13-letter words containing p, o, s, t, e
- object pascal — (language) An object-oriented Pascal developed jointly by Apple Computer and Niklaus Wirth.
- oilspot glaze — a brown or black ceramic glaze dotted with silvery spots caused by impurities.
- oligopeptides — Plural form of oligopeptide.
- omnipresently — In an omnipresent manner.
- on one's part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- on the parish — receiving parochial relief
- one-stop shop — an establishment where many different services or products are available
- oneiroscopist — a person who specialises in studying and interpreting dreams
- onomatopoeias — Plural form of onomatopoeia.
- open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- open position — Music. the arrangement of a chord with wide intervals between the parts.
- open question — question: invites long answer
- open registry — ship registration under a national flag available to all ships regardless of nationality.
- open sentence — Mathematics. an equation or inequality containing one or more variables in which its truth or falsehood depends upon the values assumed by the variables in a particular instance, as the equation x + 3 = 8.
- open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- open-standard — (of computer programs, codes, etc) freely available to all users
- opentransport — (networking) (OT) A complete reimplementation of all levels of the Macintosh networking code including "Classic" AppleTalk and MacTCP. It appeared in MacOS revision 7.5.3 [or earlier? Date?].
- operativeness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being operative.
- opportuneness — The state or condition of being opportune.
- opportunities — Plural form of opportunity.
- opthalmoscope — Misspelling of ophthalmoscope.
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- orchestra pit — musicians' seating in front of stage
- orchestra-pit — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- orthographies — Plural form of orthography.
- osteopetrosis — any of several hereditary diseases characterized by increased bone density.
- osteophytosis — Lb medicine The presence of osteophytes.
- osteoplasties — Plural form of osteoplasty.
- ostreophagous — oyster-eating
- outperformers — Plural form of outperformer.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- outspokenness — The quality of being outspoken; bluntness; frankness; candour.
- over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overrepresent — to give too much representation to; represent in numbers that are disproportionately high.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- package store — a store selling sealed bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverages that may only be consumed off the premises.
- pact of steel — a military alliance concluded between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on May 22, 1939, committing each to assist the other in the event of war with another power and pledging that neither would seek a separate peace or armistice.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- palaeocrystic — consisting of former glacial formation
- paleo-asiatic — a member of any of various Mongoloid peoples of northeastern Asia.
- palos heights — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- paper profits — an unrealized profit due to the appreciation of something owned but not yet sold.
- paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
- parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- parsons table — a square or rectangular table, often of lightweight material, with straight legs that are square in cross section and of the same thickness as the top extending from the corners flush with the top so as to appear jointless.
- parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
- parthenospore — a spore developed without fertilization.