13-letter words containing p, u, r, s
- coadjutorship — the state of being a coadjutor
- come up roses — If you say that everything is coming up roses for someone, you mean that everything is going well for them.
- come up short — disappoint
- computer disk — a computer data storage device such as a hard drive or floppy disk
- computerising — Present participle of computerise.
- conductorship — The position of conductor of an orchestra.
- conspurcation — the act of defiling
- constupration — the act of raping or violating
- contrapuntist — a composer skilled in counterpoint
- corpus luteum — a yellow glandular mass of tissue that forms in a Graafian follicle following release of an ovum. It secretes progesterone, a hormone necessary to maintain pregnancy
- corruptionist — a person who engages in or upholds corrupt practices, esp. in public life
- costume party — A costume party or costume ball is a party at which the guests try to look like famous people or people from history, from stories, or from particular professions.
- councilperson — a member of a city or local legislative council.
- counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
- counterperson — a person who waits on customers from behind a counter, as in a cafeteria.
- 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.
- counterproofs — Plural form of counterproof.
- counterscarps — Plural form of counterscarp.
- countersniper — designed to act against or eliminate snipers
- counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
- countryperson — Someone who is from a countryside background.
- county prison — the prison of a particular county
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- crepe suzette — an orange-flavoured pancake flambéed in a liqueur or brandy
- cross product — a vector perpendicular to two given vectors, u and v, and having magnitude equal to the product of the magnitudes of the two given vectors multiplied by the sine of the angle between the two given vectors, usually represented by u × v.
- cross-purpose — a contrary aim or purpose
- crumple zones — parts of a motor vehicle, at the front and the rear, that are designed to crumple in a collision, thereby absorbing the impact
- crustal plate — a large block or tabular section of the lithosphere that reacts to tectonic forces as a unit and moves as such.
- 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
- custard apple — a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae
- cyclospermous — having the embryo curled around the central albumen
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
- depressurized — Simple past tense and past participle of depressurize.
- depressurizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depressurize.
- depth sounder — an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.
- deuteroscopic — of or relating to deuteroscopy; of second sight
- dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
- disreputation — disrepute.
- disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
- double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- durable press — permanent press.
- durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal