13-letter words containing s, u, c, i
- photoacoustic — optoacoustic
- physoclistous — having the air bladder closed off from the mouth.
- pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
- pick-up stick — one of a group of sticks used in the game of jackstraws.
- picturesquely — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
- pilot biscuit — hardtack.
- pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
- pluripresence — presence in more than one place at the same time
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
- pococurantist — a person who demonstrates a tendency toward indifference
- point success — a peak in W central Washington, to the S of Mount Rainier, in the Cascade Range.14,158 feet (4318 meters).
- poison sumach — an anacardiaceous swamp shrub, Rhus (or Toxicodendron) vernix of the southeastern US, that has greenish-white berries and causes an itching rash on contact with the skin
- popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
- porcelaineous — like porcelain
- porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- postcommunion — the part of a communion service that follows after the congregation has received communion.
- posttraumatic — occurring after physical or psychological trauma.
- pre-discussed — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- prediscussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- press cutting — an article or picture from a newspaper about someone or something
- price support — the maintenance of the price of a commodity, product, etc., especially by means of a public subsidy or government purchase of surpluses.
- pro-communist — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
- profectitious — (of money or property) proceeding from a parent or derived from an ancestor
- program music — music intended to convey an impression of a definite series of images, scenes, or events.
- promiscuously — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
- prosecutorial — of or relating to a prosecutor or prosecution: prosecutorial zeal.
- proteinaceous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- pseudisodomic — (of ashlar) composed of stones having the same length, laid in courses of different heights.
- pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- pseudo-poetic — of or relating to a poet or poets.
- pseudo-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- pseudoaquatic — not aquatic but indigenous to moist regions.
- pseudoclassic — falsely or spuriously classic.
- pseudoscience — any of various methods, theories, or systems, as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance, considered as having no scientific basis.
- public access — the availability of noncommercial television and radio broadcasting facilities to community groups or members of the public for programs of general interest to the community, especially as a condition of cable television franchises.
- public school — (in the U.S.) a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education commonly including primary and secondary schools.
- public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
- public spirit — active interest in public welfare or the good of the community
- pucciniaceous — (of a fungus) belonging to the genus Puccinia
- punctiliously — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadriphonics — quadraphony.
- quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
- quasi-crystal — a group of atoms resembling a crystal but not having symmetrical plane faces
- quasi-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.