13-letter words containing o, r, c, a, s
- ostracisation — Alternative form of ostracization.
- ostracization — to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
- ovariectomies — Plural form of ovariectomy.
- over-abstract — thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.
- over-cautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overachievers — Plural form of overachiever.
- overacuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- overcast seam — a hem with long stitches passing successively over the edge
- overinsurance — (of goods or property) insurance in excess of actual value
- oversocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- oystercatcher — any of several long-billed wading birds of the genus Haematopus that have chiefly black-and-white plumage and that feed on oysters, clams, mussels, etc.
- package store — a store selling sealed bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverages that may only be consumed off the premises.
- palaeocrystic — consisting of former glacial formation
- pantisocratic — relating to pantisocracy
- papaveraceous — belonging to the Papaveraceae, the poppy family of plants.
- parapsychosis — an abnormal psychosis
- parasoft corp — Distributors of the message passing system Express.
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- passion cross — Latin cross.
- past historic — the simple past
- pastoral care — help with personal needs and problems given by a teacher
- peace process — A peace process consists of all the meetings, agreements, and negotiations in which people such as politicians are involved when they are trying to arrange peace between countries or groups that are fighting with each other.
- periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
- personal call — a private phone call
- personal care — assistance in dressing, grooming, etc., provided to elderly, disabled, or other persons who are unable to care for themselves.
- personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- perspicacious — having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- pharmacognosy — materia medica (def 2).
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
- pharyngoscopy — an examination by means of a pharyngoscope.
- physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
- physiographic — the science of physical geography.
- pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
- place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
- plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
- pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
- pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
- pococurantist — a person who demonstrates a tendency toward indifference
- 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.
- pontificators — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- 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-contract — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.