13-letter words containing p, a, s
- cassette tape — a recording made on magnetic tape inside a plastic container, to be inserted into a tape deck
- cassette-tape — Also called cassette tape. a compact case containing a length of magnetic tape that runs between two small reels: used for recording or playback of audio or video in a tape recorder, cassette deck, video camera, or VCR, and for storage of data by some small computer systems. See also audiocassette, videocassette.
- cat distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
- cat's pajamas — someone or something wonderful or remarkable.
- catastrophise — Alt form catastrophize.
- catastrophism — an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes
- catastrophist — the doctrine that certain vast geological changes in the earth's history were caused by catastrophes rather than gradual evolutionary processes.
- catastrophize — (obsolete) To end a comedy.
- celiac plexus — solar plexus (def 1).
- center spread — the pair of pages facing each other at the center of a magazine or newspaper, printed and made up as a single unit.
- central islip — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- centre spread — the pair of two facing pages in the middle of a magazine, newspaper, etc, often illustrated
- cephalopodous — of, belonging to or relating to a cephalopod
- cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
- cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
- chairmanships — Plural form of chairmanship.
- championships — Plural form of championship.
- chaperoneship — State or position of chaperone.
- chapman stick — an electronically amplified musical instrument with ten or twelve strings and a fretted neck, which is played by striking the strings against the frets with the fingers
- chapter house — A chapter house is the building or set of rooms in the grounds of a cathedral where the members of the clergy hold their meetings.
- cheese spread — a processed cheese of smooth and spreadable consistency.
- chieftainship — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- chilkoot pass — a mountain pass in North America between SE Alaska and NW British Columbia, over the Coast Range
- chirographist — a person who studies or who is knowledgeable about handwriting styles
- chiropractics — The practice of a chiropractor.
- chiropractors — Plural form of chiropractor.
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- chloroplastal — of or like a chloroplast
- chloroplastic — a plastid containing chlorophyll.
- chopped steak — ground, cooked beef, usually served as a main course.
- chorepiscopal — (in early Christianity) relating to or connected with a local bishop
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chrysocarpous — bearing golden-yellow fruit.
- chrysotherapy — gold therapy.
- churchmanship — The craft or skill of being a churchman. (from 17th c.).
- circumspatial — Of or pertaining to the surrounding space.
- clapperboards — Plural form of clapperboard.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- clistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- close company — a company under the control of its directors or fewer than five independent participants
- co-authorship — the state a coauthor
- coadjutorship — the state of being a coadjutor
- coastal plain — a plain extending along a coast.
- cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
- coconspirator — a fellow conspirator
- colleagueship — workplace companionship
- colposcopical — of or relating to the colposcope