13-letter words containing s, a, o, p, u
- constupration — the act of raping or violating
- contrapuntist — a composer skilled in counterpoint
- 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.
- counterscarps — Plural form of counterscarp.
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.
- 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
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
- diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
- disceptatious — disputable
- disreputation — disrepute.
- dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
- double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
- eccremocarpus — any plant of the evergreen climbing genus Eccremocarpus, esp E. scaber, grown for its decorative pinnate foliage and bright orange-red bell flowers: family Bignoniaceae
- emphysematous — (medicine) Related, similar to or involving emphysema; swollen, bloated.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- entomophagous — feeding mainly on insects; insectivorous
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- european sole — Solea solea, a tongue-shaped flatfish of the family Soleidae, also known as Dover sole or common sole: prefers shallow waters and is highly valued as a food fish
- european wasp — a large black-and-yellow banded wasp, Vespula germanica, native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia, now established in Australasia and the US
- eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
- expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
- expostulation — (countable) The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
- expostulatory — Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
- fluophosphate — fluorophosphate.
- fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
- four-way stop — an intersection of two roads with four stop signs, one facing in each direction
- give pause to — to cause to hesitate
- habeas corpus — a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.
- harry hotspur — the nickname of Sir Henry Percy
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- hematophagous — feeding on blood, as the vampire bat.
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- hippo zarytus — ancient name of Bizerte.
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- house sparrow — a small, hardy, buffy-brown and gray bird, Passer domesticus, of Europe, introduced into America, Australia, etc.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hyposexuality — A significantly low level of sexuality.
- if you please — expressing mild outrage
- impostumation — an abscess or swelling filled with pus