13-letter words containing p, h, o, s, r
- chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
- chaperoneship — State or position of chaperone.
- 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.
- chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
- child process — (operating system) A process created by another process (the parent process). Each process may create many child processes but will have only one parent process, except for the very first process which has no parent. The first process, called init in Unix, is started by the kernel at boot time and never terminates. A child process inherits most of its attributes, such as open files, from its parent. In fact in Unix, a child process is created (using fork) as a copy of the parent. The chid process can then overlay itself with a different program (using exec) as required.
- child support — If a parent pays child support, they legally have to pay money to help provide things such as food and clothing for a child with whom they no longer live.
- 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.
- chorepiscopal — (in early Christianity) relating to or connected with a local bishop
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chromospheres — Plural form of chromosphere.
- chromospheric — Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.
- chrysocarpous — bearing golden-yellow fruit.
- chrysophenine — a bright yellow dye derived from stilbene, used chiefly for dyeing leather and textiles.
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- chrysotherapy — gold therapy.
- churchpersons — Plural form of churchperson.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- clothes-press — a piece of furniture for storing clothes, usually containing wide drawers and a cabinet
- co-authorship — the state a coauthor
- coadjutorship — the state of being a coadjutor
- cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
- collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
- come up short — disappoint
- commandership — a person who commands.
- compass north — magnetic north, as indicated on a particular compass at a given moment.
- comprehension — Comprehension is the ability to understand something.
- comprehensive — Something that is comprehensive includes everything that is needed or relevant.
- conductorship — The position of conductor of an orchestra.
- confessorship — the office or function of a confessor
- conidiophores — Plural form of conidiophore.
- containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
- cooper's hawk — a small North American hawk, Accipiter cooperii, having a bluish-grey back and wings and a reddish-brown breast
- copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
- copperheadism — U.S. History. (during the Civil War) the advocacy of peace negotiations to restore the Union to its prewar condition, with continued slavery in the South.
- cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
- cosponsorship — joint sponsorship
- counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
- crash program — a plan of action entailing rapid and intensive production, growth, or the like, undertaken to meet a deadline or solve a pressing problem: a crash program to develop a new fighter plane.
- crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
- cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
- cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
- cyclostrophic — pertaining to atmospheric motion in which the centripetal acceleration exactly balances the horizontal pressure force.
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.