13-letter words containing p, o, e, t, s
- steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
- steganopodous — belonging to the Stegandopodes or having all four toes webbed together
- stenopetalous — having narrow petals.
- stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
- step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
- step function — a function that is constant on each of a finite set of subintervals of its domain, the union of the subintervals being the domain.
- step out with — to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone), esp publicly
- stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
- steppingstone — a stone, or one of a line of stones, in shallow water, a marshy place, or the like, that is stepped on in crossing.
- stereographer — a person who takes stereoscopic photographs.
- stereotropism — a tropism determined by contact with a solid.
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stethoscopist — a person who is experienced in the use of a stethoscope
- stevens point — a city in central Wisconsin.
- stomach upset — a slight illness affecting your stomach and/or bowels characterized by nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhoea
- stone parsley — a parsley, Sison amomum, of Eurasia, bearing aromatic seeds that are used as a condiment.
- stop the show — (of a stage act, etc) to receive so much applause as to interrupt the performance
- stoppage time — In soccer and some other sports, stoppage time is the period of time that is added to the end of a game because play was stopped during the game as a result of, for example, injuries to players.
- storm trooper — a member of the storm troops.
- storm-trooper — a member of the storm troops.
- stormy petrel — the British storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean.
- stovepipe hat — a tall silk hat.
- stratospheric — relating to the stratosphere
- street people — homeless people
- street person — a homeless person
- strepsipteron — a strepsipterous insect.
- streptocarpus — any of various plants belonging to the genus Streptocarpus, of the gesneria family, native to Africa and Asia, having showy white, pink, or purplish flowers and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- streptococcus — any of several spherical or oval bacteria of the genus Streptococcus, occurring in pairs or chains, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans, causing scarlet fever, tonsillitis, etc.
- streptokinase — an enzyme used to dissolve blood clots.
- stripped down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- stripped-down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
- strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
- sub-component — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
- sublime porte — official name of Porte.
- subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- sunspot cycle — the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
- super-tension — the act of stretching or straining.
- supercautious — very or extremely cautious
- supercomputer — a very fast, powerful mainframe computer, used in advanced military and scientific applications.
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superdominant — submediant.
- superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
- superfortress — a heavy, long-range, four-engined bomber used during World War II.
- superiorities — the quality or condition of being superior.
- superlobbyist — someone who lobbies on behalf of another
- superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
- supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
- supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.