13-letter words containing p, r, o, c, n
- retrospection — the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past.
- rhizocephalan — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- ring compound — a compound whose structural formula contains a closed chain or ring of atoms; a cyclic compound. Compare cyclic (def 3).
- rock painting — a painting done on rock, usually by early people
- s corporation — An S corporation is a type of corporation in which the owners are taxed for any taxable income on their individual returns.
- schizophrenia — Psychiatry.. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
- schizophrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
- scleroprotein — protein that is fibrous and insoluble in water, serving a protective or supportive function in the body.
- scorpion fish — any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, especially members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.
- second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
- second papers — the documents by which an alien formerly made application for U.S. citizenship after having earlier filed a declaration of intention
- second person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to the one (second person singular) or ones (second person plural) to whom he or she is speaking.
- secret weapon — Someone's secret weapon is a thing or person which they believe will help them achieve something and which other people do not know about.
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- serviceperson — a person who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
- shop chairman — a unionized employee elected to represent a shop, department, or the like, in dealings with an employer.
- shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
- slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- sports centre — a place where people take part in sports
- sportscasting — the reporting of a sports event by radio or television broadcast.
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
- strip cartoon — A strip cartoon is the same as a comic strip.
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- tangoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by touch.
- tarpeian rock — a rock on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, from which criminals and traitors were hurled.
- tax inspector — a government official whose job is to make sure that people and companies are paying the right amount of tax
- terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
- the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- to perfection — impeccably, perfectly
- tracking poll — a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge.
- transcription — the act or process of transcribing.
- transcriptome — a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell
- tropic-cancer — Geography. either of two corresponding parallels of latitude on the terrestrial globe, one (tropic of Cancer) about 23½° N, and the other (tropic of Capricorn) about 23½° S of the equator, being the boundaries of the Torrid Zone. the tropics, the regions lying between and near these parallels of latitude; the Torrid Zone and neighboring regions.
- tropical zone — Torrid Zone
- tropocollagen — the molecular unit which forms collagen, consisting of three polypeptide chains
- truchet point — (unit, text) An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
- truman capote — Truman, 1924–84, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
- twopenceworth — an unwanted or unsolicited idea or opinion
- uncompromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- uncooperating — to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- uncooperative — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- underoccupied — not having enough to do or to engage one's attention
- unicorn plant — a North American plant, Proboscidea (Martynia) louisianica, having creamy-white to red flowers blotched with purple, and a woody capsule with a long, curved beak.