13-letter words containing e, s, p, o, u, a
- expostulation — (countable) The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
- expostulatory — Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
- fluophosphate — fluorophosphate.
- give pause to — to cause to hesitate
- habeas corpus — a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.
- hematophagous — feeding on blood, as the vampire bat.
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- house sparrow — a small, hardy, buffy-brown and gray bird, Passer domesticus, of Europe, introduced into America, Australia, etc.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
- 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.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hyposexuality — A significantly low level of sexuality.
- if you please — expressing mild outrage
- insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
- judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
- lace-up shoes — shoes which are fastened with laces
- lake superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
- lake-superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
- leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
- louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- measure up to — to fulfil (expectations, standards, etc)
- meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
- mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.
- microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- mispersuasion — a false or mistaken persuasion
- moose pasture — land considered to be worthless, esp when lacking in extractable mineral deposits
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- moustache cup — mustache cup.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- natural slope — the maximum angle at which soil will lie in a bank without slipping
- newgroup wars — /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [Usenet] The salvos of dueling "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or humour; e.g. the spinoff of alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork from alt.tv.muppets in early 1990, or any number of specialised abuse groups named after particularly notorious flamers, e.g. alt.weemba.
- nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
- norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
- nucleocapsids — Plural form of nucleocapsid.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
- 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.
- open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- ostreophagous — oyster-eating
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.