13-letter words containing i, s, o, p, e, r
- public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
- purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
- pycnidiospore — the fruiting body of certain fungi, which contains spore-bearing cells
- radiopacities — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
- re-inspection — the act of inspecting or viewing, especially carefully or critically: an inspection of all luggage on the plane.
- recomposition — to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
- recompression — the act or process of compressing something again
- 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
- redescription — the act of redescribing
- redisposition — the withdrawal and redistribution of armed forces with the aim of more effective use
- rehospitalize — to place in hospital again
- relief troops — soldiers sent to an area of conflict or a disaster area in order to provide aid or assistance there
- repercussions — an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- repetitiously — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- repositioning — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- repressionist — an advocate of repression; someone who argues for or holds to repressive measures
- reprographics — reprography.
- reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
- reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
- respirometric — of or relating to respirometers or respirometry
- response time — Psychology. the time consumed in making a response.
- retrospecting — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
- retrospection — the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past.
- retrospective — directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.
- rewriteperson — rewriteman.
- rosehip syrup — a syrup made from rosehips, used as a cough remedy
- scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
- schizophrenia — Psychiatry.. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
- schizophrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
- scleroprotein — protein that is fibrous and insoluble in water, serving a protective or supportive function in the body.
- second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
- secret police — a police force that functions as the enforcement arm of a government's political policies and whose activities, which often include surveillance, intimidation, and physical violence as a means of suppressing dissent, are usually concealed from the public.
- selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
- self-improver — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
- self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
- semi-precious — Semi-precious stones are stones such as turquoises and amethysts that are used in jewellery but are less valuable than precious stones such as diamonds and rubies.
- semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
- semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- septentrional — northern; boreal
- septentriones — the seven stars of the Plough, the Great Bear
- serendipitous — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
- serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
- serviceperson — a person who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- serving spoon — utensil used to serve food
- sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
- ship's stores — a retail store aboard a navy ship that sells toiletries, cigarettes, etc., to the ship's personnel.
- ship-to-shore — operating between a ship and the shore: a ship-to-shore radio.
- shirley poppy — a cultivated strain of the corn poppy, having variously colored single or double flowers.