13-letter words containing t, y, p, e, s, c
- palaeocrystic — consisting of former glacial formation
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- 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
- pedal cyclist — a person who rides a pedal cycle, as opposed to a motorcycle
- peirastically — in a peirastic manner
- penobscot bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in S Maine. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- perspectively — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- physitheistic — of, relating to, or believing in physitheism
- phytocoenosis — the plants of a given area considered as a whole.
- picturesquely — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
- pietistically — in a pietistical manner
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
- postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
- postemergency — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after an emergency
- postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
- postvasectomy — of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
- potter's clay — a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.
- priority case — a matter that takes precedence over others
- prospectively — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
- psychasthenia — Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
- psychasthenic — a person who has psychasthenia
- psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
- psychometrics — the measurement of mental traits, abilities, and processes.
- psychomimetic — psychotomimetic.
- psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
- psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
- secretaryship — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
- sparcsystem 4 — (computer) A computer built with the MicroSPARC ii 70MHz CPU as used in the SPARC 5 Model 70. The SPARCsystem 4 is basically a cheaper, cut-down SPARC 5. It has an 8-bit pixel accelerator instead of the SBus Turbo GX card. Memory expansion is limited to 160 MB. Availability was planned for March/April 1995.
- spectacularly — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- spectinomycin — an antibiotic drug, C 1 4 H 2 4 N 2 O 7 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces spectabilis, used in the treatment of susceptible gonorrhea.
- spectral type — a category for classifying a star, as A star or G star, according to features of its spectrum, as its shape as a function of temperature and wavelength and its absorption spectrum, that indicate the surface temperature of the star and the presence of particular atoms or molecules in its outer layers: principal types are spectral types O, B, A, F, G, K, and M.
- spectrography — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- spherocytosis — the condition of having spherocytes
- spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- subspeciality — a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- sunspot cycle — the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
- superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity