13-letter words containing sto
- levant storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- liquid storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- living stones — any of various succulent plants of the genus Lithops, native to Africa, having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.
- logging stone — rocking stone.
- mastoidectomy — the removal of part of a mastoid process, usually for draining an infection.
- milking stool — a low, usually three-legged stool with a flat seat in the shape of a half circle, used by a person when milking a cow.
- misunderstood — improperly understood or interpreted.
- moabite stone — a slab of black basalt bearing an inscription recording the victory of Mesha, the king of Moab, over the Israelites, about 860 b.c.
- mutation stop — an organ pipe sounding the harmonic of the note normally produced
- mystery story — a mystery story is a story in which strange things happen that are not explained until the end
- network storm — broadcast storm
- neuroblastoma — a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.
- new stone age — the Neolithic period.
- non-custodial — of or relating to custody.
- non-customary — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- nonhistorical — Not based on or drawn from history.
- old stone age — the Paleolithic period.
- on the stocks — in preparation or under construction
- one-stop shop — an establishment where many different services or products are available
- osteoblastoma — (oncology) an uncommon osteoid tissue-forming primary neoplasm of the bone.
- package store — a store selling sealed bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverages that may only be consumed off the premises.
- past historic — the simple past
- pastoral care — help with personal needs and problems given by a teacher
- perfect storm — a detrimental or calamitous situation or event arising from the powerful combined effect of a unique set of circumstances: a perfect storm battering corporate pension plans.
- perpend stone — a large stone that passes through a wall from one side to the other
- phantom stock — an employee bonus expressed as the cash value of a specified amount of company stock to be received at a future date, meant to create employee interest in raising stock prices without giving any stock away.
- physoclistous — having the air bladder closed off from the mouth.
- pistol shrimp — any common shrimp of the family Alphaeidae, distinguished by the snapping sound made by its enlarged claw.
- piston engine — reciprocating engine.
- plagiostomous — plagiostome
- plastoquinone — a quinone that occurs in the chloroplasts of plants and functions as an electron carrier during photosynthesis.
- postoperative — occurring after a surgical operation.
- predistortion — preemphasis.
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- progestogenic — relating to progestogen
- psychohistory — history or the writing of history employing the techniques of psychoanalysis to explore motivations, explain actions, etc.
- pudding stone — conglomerate (def 3).
- put a stop to — end, curtail
- restoratively — in a restorative manner
- ripstop nylon — a nylon fabric woven with a double thread approximately every quarter inch to prevent the expansion of small rips.
- rocking stone — any fairly large rock so situated on its base that slight forces can cause it to move or sway.
- rolling stock — the wheeled vehicles of a railroad, including locomotives, freight cars, and passenger cars.
- rolling stone — person: nomadic
- rosetta stone — a stone slab, found in 1799 near Rosetta, bearing parallel inscriptions in Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphic, and demotic characters, making possible the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
- running story — a story continued in subsequent issues of a newspaper or magazine; serial.
- salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
- san cristobal — a city in SW Venezuela.
- ship's stores — a retail store aboard a navy ship that sells toiletries, cigarettes, etc., to the ship's personnel.
- show-stopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- silk stocking — a lady's stocking made from a very fine material such as silk or nylon