13-letter words containing i, p, r, o, c
- tax inspector — a government official whose job is to make sure that people and companies are paying the right amount of tax
- telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
- theriomorphic — (of deities) thought of or represented as having the form of beasts.
- thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- thermospheric — pertaining to the thermosphere
- thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
- to be precise — You say 'to be precise' to indicate that you are giving more detailed or accurate information than you have just given.
- to perfection — impeccably, perfectly
- topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
- topographical — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
- tortilla chip — Tortilla chips are thick crisps made from corn which are often served with dips such as salsa.
- tracking poll — a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge.
- transcription — the act or process of transcribing.
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- trichopterist — a student of, or expert in, trichopteran insects
- trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
- tricorporated — having three bodies and one head
- trip computer — A trip computer in a vehicle gives readings of average speed, fuel consumption, and fuel cost per mile.
- triploblastic — having three primary germ layers, as the embryos of vertebrates.
- troop carrier — a transport airplane used for carrying troops and their equipment.
- trophic level — any class of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain, as primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers.
- tropic-cancer — Geography. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone. the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- tropical year — year (def 4b).
- tropical zone — Torrid Zone
- truchet point — (unit, text) An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
- typographical — of or relating to typography.
- ultratropical — outside the tropics.
- uncompromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- uncooperating — to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- uncooperative — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- underoccupied — not having enough to do or to engage one's attention
- unicorn plant — a North American plant, Proboscidea (Martynia) louisianica, having creamy-white to red flowers blotched with purple, and a woody capsule with a long, curved beak.
- unperspicuous — clearly expressed or presented; lucid.
- unpreoccupied — not preoccupied
- unproblematic — not problematic, not causing difficulties or confusion; uncomplicated
- unprovocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- unreproaching — not reproaching or blaming
- upper chinook — a Chinookan language of the Columbia River valley from the Deschutes River to the estuary.
- vacation trip — a trip undertaken during a vacation
- valproic acid — a carboxylic acid, C 8 H 16 O 2 , used for its antiepileptic properties in the treatment of various seizures including petit mal.
- visceroptosis — a downward displacement of the intestine
- voice over ip — (communications) (VoIP) Any technology providing voice telephony services over IP, including CODECs, streaming protocols and session control. The major advantage of VoIP is lower cost, by avoiding dedicated voice circuits. Currently VoIP is being deployed on internal corporate networks, and, via the Internet, for low cost (and low quality) international calls. It is also used for telephony applications such as voice and fax mail. The ITU standard is H.323, which is a whole suite of protocols, while the IETF has developed the much simpler SIP to solve the session control problem and MGCP/Megaco to solve the gateway problem.
- waterscorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
- waygoing crop — away-going crop.
- whip scorpion — any of numerous arachnids of the order Uropygi, of tropical and warm temperate regions, resembling a scorpion but having an abdomen that ends in a slender, nonvenomous whip.
- wind scorpion — sun spider.
- write-protect — to protect (a recordable disk) from accidental erasure or change; to mark (a file or disk) so that its contents cannot be modified or deleted.