13-letter words containing s, i, m, p
- capellmeister — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp in an 18th-century princely household
- cat distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
- catastrophism — an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- chairmanships — Plural form of chairmanship.
- championships — Plural form of championship.
- chapman stick — an electronically amplified musical instrument with ten or twelve strings and a fretted neck, which is played by striking the strings against the frets with the fingers
- chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
- chimney sweep — A chimney sweep is a person whose job is to clean the soot out of chimneys.
- chimneypieces — Plural form of chimneypiece.
- chromospheric — Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.
- churchmanship — The craft or skill of being a churchman. (from 17th c.).
- circumspatial — Of or pertaining to the surrounding space.
- circumspectly — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- come to grips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
- commandership — a person who commands.
- committeeship — (formerly) the office of a person to whom the care of a mentally incompetent person or his or her property was entrusted by a court
- companies act — (in Britain) any of various laws that govern the formation, dissolution, and management of companies
- companion set — a set of fire irons on a stand
- companionless — Without a companion; friendless, alone.
- companionship — Companionship is having someone you know and like with you, rather than being on your own.
- companionways — Plural form of companionway.
- comparativist — a comparatist
- compass point — A compass point is one of the 32 marks on the dial of a compass that show direction, for example north, south, east, and west.
- compassionate — If you describe someone or something as compassionate, you mean that they feel or show pity, sympathy, and understanding for people who are suffering.
- compatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
- compatibilist — (philosophy) Of, pertaining to or supporting compatibilism, the belief that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
- compatriotism — a native or inhabitant of one's own country; fellow countryman or countrywoman.
- compendiously — of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise: a compendious history of the world.
- compensations — Plural form of compensation.
- complacencies — a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
- complaisantly — (archaic) In a complaisant manner; obligingly.
- completionist — (in a video game) a player who attempts to complete every challenge and earn every achievement or trophy: I’m not really a completionist, so I skipped the side missions and focused on the main story quests.
- complications — Plural form of complication.
- compos mentis — of sound mind; sane
- compositional — Compositional refers to the way composers and artists use their skills or techniques in their work.
- comprehension — Comprehension is the ability to understand something.
- comprehensive — Something that is comprehensive includes everything that is needed or relevant.
- compressional — relating to compression
- compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
- compulsionist — a believer in compulsion, esp a believer in obligatory military service
- computer disk — a computer data storage device such as a hard drive or floppy disk
- computerising — Present participle of computerise.
- conceptualism — the philosophical theory that the application of general words to a variety of objects reflects the existence of some mental entity through which the application is mediated and which constitutes the meaning of the term
- consumptively — In a consumptive manner.
- consumptivity — consumptiveness
- contemplatist — a contemplator
- contemporised — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- 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.