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13-letter words containing u, p, s, o

  • ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
  • ombudspersons — Plural form of ombudsperson.
  • one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
  • onus probandi — the burden of proof.
  • open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open question — question: invites long answer
  • open universe — a model of the universe in which the universe expands forever because there is not enough mass to counteract the expansion by means of gravitational attraction.
  • open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
  • opossum block — (in New Zealand) a block of bush allocated to a licensed opossum trapper
  • opportuneness — The state or condition of being opportune.
  • opportunistic — adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
  • opportunities — Plural form of opportunity.
  • opprobriously — In an opprobrious manner.
  • 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.
  • ostreophagous — oyster-eating
  • outperformers — Plural form of outperformer.
  • outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
  • outspokenness — The quality of being outspoken; bluntness; frankness; candour.
  • outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
  • overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • ovoviviparous — producing eggs that are hatched within the body, so that the young are born alive but without placental attachment, as certain reptiles or fishes.
  • packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
  • pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
  • pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
  • papaveraceous — belonging to the Papaveraceae, the poppy family of plants.
  • papillomatous — a benign tumor of the skin or mucous membrane consisting of hypertrophied epithelial tissue, as a wart.
  • paramyxovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses that are similar to but larger than the myxoviruses, including the viruses that cause mumps, measles, parainfluenza, and Newcastle disease.
  • paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
  • 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.
  • passamaquoddy — a member of a small tribe of North American Indians formerly of coastal Maine and New Brunswick and now living in Maine.
  • passe-partout — something that passes everywhere or provides a universal means of passage.
  • passion fruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • pay as you go — the act of paying or being paid; payment.
  • pay-as-you-go — the principle or practice of paying for goods and services at the time of purchase, rather than relying on credit.
  • pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
  • pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
  • percussionist — a musician who plays percussion instruments.
  • perimenopause — the period leading up to the menopause during which some of the symptoms associated with menopause may be experienced
  • perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
  • perscrutation — a very careful exploration or inspection
  • personal foul — a foul called in certain games, as basketball or football, for illegal body contact or rough, unsportsmanlike play.
  • perspicacious — having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
  • petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
  • philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
  • phosphorus 32 — a radioactive isotope of phosphorus, used as a chemotherapeutic agent.
  • phosphorus-32 — a radioactive isotope of phosphorus, used as a chemotherapeutic agent.
  • phosphuretted — treated or combined with phosphorus
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