13-letter words containing s, p, e
- cephalopodous — of, belonging to or relating to a cephalopod
- cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
- cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
- chaperoneship — State or position of chaperone.
- chapter house — A chapter house is the building or set of rooms in the grounds of a cathedral where the members of the clergy hold their meetings.
- cheese spread — a processed cheese of smooth and spreadable consistency.
- chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
- chew-'n'-spew — any fast-food restaurant considered to be serving poor quality food
- chieftainship — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- child process — (operating system) A process created by another process (the parent process). Each process may create many child processes but will have only one parent process, except for the very first process which has no parent. The first process, called init in Unix, is started by the kernel at boot time and never terminates. A child process inherits most of its attributes, such as open files, from its parent. In fact in Unix, a child process is created (using fork) as a copy of the parent. The chid process can then overlay itself with a different program (using exec) as required.
- chimney sweep — A chimney sweep is a person whose job is to clean the soot out of chimneys.
- chimneypieces — Plural form of chimneypiece.
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- chopped steak — ground, cooked beef, usually served as a main course.
- chorepiscopal — (in early Christianity) relating to or connected with a local bishop
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chosen people — any of various peoples believing themselves to be chosen by God, esp the Jews
- chromospheres — Plural form of chromosphere.
- chromospheric — Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.
- chrysophenine — a bright yellow dye derived from stilbene, used chiefly for dyeing leather and textiles.
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- chrysotherapy — gold therapy.
- churchpersons — Plural form of churchperson.
- circumspectly — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- clapperboards — Plural form of clapperboard.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- close company — a company under the control of its directors or fewer than five independent participants
- close-cropped — Close-cropped hair or grass is cut very short.
- closing price — On the stock exchange, the closing price of a share is its price at the end of a day's business.
- clothes-press — a piece of furniture for storing clothes, usually containing wide drawers and a cabinet
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- co-presidency — the state or act of being co-president
- co-respondent — a person cited in divorce proceedings, who is alleged to have committed adultery with the respondent
- cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
- code position — (character) An integer that a coded character set maps to a character. A code position is normally stored or transmitted by applying a character encoding to turn it into a byte string.
- colleagueship — workplace companionship
- collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
- colonoscopies — Plural form of colonoscopy.
- come to grips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
- 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
- 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
- compactedness — the state of being compacted
- 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.