13-letter words containing sta
- microcrystals — Plural form of microcrystal.
- middle states — those eastern states between the New England states and the South; New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland
- misstatements — Plural form of misstatement.
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- mount stanley — a mountain in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo: the highest peak of the Ruwenzori range. Height: 5109 m (16 763 ft)
- moustache cup — mustache cup.
- multiple star — three or more stars lying close together in the celestial sphere and usually united in a single gravitational system.
- multistandard — able to process signals from several different systems
- mustafa kemal — (Mustafa or Mustapha Kemal"Kemal Pasha") 1881–1938, Turkish general: president of Turkey 1923–38.
- nascent state — the condition of an element at the instant it is set free from a combination in which it has previously existed.
- native states — the former 562 semi-independent states of India, ruled by Indians but subject to varying degrees of British authority: merged with provinces by 1948; largest states were Hyderabad, Gwalior, Baroda, Mysore, Cochin, Jammu and Kashmir, Travancore, Sikkim, and Indore
- new testament — the collection of the books of the Bible that were produced by the early Christian church, comprising the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and the Revelation of St. John the Divine.
- noninstalment — (of a loan) not payable in instalments
- nonresistance — the policy or practice of not resisting violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, by force.
- nonstationary — Not stationary.
- nonsustaining — Not sustaining; having an end.
- north augusta — a city in W South Carolina.
- nostalgically — experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation.
- obstacle race — a foot race in which the contestants are prevented in a specific way from covering the full course at top speed, as by having hurdles to jump, sacks enclosing the legs, or potatoes to pick up.
- old testament — the first of the two main divisions of the Christian Bible, comprising the Law, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa. In the Vulgate translation all but two books of the Apocrypha are included in the Old Testament.
- open-standard — (of computer programs, codes, etc) freely available to all users
- out-of-stater — a visitor from another state of the U.S.: Many out-of-staters come to our summer music festival.
- outdistancing — Present participle of outdistance.
- outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- overstability — the state of being excessively stable
- overstatement — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
- painstakingly — taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
- patripotestal — Anthropology. of or relating to the authority exercised by a father or a father's blood relatives.
- pedestal desk — a desk with a writing surface supported by a pair of sets of drawers
- pelican state — Louisiana (used as a nickname).
- perfect stage — a phase in the life cycle of certain fungi in which sexual spores are formed, as the asci in the sexual stage of the ascomycete.
- photo-stating — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- pilot station — Also called pilotage. an onshore office or headquarters for pilots.
- postage costs — the cost of having mail delivered
- postage meter — an office machine used in bulk mailing that imprints prepaid postage and a dated postmark.
- postage rates — the rates charged for the delivery of mail, depending on type, weight etc
- postage stamp — small adhesive label for mail
- postage-stamp — of very small area or size: a postage-stamp bikini.
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- power station — a generating station.
- prairie state — Illinois (used as a nickname).
- pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
- problem state — IBM jargon for user mode, the opposite of "supervisor state". On IBM System 360, 370 and 390 mainframes privileged instructions may only be executed in "supervisor state". Application programs request the operating system to perform these operations by using the Supervisor Call (SVC) instruction.
- prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.
- prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
- protestantism — the religion of Protestants.
- protestantize — to convert or cause to conform to Protestantism.
- punjab states — (formerly) a group of states in NW India, amalgamated in 1956 with Punjab state