13-letter words containing o, s, p, r
- crestone peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,294 feet (4360 meters).
- crookes space — a dark region near the cathode in some low-pressure gas-discharge tubes
- crop spraying — the spraying of crops with insecticide, fungicide, etc
- cross product — a vector perpendicular to two given vectors, u and v, and having magnitude equal to the product of the magnitudes of the two given vectors multiplied by the sine of the angle between the two given vectors, usually represented by u × v.
- cross-posting — the sending of an email to many forums, mailing lists, etc
- cross-purpose — a contrary aim or purpose
- crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
- 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
- cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
- cryptoanalyst — Alternative form of cryptanalyst.
- cryptoclastic — (of minerals and rocks) composed of microscopic fragments
- cupid's arrow — one of the arrows that Cupid is supposed to fire from his bow, which cause the person struck to fall in love
- cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
- cyclospermous — having the embryo curled around the central albumen
- cyclostrophic — pertaining to atmospheric motion in which the centripetal acceleration exactly balances the horizontal pressure force.
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- decompressing — Present participle of decompress.
- decompression — Decompression is the reduction of the force on something that is caused by the weight of the air.
- deely boppers — hairband with two bobbing antennae-like attachments
- deep-sea core — an intact sample of sediment extracted from the ocean floor by drilling with a long hollow tube.
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
- depersonalise — Alternative spelling of depersonalize.
- depersonalize — To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
- depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
- depressomotor — retarding motor activity
- depth sounder — an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.
- dermatophytes — Plural form of dermatophyte.
- dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
- dermographism — dermatographia.
- dessert spoon — A dessert spoon is a spoon which is midway between the size of a teaspoon and a tablespoon. You use it to eat desserts.
- dessertspoons — Plural form of dessertspoon.
- deuteroscopic — of or relating to deuteroscopy; of second sight
- devil worship — the worship of Satan or of a demon
- diageotropism — a diatropic response of plant parts, such as rhizomes, to the stimulus of gravity
- diazo process — a method for printing on paper treated with a diazo compound that disintegrates upon exposure to light and developing the unexposed areas by the use of diazo dyes.
- dictatorships — Plural form of dictatorship.
- directorships — Plural form of directorship.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- disempowering — Present participle of disempower.
- dispossessory — to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
- disproportion — lack of proportion; lack of proper relationship in size, number, etc.: architectural disproportions.
- disreputation — disrepute.
- dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
- doppelgangers — Plural form of doppelganger.
- doppler laser — a technique for measuring the shift in frequency between the source and reflected radiation of a laser.