13-letter words containing t, u, s, c, a
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- nanostructure — A structure, especially a semiconductor device, that has dimensions of only a few nanometers.
- nature's call — call of nature.
- nectariferous — producing nectar.
- nectarivorous — feeding on nectar
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.
- non-causative — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- non-custodial — of or relating to custody.
- non-customary — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- nonchauvinist — a person who is not a chauvinist
- noncolourfast — (of a fabric) having a colour that tends to fade when washed or worn
- noncontagious — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- nonstructural — Not structural; not related to a structure.
- nuclear waste — the radioactive by-products from the operation of a nuclear reactor or from the reprocessing of depleted nuclear fuel.
- object clause — the clause that acts as the object of a verb
- oceanic crust — the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- optical sound — sound recorded on and subsequently played back from an optical or photographic soundtrack, as opposed to a magnetic soundtrack.
- outdistancing — Present participle of outdistance.
- over-cautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overacuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- particularism — exclusive attention or devotion to one's own particular interests, party, etc.
- pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
- pastry cutter — a cutter that is used to cut pastry into shapes
- pay structure — a collection of pay grades or bands, which set out the different levels of pay for workers in a certain profession, etc
- peace studies — a field of political science which examines how to reduce conflicts
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
- pet insurance — health insurance for a pet
- pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
- photoacoustic — optoacoustic
- pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
- 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.
- planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
- platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
- pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
- pococurantist — a person who demonstrates a tendency toward indifference
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- postholocaust — following a holocaust
- posttraumatic — occurring after physical or psychological trauma.
- 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.
- pseudoaquatic — not aquatic but indigenous to moist regions.
- quasi-crystal — a group of atoms resembling a crystal but not having symmetrical plane faces
- quasiparticle — an entity, as an exciton or phonon, that interacts with elementary particles, but does not exist as a free particle.