13-letter words containing p, o, s, l
- bibliophagist — a person who devours books
- biopsychology — a field of psychology that deals with the effects of biological factors on behavior.
- biospeleology — the study of organisms that live in caves.
- bishop sleeve — a full sleeve gathered at the wrist
- bishop violet — a reddish purple.
- blasphemously — uttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane.
- bledisloe cup — a trophy competed for, usually annually, by New Zealand and Australia since 1932
- blepharoplast — a cylindrical cytoplasmic body in protozoa
- blepharospasm — spasm of the muscle of the eyelids, causing the eyes to shut tightly, either as a response to painful stimuli or occurring as a form of dystonia
- blue copperas — a salt, copper sulfate, CuSO 4 ⋅5H 2 O, occurring naturally as large transparent, deep-blue triclinic crystals, appearing in its anhydrous state as a white powder: used chiefly as a mordant, insecticide, fungicide, and in engraving.
- bomb disposal — Bomb disposal is the job of dealing with bombs which have not exploded, by taking out the fuse or by blowing them up in a controlled explosion.
- buffalo chips — the dried dung of buffalo used as fuel, especially by early settlers on the western plains.
- cacophonously — In a cacophonous manner.
- campanologist — the principles or art of making bells, bell ringing, etc.
- camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
- campus police — police officers, security guards or students employed by a college or university to patrol the campus and to protect students, staff, and visitors
- capital goods — Capital goods are used to make other products. Compare consumer goods.
- capital stock — the par value of the total share capital that a company is authorized to issue
- capitulations — Plural form of capitulation.
- capsulization — The act or process of capsulizing.
- carbolic soap — a disinfectant soap containing phenol
- cephalopodous — of, belonging to or relating to a cephalopod
- cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
- cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- 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.
- chilkoot pass — a mountain pass in North America between SE Alaska and NW British Columbia, over the Coast Range
- 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
- chosen people — any of various peoples believing themselves to be chosen by God, esp the Jews
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- chylophyllous — having fleshy leaves, as certain desert plants.
- clapperboards — Plural form of clapperboard.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- clistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- close company — a company under the control of its directors or fewer than five independent participants
- close-cropped — Close-cropped hair or grass is cut very short.
- closing price — On the stock exchange, the closing price of a share is its price at the end of a day's business.
- clothes-press — a piece of furniture for storing clothes, usually containing wide drawers and a cabinet
- cloud physics — the science of the physical properties and processes of clouds.
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- coastal plain — a plain extending along a coast.
- colleagueship — workplace companionship
- collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
- colonoscopies — Plural form of colonoscopy.