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13-letter words containing s, p, i, c

  • atmospherical — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • atypicalities — not typical; not conforming to the type; irregular; abnormal: atypical behavior; a flower atypical of the species.
  • audiographics — audiographic teleconferencing
  • back-slapping — Back-slapping is noisy, cheerful behaviour which people use in order to show affection or appreciation to each other.
  • bacterioscopy — the examination of bacteria with a microscope.
  • balch springs — a town in NE Texas.
  • balsam capivi — copaiba.
  • basic plumage — the plumage assumed by an adult bird at its complete, usually annual, molt.
  • basic process — Military. basic training. a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
  • best practice — Best practice is the way of running a business or providing a service that is recognized as correct or most effective.
  • biopsychology — a field of psychology that deals with the effects of biological factors on behavior.
  • biphasic pill — a drug with two dosage levels over the period taken, as an oral contraceptive.
  • bits per inch — (unit)   (BPI) A measure of the recording density of a magnetic tape or disk.
  • blaise pascal — Blaise [bleyz;; French blez] /bleɪz;; French blɛz/ (Show IPA), 1623–62, French philosopher and mathematician.
  • bledisloe cup — a trophy competed for, usually annually, by New Zealand and Australia since 1932
  • book scorpion — any of various small arachnids of the order Pseudoscorpionida (false scorpions), esp Chelifer cancroides, which are sometimes found in old books, etc
  • broca-aphasia — a type of aphasia caused by a lesion in Broca's area of the brain, characterized by misarticulated speech and lack of grammatical morphemes.
  • buffalo chips — the dried dung of buffalo used as fuel, especially by early settlers on the western plains.
  • caesaropapism — the theory that the state should have authority over the church in ecclesiastical matters; Erastianism
  • calligraphist — fancy penmanship, especially highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
  • campanologist — the principles or art of making bells, bell ringing, etc.
  • camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
  • camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
  • campus police — police officers, security guards or students employed by a college or university to patrol the campus and to protect students, staff, and visitors
  • candidateship — candidature
  • candy striper — a volunteer worker in a hospital
  • candy-striped — (esp of clothing fabric) having narrow coloured stripes on a white background
  • candy-striper — a person, often a teenager, who works as a volunteer in a hospital.
  • capaciousness — capable of holding much; spacious or roomy: a capacious storage bin.
  • cape crawfish — an edible South African spiny lobster, Jasus lalandii.
  • capellmeister — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp in an 18th-century princely household
  • capital asset — fixed asset.
  • capital gains — Capital gains are the profits that you make when you buy something and then sell it again at a higher price.
  • capital goods — Capital goods are used to make other products. Compare consumer goods.
  • capital lease — A capital lease is a lease which is treated as the purchase of the asset that is being leased.
  • capital stock — the par value of the total share capital that a company is authorized to issue
  • capitulations — Plural form of capitulation.
  • caprivi strip — narrow strip of land, c. 50 mi (80 km) wide, of NE Namibia, extending eastward to the Zambezi River: c. 300 mi (483 km) long
  • capsaicinoids — Plural form of capsaicinoid.
  • capsulization — The act or process of capsulizing.
  • captain's bed — a bed consisting of a shallow box with drawers in the side and a mattress on top.
  • carbolic soap — a disinfectant soap containing phenol
  • cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
  • cartoon strip — A cartoon strip is a series of drawings that tells a story.
  • case in point — a specific, appropriate, or relevant instance or example
  • case soap iii — Version of SOAP assembly language for IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • cash receipts — the money a business receives from its customers over a specified period
  • cat distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
  • catastrophise — Alt form catastrophize.
  • 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
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