13-letter words containing a, p, r, o, s
- express coach — a fast coach which goes from one place to another directly or with very few stops
- extrapersonal — Outside of a person; beyond what is personal or individual.
- extraposition — placement of something outside something else
- field sparrow — a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.
- filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- florianopolis — a state in S Brazil. 36,856 sq. mi. (95,455 sq. km). Capital: Florianópolis.
- fluoroplastic — any of the plastics, as Teflon, in which hydrogen atoms of the hydrocarbon chains are replaced by fluorine atoms.
- for sb's part — When you are describing people's thoughts or actions, you can say for her part or for my part, for example, to introduce what a particular person thinks or does.
- fosamprenavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral prodrug of the protease inhibitor amprenavir. It is used to treat HIV infected patients.
- foster parent — a foster father or foster mother.
- four-way stop — an intersection of two roads with four stop signs, one facing in each direction
- gas separator — A gas separator is a device used to remove liquids from a natural gas stream.
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
- gastroparesis — (pathology) A condition, often a complication of diabetes, characterised by a delayed emptying of the stomach.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- gastrorrhaphy — The suture of a perforation of the stomach.
- gastroscopist — One who carries out gastroscopy.
- gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
- glossographer — a glossator.
- gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
- gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
- gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
- grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.
- growing pains — If a person or organization suffers from growing pains, they experience temporary difficulties and problems at the beginning of a particular stage of development.
- gyrocompasses — Plural form of gyrocompass.
- habeas corpus — a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.
- haber process — a process for synthesizing ammonia from gaseous nitrogen and hydrogen under high pressure and temperature in the presence of a catalyst.
- hagiographers — Plural form of hagiographer.
- hagiographies — Plural form of hagiography.
- hampton roads — a channel in SE Virginia between the mouth of the James River and Chesapeake Bay: battle between the Monitor and the Virginia 1862.
- hardware shop — a shop that sells metal tools and implements and mechanical equipment and components, etc
- harry hotspur — the nickname of Sir Henry Percy
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- hedge sparrow — the dunnock.
- heresiography — a treatise on heresy.
- hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- hippo zarytus — ancient name of Bizerte.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- house sparrow — a small, hardy, buffy-brown and gray bird, Passer domesticus, of Europe, introduced into America, Australia, etc.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.