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13-letter words containing s, o, l, t, p

  • moral support — emotional assistance, encouragement
  • mother's help — a woman employed to help look after children and help the mother in other ways
  • mount olympus — mountain in Greece
  • multihospital — comprising or relating to several hospitals
  • multiple shop — chain store.
  • myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
  • nanoparticles — Plural form of nanoparticle.
  • natural slope — the maximum angle at which soil will lie in a bank without slipping
  • neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
  • neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
  • neocapitalist — a person who advocates neocapitalism
  • neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
  • nephelometers — Plural form of nephelometer.
  • noncapitalist — a person who has capital, especially extensive capital, invested in business enterprises.
  • nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
  • nonspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
  • object pascal — (language)   An object-oriented Pascal developed jointly by Apple Computer and Niklaus Wirth.
  • oilspot glaze — a brown or black ceramic glaze dotted with silvery spots caused by impurities.
  • oligopeptides — Plural form of oligopeptide.
  • oligopolistic — the market condition that exists when there are few sellers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors. Compare duopoly, monopoly (def 1).
  • omnipresently — In an omnipresent manner.
  • omoplatoscopy — Divination by use of a shoulder blade.
  • opthalmoscope — Misspelling of ophthalmoscope.
  • optical glass — any of several types of high-quality, homogeneous, color-free glass, as flint or crown glass, having specified refractive properties, used in lenses and other components of optical systems.
  • optical mouse — (hardware)   Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
  • optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
  • osteoplasties — Plural form of osteoplasty.
  • outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
  • overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • ovipositional — pertaining to the laying of eggs through an ovipositor
  • 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
  • palazzo pants — women's trousers with very wide legs
  • paleo-asiatic — a member of any of various Mongoloid peoples of northeastern Asia.
  • palos heights — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
  • papillomatous — a benign tumor of the skin or mucous membrane consisting of hypertrophied epithelial tissue, as a wart.
  • paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
  • parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
  • parrot's-bill — a showy, vinelike plant, Clianthus puniceus, of New Zealand, having clusters of eight white-streaked, crimson flowers.
  • parsons table — a square or rectangular table, often of lightweight material, with straight legs that are square in cross section and of the same thickness as the top extending from the corners flush with the top so as to appear jointless.
  • pastel orange — suntan (def 3).
  • pastoral care — help with personal needs and problems given by a teacher
  • patripotestal — Anthropology. of or relating to the authority exercised by a father or a father's blood relatives.
  • pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
  • periodicalist — a writer of articles for periodicals
  • perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
  • perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
  • personal best — A sports player's personal best is the highest score or fastest time that they have ever achieved.
  • personalistic — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
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