13-letter words containing o, s, c, i, t
- perfectionist — a person who adheres to or believes in perfectionism.
- 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
- personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phelloplastic — an image or a representation that has been fashioned from cork
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- phonocamptics — the branch of acoustics dealing with echoes
- photoacoustic — optoacoustic
- photochromism — the reversible transformation of something's colour due to exposure to electromagnetic radiation such as sunlight
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- photovoltaics — (used with a singular verb) a field of semiconductor technology involving the direct conversion of electromagnetic radiation as sunlight, into electricity.
- physoclistous — having the air bladder closed off from the mouth.
- phytocoenosis — the plants of a given area considered as a whole.
- pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
- piece of shit — despicable person
- pilot biscuit — hardtack.
- plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- play politics — the science or art of political government.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
- pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
- pococurantist — a person who demonstrates a tendency toward indifference
- point success — a peak in W central Washington, to the S of Mount Rainier, in the Cascade Range.14,158 feet (4318 meters).
- pointillistic — pertaining to or characteristic of pointillism or pointillists.
- police escort — a police officer or vehicle which accompanies a prisoner
- polycistronic — of or relating to the transcription of two or more adjacent cistrons into a single messenger RNA molecule.
- polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
- pontificators — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- 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-socratic — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- postcanonical — written at a later date than the books belonging to a canon, especially the Bible.
- postclassical — of or relating to a time after the classical period, especially in art, culture, or literature.
- postcommunion — the part of a communion service that follows after the congregation has received communion.
- postconciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
- postcranially — affecting the postcranium
- postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
- postepileptic — after an epileptic seizure
- postinfection — of, relating to or occurring in the period after infection
- postinjection — the act of injecting.
- postrecession — occurring or existing in the period after a recession
- posttraumatic — occurring after physical or psychological trauma.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- preceptorship — an instructor; teacher; tutor.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion