13-letter words containing s, p, o, i, l
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- 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.
- child support — If a parent pays child support, they legally have to pay money to help provide things such as food and clothing for a child with whom they no longer live.
- chilkoot pass — a mountain pass in North America between SE Alaska and NW British Columbia, over the Coast Range
- chloroplastic — a plastid containing chlorophyll.
- chorepiscopal — (in early Christianity) relating to or connected with a local bishop
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- clistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- closing price — On the stock exchange, the closing price of a share is its price at the end of a day's business.
- cloud physics — the science of the physical properties and processes of clouds.
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- coastal plain — a plain extending along a coast.
- colleagueship — workplace companionship
- collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
- colonoscopies — Plural form of colonoscopy.
- colposcopical — of or relating to the colposcope
- companionless — Without a companion; friendless, alone.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- compositional — Compositional refers to the way composers and artists use their skills or techniques in their work.
- compressional — relating to compression
- compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
- compulsionist — a believer in compulsion, esp a believer in obligatory military service
- conceptualise — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- 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
- conceptualist — any of several doctrines existing as a compromise between realism and nominalism and regarding universals as concepts. Compare nominalism, realism (def 5).
- concupiscible — characterized or driven by sexual desire
- conspicuously — easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable: a conspicuous error.
- consumptively — In a consumptive manner.
- contemplatist — a contemplator
- coral springs — city in SE Fla.: pop. 118,000
- corticospinal — Of, or pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.
- cosmopolitans — Plural form of cosmopolitan.
- cosmopolitics — world politics
- cosmopolitism — The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.
- councilperson — a member of a city or local legislative council.
- counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
- cryptoclastic — (of minerals and rocks) composed of microscopic fragments
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- cyclostrophic — pertaining to atmospheric motion in which the centripetal acceleration exactly balances the horizontal pressure force.
- dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
- depersonalise — Alternative spelling of depersonalize.
- depersonalize — To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.