13-letter words containing p, o, t, c, h
- copy the mail — letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail.
- 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.
- cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
- counterphobic — seeking out a situation that one fears in an attempt to overcome the fear.
- crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
- cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
- cryptographer — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- cryptographic — Relating to cryptography.
- cryptoxanthin — a carotenoid pigment, C40H56O, in butter, eggs, and various plants, that can be converted into vitamin A in the body
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
- cyclostrophic — pertaining to atmospheric motion in which the centripetal acceleration exactly balances the horizontal pressure force.
- cytopathology — a branch of pathology that examines individual cells in order to diagnose disease
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- dactylography — the scientific study of fingerprints for purposes of identification
- diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
- dictatorships — Plural form of dictatorship.
- directorships — Plural form of directorship.
- dispatch boat — a small, fast boat used for delivering dispatches.
- dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
- drop a stitch — to allow a loop of wool to fall off a knitting needle accidentally while knitting
- dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- electrophiles — Plural form of electrophile.
- electrophilic — (of a molecule or group) having a tendency to attract or acquire electrons.
- electrophones — Plural form of electrophone.
- electrophonic — Relating to electronic equipment to produce sound (this adjectival sense is not comparable).
- electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
- encephalotomy — The dissection of the brain.
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- enterohepatic — Relating to or denoting the circulation of bile salts and other secretions from the liver to the intestine, where they are reabsorbed into the blood and returned to the liver.
- epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- eproctophilia — Sexual arousal from flatulence.
- ergatomorphic — pertaining to an ergatomorph
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
- gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
- gopher client — (networking) A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- heliotropical — heliotropic
- hematopoietic — the formation of blood.
- hemolymphatic — a fluid in the body cavities and tissues of invertebrates, in arthropods functioning as blood and in some other invertebrates functioning as lymph.
- hepatectomies — Plural form of hepatectomy.
- heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heterographic — Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
- heteromorphic — Biology. dissimilar in shape, structure, or magnitude.