13-letter words containing e, s, p, i
- nonresponsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- nonspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- ocean springs — a town in SE Mississippi.
- oilspot glaze — a brown or black ceramic glaze dotted with silvery spots caused by impurities.
- oligopeptides — Plural form of oligopeptide.
- olympic games — international sports event
- omnipresently — In an omnipresent manner.
- on the parish — receiving parochial relief
- one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- oneiroscopist — a person who specialises in studying and interpreting dreams
- onomatopoeias — Plural form of onomatopoeia.
- open diapason — a full, rich outpouring of melodious sound.
- open position — Music. the arrangement of a chord with wide intervals between the parts.
- open question — question: invites long answer
- open registry — ship registration under a national flag available to all ships regardless of nationality.
- open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
- open universe — a model of the universe in which the universe expands forever because there is not enough mass to counteract the expansion by means of gravitational attraction.
- opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
- operativeness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being operative.
- opportunities — Plural form of opportunity.
- opsonic index — the ratio of the number of bacteria destroyed by phagocytes in the blood of a test patient to the number destroyed in the blood of a normal individual
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- orchestra pit — musicians' seating in front of stage
- orchestra-pit — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- orthographies — Plural form of orthography.
- oscilloscopes — Plural form of oscilloscope.
- osteopetrosis — any of several hereditary diseases characterized by increased bone density.
- osteophytosis — Lb medicine The presence of osteophytes.
- osteoplasties — Plural form of osteoplasty.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- over-promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overappraisal — An appraisal that overvalues something.
- overemphasise — (British) alternative spelling of overemphasize.
- overemphasize — to emphasize excessively.
- overexpansion — the act or process of expanding.
- overimpressed — very impressed
- overprescribe — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- overprovision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- packet switch — packet switching
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- paddle tennis — a game combining elements of tennis and handball, played with paddles and a rubber ball on a screened court about half the size of and having a lower net than a tennis court.
- paedomorphism — the continuation of juvenile characteristics in the adult stage
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- painted snipe — either of two snipelike birds of the family Rostratulidae, of South America and the Old World tropics, the female of which is larger and more brightly colored than the male.
- painterliness — the quality of being painterly
- pairs skaters — two skaters, a man and a woman, or a boy and a girl, who skate together, esp in competitions
- paisley shawl — a shawl made from paisley fabric