13-letter words containing n, o, s, a, c
- poison sumach — an anacardiaceous swamp shrub, Rhus (or Toxicodendron) vernix of the southeastern US, that has greenish-white berries and causes an itching rash on contact with the skin
- polar nucleus — Botany. either of two female haploid nuclei, in the embryo sac of flowers, that fuse to produce a diploid nucleus, which combines with a male nucleus to form the endosperm.
- polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
- pontificators — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
- post-actinide — transactinide
- post-cambrian — Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from 570 million to 500 million years ago, when algae and marine invertebrates were the predominant form of life.
- post-colonial — of or relating to the period following a state of colonialism.
- post-contract — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- postcanonical — written at a later date than the books belonging to a canon, especially the Bible.
- postconciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
- postcranially — affecting the postcranium
- postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
- preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- proactiveness — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- processionary — of, relating to, or moving in a procession
- procrastinate — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
- prognosticate — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
- pros and cons — The pros and cons of something are its advantages and disadvantages, which you consider carefully so that you can make a sensible decision.
- proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.
- provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
- provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
- psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
- psychoanalyse — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
- psychoanalyst — a person trained to practice psychoanalysis.
- psychoanalyze — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
- psychodynamic — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- pucciniaceous — (of a fungus) belonging to the genus Puccinia
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadriphonics — quadraphony.
- racialisation — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of racialization.
- radio silence — the absence, usually deliberately maintained, of radio transmissions
- raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
- ramifications — the act or process of ramifying.
- random access — designating or of a volatile memory that allows data to be accessed directly and does not require following a sequence of storage locations
- random-access — direct-access.
- rationalistic — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- re-escalation — the act of re-escalating
- reacquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- reactionarism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reassociation — an organization of people with a common purpose and having a formal structure.
- recessionista — a person whose clothes, whether cheap, second-hand, or suitably subdued, are considered appropriate to an economic downturn
- recitationist — someone who gives recitations
- reconsecrated — to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity: to consecrate a new church building.
- reconsolidate — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.