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13-letter words containing t, h, r, a, s, o

  • ornithischian — any herbivorous dinosaur of the order Ornithischia, having a pelvis resembling that of a bird. Compare saurischian.
  • orthognathous — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
  • orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
  • orthographies — Plural form of orthography.
  • orthosilicate — a silicate mineral
  • ostreophagous — oyster-eating
  • overhastiness — the condition of being overhasty
  • overhead-shot — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
  • oystercatcher — any of several long-billed wading birds of the genus Haematopus that have chiefly black-and-white plumage and that feed on oysters, clams, mussels, etc.
  • painted horse — paint (def 6).
  • parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
  • parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
  • parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
  • parthenospore — a spore developed without fertilization.
  • parthian shot — a sharp, telling remark, act, gesture, etc., made in departing.
  • pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
  • past historic — the simple past
  • pathomorphism — abnormal morphology.
  • petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
  • phantasmagory — phantasmagoria.
  • phosphorylate — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
  • photo-sharing — the publishing of digital photographs on the internet
  • phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
  • physiotherapy — physical therapy.
  • phytosanitary — of or relating to the health of plants
  • platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
  • plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
  • polyarthritis — arthritis occurring in more than one joint.
  • posix threads — (programming)   (Pthreads) A POSIX standard API that defines a set of C programming language types, functions and constants for creating and manipulating pre-emptive threads. The standard's full name is "POSIX.1c, Threads extensions (IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995)". Implementations are available on many Unix-like POSIX-conformant operating systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris as well as DR-DOS and Microsoft Windows. Pthreads was designed and implemented in the PART Project (POSIX / Ada-Runtime Project).
  • potato-masher — a kitchen implement used to crush or mash potatoes
  • presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
  • primrose path — a way of life devoted to irresponsible hedonism, often of a sensual nature: The evangelist exhorted us to avoid the primrose path and stick to the straight and narrow.
  • promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
  • prosthodontia — the branch of dentistry that deals with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing teeth and other oral structures by artificial devices.
  • protest march — public demonstration
  • psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
  • psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
  • pyrophosphate — a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.
  • quarter horse — one of a breed of strong horses developed in the U.S. for short-distance races, usually a quarter of a mile.
  • refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned
  • rehospitalize — to place in hospital again
  • reorchestrate — to orchestrate (a piece of music) again
  • rhesus factor — Rh factor.
  • rochelle salt — a white crystalline double salt, sodium potassium tartrate, used in Seidlitz powder. Formula: KNaC4H4O6.4H2O
  • saber-toothed — having long, saberlike upper canine teeth, sometimes extending below the margin of the lower jaw.
  • saccharolytic — of or causing the hydrolysis of sugars.
  • saccharometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of sugar in a solution, as by determining the specific gravity of the solution.
  • saccharometry — the process of determining the quantity of sugar in a solution
  • sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
  • saratoga chip — potato chip.
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