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13-letter words containing p, a, r, o

  • route planner — a book of road maps
  • s corporation — An S corporation is a type of corporation in which the owners are taxed for any taxable income on their individual returns.
  • sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
  • saloon keeper — a person who owns or operates a saloon.
  • saratoga chip — potato chip.
  • scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
  • schizophrenia — Psychiatry.. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
  • sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
  • sea transport — transport by ship over the sea
  • second papers — the documents by which an alien formerly made application for U.S. citizenship after having earlier filed a declaration of intention
  • secret weapon — Someone's secret weapon is a thing or person which they believe will help them achieve something and which other people do not know about.
  • selenographer — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
  • self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
  • self-portrait — a portrait of oneself done by oneself.
  • self-reproach — blame or censure by one's own conscience.
  • semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
  • semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
  • semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
  • septentrional — northern; boreal
  • sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
  • shell program — A shell program is a basic computer program that provides a framework within which the user can develop the program to suit their own needs.
  • shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
  • shoe repairer — a person who mends shoes
  • shop chairman — a unionized employee elected to represent a shop, department, or the like, in dealings with an employer.
  • shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
  • silver poplar — white poplar (def 1).
  • simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
  • soapbox derby — a race between children in homemade racing carts
  • soccer player — A soccer player is a person who plays soccer, especially as a profession.
  • solar eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
  • solar-powered — powered by heat radiation from the sun converted into electrical power
  • solitary wasp — any of numerous wasps, as the sand wasps or mud wasps, that do not live in a community.
  • somar dumpacl — (tool)   A utilty which provides a concise report of Windows NT file system permissions, to help find holes in system security.
  • soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
  • spadicifloral — having flowers borne on a spadix
  • spanish broom — a spiny, often leafless shrub, Genista hispanica, of the legume family, native to southern Europe, having clustered, golden-yellow flowers and hairy pods.
  • spark erosion — a method of machining using a shaped electrode which erodes the workpiece by an electric spark discharge between itself and the workpiece
  • spear-thrower — a flexible device for launching a spear, usually a short cord wound around the spear so that when thrown the weapon will rotate in the air.
  • special offer — bargain
  • special order — A special order is an extra order or an order for an item specially requested by a customer.
  • special-order — to obtain by specific individual order: to special-order a dining-room chandelier.
  • spectatorship — the state of being a spectator
  • spectrography — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
  • speleotherapy — a form of treatment for asthma sufferers that takes place in clinics in disused mines, in which the air is free of pollen, dust mites, and the other irritants that provoke an allergic reaction; used to reduce the risk of heart disease
  • spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
  • spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
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