13-letter words containing p, o, r, l
- convertiplane — an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards
- cooperatively — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- copolymerized — Polymerized, along with another compound, to form a copolymer.
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- cor pulmonale — pulmonary heart disease: a serious heart condition in which there is enlargement and failure of the right ventricle resulting from lung disease
- coral springs — city in SE Fla.: pop. 118,000
- corpora lutea — corpus luteum
- corporate law — law that relates to corporations and to business activities in general
- corporational — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
- corporealness — The state or quality of being corporeal.
- corpus luteum — a yellow glandular mass of tissue that forms in a Graafian follicle following release of an ovum. It secretes progesterone, a hormone necessary to maintain pregnancy
- corticospinal — Of, or pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.
- cotemporality — The state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time.
- councilperson — a member of a city or local legislative council.
- counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
- counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
- countrypeople — countryfolk.
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- crowd pleaser — a person, performance, etc., having great popular appeal.
- crowd-pleaser — If you describe a performer, politician, or sports player as a crowd-pleaser, you mean they always please their audience. You can also describe an action or event as a crowd-pleaser.
- crumple zones — parts of a motor vehicle, at the front and the rear, that are designed to crumple in a collision, thereby absorbing the impact
- cryptoanalyst — Alternative form of cryptanalyst.
- cryptoclastic — (of minerals and rocks) composed of microscopic fragments
- cryptoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- cryptological — cryptography.
- cryptozoology — the study of creatures, such as the Loch Ness monster, whose existence has not been scientifically proved
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- cycloparaffin — any of a series of saturated alicyclic hydrocarbons of the general formula CnH2n, having a closed chain of three or more carbon atoms, as cyclohexane
- cyclospermous — having the embryo curled around the central albumen
- cyclostrophic — pertaining to atmospheric motion in which the centripetal acceleration exactly balances the horizontal pressure force.
- cyproconazole — (organic compound) The conazole fungicide \u03b1-(4-chlorophenyl)-\u03b1-(1-cyclopropylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol.
- dactylography — the scientific study of fingerprints for purposes of identification
- deely boppers — hairband with two bobbing antennae-like attachments
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
- depersonalise — Alternative spelling of depersonalize.
- depersonalize — To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.
- depolymerized — Simple past tense and past participle of depolymerize.
- deprecatorily — In a deprecatory manner.
- dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
- devil worship — the worship of Satan or of a demon
- diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
- dinitrophenol — any of the six isomers consisting of phenol where two hydrogen atoms are substituted by nitro groups, C 6 H 4 N 2 O 5 , used in dyes and wood preservatives, and in biochemistry to uncouple oxidative phosphorylation.
- diplock court — in Northern Ireland, a court of law designed to try cases linked with terrorism. In order to prevent the intimidation of jurors, the court consists of a single judge and no jury
- dock-walloper — a casual laborer about docks or wharves.
- dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
- dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
- doppelgangers — Plural form of doppelganger.
- doppler laser — a technique for measuring the shift in frequency between the source and reflected radiation of a laser.