaryship — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- severance pay — money, exclusive of wages, back pay, etc., paid to an employee who has tenure and who is dismissed because of lack of work or other reasons beyond the employee's control.
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
- slippery dick — a wrasse, Halichoeres bivittatus, inhabiting tropical regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- soccer player — A soccer player is a person who plays soccer, especially as a profession.
- space biology — exobiology.
- sparcsystem 4 — (computer) A computer built with the MicroSPARC ii 70MHz CPU as used in the SPARC 5 Model 70. The SPARCsystem 4 is basically a cheaper, cut-down SPARC 5. It has an 8-bit pixel accelerator instead of the SBus Turbo GX card. Memory expansion is limited to 160 MB. Availability was planned for March/April 1995.