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13-letter words containing p, c, o, s

  • opthalmoscope — Misspelling of ophthalmoscope.
  • optic chiasma — a site at the base of the forebrain where the inner half of the fibers of the left and right optic nerves cross to the opposite side of the brain.
  • optical glass — any of several types of high-quality, homogeneous, color-free glass, as flint or crown glass, having specified refractive properties, used in lenses and other components of optical systems.
  • optical mouse — (hardware)   Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
  • optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
  • orchesography — a written study of dancing
  • orchestra pit — musicians' seating in front of stage
  • orchestra-pit — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
  • oscillographs — Plural form of oscillograph.
  • oscillography — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
  • oscilloscopes — Plural form of oscilloscope.
  • oscilloscopic — Relating to, or carried out by using an oscilloscope.
  • outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
  • overprescribe — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
  • overprocessed — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
  • overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • pablo picasso — Pablo [pah-bloh;; Spanish pah-vlaw] /ˈpɑ bloʊ;; Spanish ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1973, Spanish painter and sculptor in France.
  • package store — a store selling sealed bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverages that may only be consumed off the premises.
  • packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
  • pact of steel — a military alliance concluded between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on May 22, 1939, committing each to assist the other in the event of war with another power and pledging that neither would seek a separate peace or armistice.
  • palaeocrystic — consisting of former glacial formation
  • paleo-asiatic — a member of any of various Mongoloid peoples of northeastern Asia.
  • pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
  • pantisocratic — relating to pantisocracy
  • papaveraceous — belonging to the Papaveraceae, the poppy family of plants.
  • parapsychosis — an abnormal psychosis
  • parasoft corp — Distributors of the message passing system Express.
  • paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
  • passe compose — a grammatical construction of French consisting of the present tense of an auxiliary, either avoir or être, followed by a past participle and corresponding in function to both the English present perfect and the English simple past tenses.
  • passion cross — Latin cross.
  • passive voice — grammar: verb form takes when subject acted upon
  • past historic — the simple past
  • pastoral care — help with personal needs and problems given by a teacher
  • peace process — A peace process consists of all the meetings, agreements, and negotiations in which people such as politicians are involved when they are trying to arrange peace between countries or groups that are fighting with each other.
  • peach blossom — the flower of the peach tree: the state flower of Delaware.
  • penobscot bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in S Maine. 30 miles (48 km) long.
  • pensacola bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, in NW Florida. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
  • pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
  • pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.
  • percussionist — a musician who plays percussion instruments.
  • perfect storm — a detrimental or calamitous situation or event arising from the powerful combined effect of a unique set of circumstances: a perfect storm battering corporate pension plans.
  • perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
  • perfectionist — a person who adheres to or believes in perfectionism.
  • periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
  • perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
  • perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
  • personal call — a private phone call
  • personal care — assistance in dressing, grooming, etc., provided to elderly, disabled, or other persons who are unable to care for themselves.
  • personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
  • perspicacious — having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
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