13-letter words containing p, a, t, c, o
- topographical — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
- topologically — the study of those properties of geometric forms that remain invariant under certain transformations, as bending or stretching.
- tortilla chip — Tortilla chips are thick crisps made from corn which are often served with dips such as salsa.
- total eclipse — an eclipse in which the surface of the eclipsed body is completely obscured.
- toxicophagous — poison-eating
- tracheophytes — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
- trachycarpous — having rough-skinned fruit.
- tracking poll — a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge.
- transcription — the act or process of transcribing.
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- tricorporated — having three bodies and one head
- triploblastic — having three primary germ layers, as the embryos of vertebrates.
- troop carrier — a transport airplane used for carrying troops and their equipment.
- tropic-cancer — Geography. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone. the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
- tropical year — year (def 4b).
- tropical zone — Torrid Zone
- tropocollagen — the molecular unit which forms collagen, consisting of three polypeptide chains
- truman capote — Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
- tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
- type locality — Biology. the locality in which a type specimen was collected.
- typographical — of or relating to typography.
- typologically — the doctrine or study of types or prefigurative symbols, especially in scriptural literature.
- ultratropical — outside the tropics.
- uncompensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- uncomplaisant — not eager to please; not compliant or obliging
- uncompletable — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- uncomplicated — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- uncooperating — to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- uncooperative — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- unexceptional — not exceptional; not unusual or extraordinary.
- unicorn plant — a North American plant, Proboscidea (Martynia) louisianica, having creamy-white to red flowers blotched with purple, and a woody capsule with a long, curved beak.
- unproblematic — not problematic, not causing difficulties or confusion; uncomplicated
- unprotectable — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- unprovocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- up to scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- upland cotton — a plant, Gossypium hirsutum, of warm regions of the New World, that is the chief commercial cotton crop in the U.S.
- vacation trip — a trip undertaken during a vacation
- vaccine point — a thin, pointed, vaccine-coated piece of bone or the like, for use in vaccinating.
- waste product — material discarded as useless in the process of producing something.
- 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.
- xerophthalmic — Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia.
- yuppification — The act or process of yuppifying.
- zooplanktonic — Of or pertaining to zooplankton.