13-letter words containing o, u, t, s, p, e
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
- expeditiously — In an expeditious manner.
- expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
- expostulation — (countable) The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
- expostulatory — Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
- fluophosphate — fluorophosphate.
- give pause to — to cause to hesitate
- hematophagous — feeding on blood, as the vampire bat.
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heteropterous — belonging or pertaining to the Heteroptera, in some classifications a suborder of hemipterous insects comprising the true bugs.
- heterosporous — having more than one kind of spore.
- host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hymenopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hymenoptera, an order of insects having, when winged, four membranous wings, and comprising the wasps, bees, ants, ichneumon flies, and sawflies.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hypertrophous — relating to hypertrophy
- hyposexuality — A significantly low level of sexuality.
- impecuniosity — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- impetuosities — Plural form of impetuosity.
- impetuousness — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- importunities — Plural form of importunity.
- incorruptness — The state of being incorrupt.
- insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
- interruptions — an act or instance of interrupting.
- lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
- leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
- leptokurtosis — the state of being leptokurtic.
- leptophyllous — (of plants) having long slender leaves
- liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
- louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- measure up to — to fulfil (expectations, standards, etc)
- meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
- minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- moebius strip — Möbius strip
- moose pasture — land considered to be worthless, esp when lacking in extractable mineral deposits
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- moustache cup — mustache cup.
- multiple shop — chain store.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- natural slope — the maximum angle at which soil will lie in a bank without slipping
- neuropeptides — Plural form of neuropeptide.
- nitroprusside — (inorganic chemistry) Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion.
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- open question — question: invites long answer