13-letter words containing i, s, o, n, c, p
- county prison — the prison of a particular county
- cranioscopist — a practitioner of cranioscopy
- crop spraying — the spraying of crops with insecticide, fungicide, etc
- cross-posting — the sending of an email to many forums, mailing lists, etc
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
- cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
- decapitations — Plural form of decapitation.
- decomposition — Decomposition is the process of decay that takes place when a living thing changes chemically after dying.
- decompressing — Present participle of decompress.
- decompression — Decompression is the reduction of the force on something that is caused by the weight of the air.
- deep discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- deep-discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
- depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
- diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
- dipsomaniacal — Pertaining to or suffering from dipsomania.
- dodecaphonism — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
- dynamic scope — (language) In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
- emancipations — Plural form of emancipation.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
- encyclopedism — Comprehensive learning or knowledge.
- encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
- endoparasitic — Of or pertaining to endoparasites.
- epicondylitis — A painful inflammation of tendons surrounding an epicondyle.
- episcopalians — Plural form of episcopalian.
- exceptionless — Without exception.
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- frontispieces — Plural form of frontispiece.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- giant scallop — sea scallop.
- glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
- glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
- gossip column — newspaper: celebrity news article
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- hitching post — a post to which horses, mules, etc., are tied.
- hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
- ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- impecuniosity — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- impecuniously — In an impecunious manner.
- imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
- in one's cups — a small, open container made of china, glass, metal, etc., usually having a handle and used chiefly as a receptable from which to drink tea, soup, etc.
- in respect of — with regard, with reference
- in respect to — with regard to