13-letter words containing p, s, y, c
- psychomimetic — psychotomimetic.
- psychophysics — the branch of psychology that deals with the relationships between physical stimuli and resulting sensations and mental states.
- psychosomatic — of or relating to a physical disorder that is caused by or notably influenced by emotional factors.
- psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
- psychosurgery — treatment of mental disorders by means of brain surgery.
- psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
- psychotically — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
- psychrophilic — (esp of bacteria) showing optimum growth at low temperatures
- pubococcygeus — a muscle that stretches backward from the pubes toward the coccyx and forms part of the pelvic floor. Abbreviation: PC.
- punctiliously — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- pycnidiospore — the fruiting body of certain fungi, which contains spore-bearing cells
- pyrocellulose — cordite.
- recovery ship — a naval vessel designed to participate in the retrieval of a satellite, instrument package, or spaceship after it has re-entered the atmosphere and landed in the ocean
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- scaphocephaly — premature closure of the sagittal suture resulting in a deformed skull having an elongated, keellike shape.
- sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
- scoping study — a preliminary study to define the scope of a project
- secretaryship — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- severance pay — money, exclusive of wages, back pay, etc., paid to an employee who has tenure and who is dismissed because of lack of work or other reasons beyond the employee's control.
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
- sigmoidoscopy — an examination by means of a sigmoidoscope.
- slippery dick — a wrasse, Halichoeres bivittatus, inhabiting tropical regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- soccer player — A soccer player is a person who plays soccer, especially as a profession.
- somatopsychic — of or relating to the effects of the body on the mind.
- sophistically — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- space biology — exobiology.
- sparcsystem 4 — (computer) A computer built with the MicroSPARC ii 70MHz CPU as used in the SPARC 5 Model 70. The SPARCsystem 4 is basically a cheaper, cut-down SPARC 5. It has an 8-bit pixel accelerator instead of the SBus Turbo GX card. Memory expansion is limited to 160 MB. Availability was planned for March/April 1995.
- spasmodically — given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
- specimen copy — a copy of a document regarded as typical of that type of document
- spectacularly — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- spectinomycin — an antibiotic drug, C 1 4 H 2 4 N 2 O 7 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces spectabilis, used in the treatment of susceptible gonorrhea.
- spectral type — a category for classifying a star, as A star or G star, according to features of its spectrum, as its shape as a function of temperature and wavelength and its absorption spectrum, that indicate the surface temperature of the star and the presence of particular atoms or molecules in its outer layers: principal types are spectral types O, B, A, F, G, K, and M.
- spectrography — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- sperry univac — (company) One of the divisions of Sperry Corporation at the time that company merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.
- spherocytosis — the condition of having spherocytes
- spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
- splanchnology — the visceral system
- spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
- spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
- 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.
- stock company — Finance. a company or corporation whose capital is divided into shares represented by stock.
- subspeciality — a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- sunspot cycle — the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
- superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
- superficially — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.