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13-letter words containing s, c, a, p, o, l

  • oscillographs — Plural form of oscillograph.
  • oscillography — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
  • overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • pablo picasso — Pablo [pah-bloh;; Spanish pah-vlaw] /ˈpɑ bloʊ;; Spanish ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1973, Spanish painter and sculptor in France.
  • pact of steel — a military alliance concluded between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on May 22, 1939, committing each to assist the other in the event of war with another power and pledging that neither would seek a separate peace or armistice.
  • palaeocrystic — consisting of former glacial formation
  • paleo-asiatic — a member of any of various Mongoloid peoples of northeastern Asia.
  • pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
  • pastoral care — help with personal needs and problems given by a teacher
  • peach blossom — the flower of the peach tree: the state flower of Delaware.
  • pensacola bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, in NW Florida. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
  • periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
  • perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
  • personal call — a private phone call
  • personal care — assistance in dressing, grooming, etc., provided to elderly, disabled, or other persons who are unable to care for themselves.
  • personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
  • petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
  • phelloplastic — an image or a representation that has been fashioned from cork
  • philosophical — of or relating to philosophy: philosophical studies.
  • phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
  • photovoltaics — (used with a singular verb) a field of semiconductor technology involving the direct conversion of electromagnetic radiation as sunlight, into electricity.
  • phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
  • physiological — of or relating to physiology.
  • pictorialness — the state of being pictorial
  • place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
  • plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
  • plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
  • play politics — the science or art of political government.
  • pleurocarpous — (of certain mosses) bearing the fructifications along the main stem or lateral branches.
  • polar nucleus — Botany. either of two female haploid nuclei, in the embryo sac of flowers, that fuse to produce a diploid nucleus, which combines with a male nucleus to form the endosperm.
  • polygalaceous — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
  • polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
  • popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
  • porcelaineous — like porcelain
  • post-colonial — of or relating to the period following a state of colonialism.
  • postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
  • postcanonical — written at a later date than the books belonging to a canon, especially the Bible.
  • postclassical — of or relating to a time after the classical period, especially in art, culture, or literature.
  • postconciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
  • postcranially — affecting the postcranium
  • postholocaust — following a holocaust
  • potter's clay — a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.
  • prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
  • precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
  • probabilistic — Statistics. of or relating to probability: probabilistic forecasting.
  • procapitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
  • proces-verbal — a report of proceedings, as of an assembly.
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