13-letter words containing o, s, c, i, t
- trichromatism — the quality or condition of being trichromatic.
- triploblastic — having three primary germ layers, as the embryos of vertebrates.
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- trucial coast — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
- tussiculation — a hacking cough.
- ultracautious — extremely or excessively cautious
- un-cloistered — secluded from the world; sheltered: a cloistered life.
- uncomplaisant — not eager to please; not compliant or obliging
- unconsecutive — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- unconstituted — to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand.
- unconstrained — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- unconstricted — to draw or press in; cause to contract or shrink; compress.
- uncontentious — tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome: a contentious crew.
- uncourtliness — the lack of courtliness
- uncustomarily — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- understocking — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- undiscomfited — not discomfited; at ease
- undissociated — not dissociated, especially into ions or into simpler molecules.
- undomesticate — to make wild
- unobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- vaccinologist — the science of vaccine development.
- variable cost — a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).
- versification — the act of versifying.
- victimologist — the study of crime victims and the psychological effects of being a victim.
- videocassette — a cassette enclosing a length of tape for video recording or reproduction.
- violoncellist — cellist.
- virgo cluster — a cluster of about 2500 galaxies in the constellation Virgo, the nearest cluster to our galaxy.
- visceroptosis — a downward displacement of the intestine
- visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
- vivisectorium — the location where vivisection takes place
- vocationalism — the practice or policy of requiring vocational training of all college or high-school students.
- vocationalist — the practice or policy of requiring vocational training of all college or high-school students.
- volcanologist — the scientific study of volcanoes and volcanic phenomena.
- voluntaristic — Philosophy. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.
- w3 consortium — World Wide Web Consortium
- watercolorist — a pigment for which water and not oil is used as the vehicle.
- waterscorpion — any of several predaceous aquatic bugs of the family Nepidae, having clasping front legs and a long respiratory tube at the rear of the abdomen: capable of biting if handled.
- west bromwich — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.
- west columbia — a town in central South Carolina.
- wholistically — Alternative form of holistically.
- wilcoxon test — a statistical test for the relative size of the scores of the same or matched subjects under two experimental conditions by comparing the distributions for positive and negative differences of the ranks of their absolute values
- without cease — without stopping; incessantly
- xanthochroism — a condition in certain animals, esp aquarium goldfish, in which all skin pigments other than yellow and orange disappear