13-letter words containing l, p, s
- compas pascal — The predecessor of Turbo Pascal, sol by POLY Data of Denmark. It was later renamed POLY Pascal, and afterward sold to Borland.
- compass plane — a plane for smoothing curved surfaces.
- compass plant — a tall plant, Silphium laciniatum, of central North America, that has yellow flowers and lower leaves that tend to align themselves at right angles to the strongest light, esp in a north-south plane: family Asteraceae (composites)
- compatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
- compatibilist — (philosophy) Of, pertaining to or supporting compatibilism, the belief that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
- compendiously — of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise: a compendious history of the world.
- complacencies — a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
- complaisantly — (archaic) In a complaisant manner; obligingly.
- completedness — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- completer set — a set of supplementary pieces that completes a set of dishes, as creamer, sugar bowl, platter, gravy boat, and vegetable dish.
- completionist — (in a video game) a player who attempts to complete every challenge and earn every achievement or trophy: I’m not really a completionist, so I skipped the side missions and focused on the main story quests.
- complexedness — complexity
- complications — Plural form of complication.
- compositional — Compositional refers to the way composers and artists use their skills or techniques in their work.
- compound lens — a lens consisting of more than one component lens
- compressional — relating to compression
- compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
- compulsionist — a believer in compulsion, esp a believer in obligatory military service
- conceptualise — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualism — the philosophical theory that the application of general words to a variety of objects reflects the existence of some mental entity through which the application is mediated and which constitutes the meaning of the term
- conceptualist — any of several doctrines existing as a compromise between realism and nominalism and regarding universals as concepts. Compare nominalism, realism (def 5).
- concupiscible — characterized or driven by sexual desire
- conspicuously — easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable: a conspicuous error.
- consumptively — In a consumptive manner.
- contemplatist — a contemplator
- contemplators — Plural form of contemplator.
- coral springs — city in SE Fla.: pop. 118,000
- corporealness — The state or quality of being corporeal.
- corpus luteum — a yellow glandular mass of tissue that forms in a Graafian follicle following release of an ovum. It secretes progesterone, a hormone necessary to maintain pregnancy
- corticospinal — Of, or pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.
- cosmopolitans — Plural form of cosmopolitan.
- cosmopolitics — world politics
- cosmopolitism — The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.
- councilperson — a member of a city or local legislative council.
- counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- crowd pleaser — a person, performance, etc., having great popular appeal.
- crowd-pleaser — If you describe a performer, politician, or sports player as a crowd-pleaser, you mean they always please their audience. You can also describe an action or event as a crowd-pleaser.
- crumple zones — parts of a motor vehicle, at the front and the rear, that are designed to crumple in a collision, thereby absorbing the impact
- crustal plate — a large block or tabular section of the lithosphere that reacts to tectonic forces as a unit and moves as such.
- cryptanalysis — the study of codes and ciphers; cryptography
- cryptoanalyst — Alternative form of cryptanalyst.
- cryptoclastic — (of minerals and rocks) composed of microscopic fragments
- crystal pleat — one of a series of fine, permanently pressed pleats of varying widths, usually in a sheer fabric
- culpabilities — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- cupping glass — a glass vessel from which air can be removed by suction or heat to create a partial vacuum: formerly used in drawing blood to the surface of the skin for slow bloodletting
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- custard apple — a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae
- cyclospermous — having the embryo curled around the central albumen