13-letter words containing s, t, u, p, o
- counterpoison — A poison used against another poison, serving as an antidote.
- counterproofs — Plural form of counterproof.
- counterscarps — Plural form of counterscarp.
- countersniper — designed to act against or eliminate snipers
- counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
- countryperson — Someone who is from a countryside background.
- county prison — the prison of a particular county
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- cross product — a vector perpendicular to two given vectors, u and v, and having magnitude equal to the product of the magnitudes of the two given vectors multiplied by the sine of the angle between the two given vectors, usually represented by u × v.
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- deep discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- deep-discount — a discount far larger than normally offered.
- depth sounder — an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.
- deuteroscopic — of or relating to deuteroscopy; of second sight
- dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
- disceptatious — disputable
- disreputation — disrepute.
- duplicitously — In a duplicitous, two-faced manner.
- electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
- emphysematous — (medicine) Related, similar to or involving emphysema; swollen, bloated.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- entomophagous — feeding mainly on insects; insectivorous
- entomophilous — (of flowering plants) pollinated by insects
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
- expeditiously — In an expeditious manner.
- expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
- expostulation — (countable) The act of reasoning earnestly in order to dissuade or remonstrate.
- expostulatory — Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
- fluophosphate — fluorophosphate.
- fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
- fluoroscopist — One who carries out fluoroscopy.
- four-way stop — an intersection of two roads with four stop signs, one facing in each direction
- give pause to — to cause to hesitate
- ground troops — soldiers positioned on the ground
- harry hotspur — the nickname of Sir Henry Percy
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- hematophagous — feeding on blood, as the vampire bat.
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heteropterous — belonging or pertaining to the Heteroptera, in some classifications a suborder of hemipterous insects comprising the true bugs.
- heterosporous — having more than one kind of spore.
- hippo zarytus — ancient name of Bizerte.
- host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hymenopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hymenoptera, an order of insects having, when winged, four membranous wings, and comprising the wasps, bees, ants, ichneumon flies, and sawflies.