13-letter words containing p, o, t, s
- spotter plane — an aircraft used in observing enemy movements or the accuracy of fire on a target
- spread option — spread (def 25b).
- sprocket hole — any of a series of regular perforations along the edge of photographic film for engaging the drive sprockets in a motion-picture camera or projector.
- standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
- standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
- starting post — the upright pole marking the beginning of a racecourse
- state capitol — the building which houses the government of a state
- state of play — current situation
- state trooper — a member of a U.S. state police force.
- status report — statement or update
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- 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.
- stock company — Finance. a company or corporation whose capital is divided into shares represented by stock.
- stock options — an option giving the holder, usually an officer or employee, the right to buy stock of the issuing corporation at a specific price within a stated period.
- stomach upset — a slight illness affecting your stomach and/or bowels characterized by nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhoea
- stomatoplasty — plastic surgery of the mouth or the cervix.
- 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.
- stork parking — spaces reserved in a parking lot for cars driven by pregnant women or new mothers.
- 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.
- strip cartoon — A strip cartoon is the same as a comic strip.
- 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.
- sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.