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13-letter words containing p, e, r, s, t, o

  • supratemporal — situated above the upper part of the temporal bone or region.
  • supreme court — the highest court of the U.S.
  • surplus store — a shop that sells used items, or items previously purchased but unused, and no longer needed. The items are often military, government or industrial excess
  • surreptitious — obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
  • suspercollate — to hang
  • sympiesometer — a barometer using a gas, rather than a vacuum, to measure pressure
  • tapestry moth — carpet moth.
  • taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
  • tax inspector — a government official whose job is to make sure that people and companies are paying the right amount of tax
  • telescopiform — having body parts which resemble a telescope in that the retract within one another
  • temporariness — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
  • terminal post — A terminal post is the terminal on a battery to which the battery lead is attached.
  • terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
  • tetrapetalous — having four petals.
  • the oppressed — people who are subjugated by cruelty, force, etc
  • the pole star — the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis
  • the potteries — a region of W central England, in Staffordshire, in which the china and earthenware industries are concentrated
  • the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
  • the-spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
  • theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
  • thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thermospheric — pertaining to the thermosphere
  • thermotropism — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.
  • thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
  • thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
  • time exposure — a long exposure in which the shutter is opened and closed by hand or by a mechanism other than the automatic mechanism of the shutter.
  • to be precise — You say 'to be precise' to indicate that you are giving more detailed or accurate information than you have just given.
  • topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
  • topoisomerase — any of a class of enzymes that control the coiling of DNA molecules
  • tracheophytes — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
  • train spotter — a person who collects the numbers of railway locomotives
  • transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
  • transpersonal — extending beyond or transcending the personal.
  • transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
  • treponemiasis — infection with treponema; syphilis.
  • trichopterist — a student of, or expert in, trichopteran insects
  • trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
  • trous-de-loup — a conical or pyramidal pit with a pointed stake fixed vertically in the center, rows of which are dug in front of a fortification to hinder an enemy's approach, formerly used chiefly against cavalry.
  • trouser press — an electrical appliance that is used for taking the creases out of trousers
  • turn of speed — If a person, animal, or vehicle has a good turn of speed, they have the ability to move fast.
  • under protest — having voiced objections; unwillingly
  • unpretentious — not pretentious; modest; without ostentatious display; plain: his unpretentious demeanor; an unpretentious summer resort.
  • unsupportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
  • unsupportedly — in an unsupported fashion, without support
  • unupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
  • uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
  • vapor tension — vapor pressure.
  • visceroptosis — a downward displacement of the intestine
  • volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
  • wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
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