13-letter words containing a, c, h, i, p
- maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
- mesaticephaly — the state or condition of being mesaticephalic or mesocephalic
- mesencephalic — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesocephalism — mesocephaly
- metamorphotic — Of or relating to metamorphosis.
- metaphoricity — The power of a metaphor.
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicist — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicize — to think, write, etc, metaphysically
- microcephalia — Microcephaly.
- microcephalic — having a head with a small braincase.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- microchip art — (hardware) (chip art, chip graffiti) Images etched on integrated circuits purely for decoration, visible only under a microscope.
- micrographics — the technique of photographing written or printed pages in reduced form to produce microfilm or microfiche.
- mineral pitch — asphalt.
- morphemically — By means of, or in terms, of morphemes.
- morphological — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- narcohypnosis — the use of drugs to induce hypnosis
- necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
- nephrological — of or relating to nephrology
- non-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
- nonalphabetic — not employing alphabetic order
- nonpathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
- nymphomaniacs — Plural form of nymphomaniac.
- oceanographic — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- onychophagist — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
- opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
- oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
- optic chiasma — a site at the base of the forebrain where the inner half of the fibers of the left and right optic nerves cross to the opposite side of the brain.
- optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
- orchestra pit — musicians' seating in front of stage
- orchestra-pit — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- orthocephalic — having a medium or intermediate relation between the height of the skull and the breadth or length.
- orthoepically — In terms of correct pronunciation.
- orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
- oscillographs — Plural form of oscillograph.
- oscillography — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- packet switch — packet switching
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- palm-oil chop — a W African dish made with meat and palm oil
- panharmonicon — a mechanical instrument that imitates orchestral sounds
- parapsychosis — an abnormal psychosis
- 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.
- parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.