13-letter words containing p, s, o, r, i
- containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
- contemporised — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- contrapuntist — a composer skilled in counterpoint
- copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
- copperheadism — U.S. History. (during the Civil War) the advocacy of peace negotiations to restore the Union to its prewar condition, with continued slavery in the South.
- coral springs — city in SE Fla.: pop. 118,000
- cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
- corporativism — corporatism
- corporisation — The forming into one body; embodiment.
- corresponding — parallel; equivalent
- corresponsive — corresponding
- corruptionist — a person who engages in or upholds corrupt practices, esp. in public life
- corsican pine — a pine tree, a variant of the black pine Pinus nigra var maritime, originally native to Corsica and neighbouring Mediterranean regions
- corticospinal — Of, or pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.
- cosponsorship — joint sponsorship
- councilperson — a member of a city or local legislative council.
- counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
- counterpoints — Plural form of counterpoint.
- counterpoised — a counterbalancing weight.
- counterpoises — Plural form of counterpoise.
- counterpoison — A poison used against another poison, serving as an antidote.
- countersniper — designed to act against or eliminate snipers
- counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
- county prison — the prison of a particular county
- cranioscopist — a practitioner of cranioscopy
- crop spraying — the spraying of crops with insecticide, fungicide, etc
- cross-posting — the sending of an email to many forums, mailing lists, etc
- cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
- cryptoclastic — (of minerals and rocks) composed of microscopic fragments
- cupid's arrow — one of the arrows that Cupid is supposed to fire from his bow, which cause the person struck to fall in love
- cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
- cyclostrophic — pertaining to atmospheric motion in which the centripetal acceleration exactly balances the horizontal pressure force.
- decompressing — Present participle of decompress.
- decompression — Decompression is the reduction of the force on something that is caused by the weight of the air.
- dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
- depersonalise — Alternative spelling of depersonalize.
- depersonalize — To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.
- depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
- depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
- dermographism — dermatographia.
- deuteroscopic — of or relating to deuteroscopy; of second sight
- devil worship — the worship of Satan or of a demon
- diageotropism — a diatropic response of plant parts, such as rhizomes, to the stimulus of gravity
- diazo process — a method for printing on paper treated with a diazo compound that disintegrates upon exposure to light and developing the unexposed areas by the use of diazo dyes.
- dictatorships — Plural form of dictatorship.
- directorships — Plural form of directorship.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- disempowering — Present participle of disempower.
- dispossessory — to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
- disproportion — lack of proportion; lack of proper relationship in size, number, etc.: architectural disproportions.