13-letter words containing l, o, s, p
- psychological — of or relating to psychology.
- psychotically — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- psychrophilic — (esp of bacteria) showing optimum growth at low temperatures
- public school — (in the U.S.) a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education commonly including primary and secondary schools.
- public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
- punctiliously — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
- pusillanimous — lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
- pyrocellulose — cordite.
- random sample — a statistical sample that is devised to avoid interference so that its distribution is affected only by, and so can be held to represent, that of the whole population
- red corpuscle — a red blood cell.
- 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
- repetitiously — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
- reptiliferous — (of rocks, etc) yielding fossilized reptiles
- reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- ripstop nylon — a nylon fabric woven with a double thread approximately every quarter inch to prevent the expansion of small rips.
- roll-top desk — a flexible, sliding cover for the working area of a desk, opening by rising upward and back in quadrantal grooves and rolling up beneath the top.
- rough sleeper — a homeless person who sleeps rough
- saloon keeper — a person who owns or operates a saloon.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
- san pablo bay — the N part of San Francisco Bay, in W California.
- scallop shell — the shell of a scallop
- scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
- scaphocephaly — premature closure of the sagittal suture resulting in a deformed skull having an elongated, keellike shape.
- school phobia — a fear of going to or returning to school
- school report — written assessment of school pupil
- scleroprotein — protein that is fibrous and insoluble in water, serving a protective or supportive function in the body.
- sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
- scotch plains — a township in NE New Jersey.
- 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.
- selenographer — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
- self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- self-composed — being or appearing to be composed; calm.
- self-contempt — the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
- self-employed — earning one's living directly from one's own profession or business, as a freelance writer or artist, rather than as an employee earning salary or commission from another.
- self-exposing — to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
- self-exposure — the act of exposing, laying open, or uncovering: the sudden exposure of objects that were hidden under the blanket.
- self-hypnosis — autohypnosis.
- self-improver — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
- self-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- self-policing — Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws.
- self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
- self-procured — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- self-produced — produced by oneself or itself.
- self-reproach — blame or censure by one's own conscience.
- selling point — a unique or advantageous feature that appeals to the prospective buyer of a service, product, etc.: A generous discount is the chief selling point of the book club.