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13-letter words containing a, m, o, r, i, s

  • neo-darwinism — the theory of evolution as expounded by later students of Charles Darwin, especially Weismann, holding that natural selection accounts for evolution and denying the inheritance of acquired characters.
  • neoliberalism — an outgrowth of the U.S. liberal movement, beginning in the late 1960s, that modified somewhat its traditional endorsement of all trade unions and opposition to big business and military buildup.
  • neosurrealism — a revival of the 20th-century surrealism movement in art, especially painting and sculpture, depicting the imagery of dreams and the subconscious mind.
  • neurilemmomas — Plural form of neurilemmoma.
  • neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
  • non-racialism — racism.
  • nonimmigrants — Plural form of nonimmigrant.
  • nonmainstream — denoting someone or something not in the main current (of style, culture, etc)
  • nonmonetarist — a person who does not believe in the theory of monetarism
  • normal series — a collection of subgroups of a given group so arranged that the first subgroup is the identity, the last subgroup is the group itself, and each subgroup is a normal subgroup of the succeeding subgroup.
  • normalisation — Alternative form of normalization.
  • normativeness — The quality or state of being normative.
  • organotropism — Physiology. the attraction of microorganisms or chemical substances to particular organs or tissues of the body.
  • orismological — relating to orismology
  • ornamentalism — the desire or tendency to feature ornament in the design of buildings, interiors, furnishings, etc.
  • ornamentalist — A person who ornaments.
  • ovariectomies — Plural form of ovariectomy.
  • over-estimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
  • overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
  • overdramatise — Alternative spelling of overdramatize.
  • overemphasise — (British) alternative spelling of overemphasize.
  • overemphasize — to emphasize excessively.
  • overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.
  • overestimates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overestimate.
  • overstimulate — to stimulate too much
  • paedomorphism — the continuation of juvenile characteristics in the adult stage
  • 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.
  • parasitoidism — the feeding by certain insect larvae on host tissues such that the host remains alive until larval development is complete and then usually dies.
  • parasymbiosis — the symbiotic relationship that occurs between certain species of fungi and lichens (which are themselves symbiotic associations between a fungus and an alga)
  • paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
  • pathomorphism — abnormal morphology.
  • perimenopause — the period leading up to the menopause during which some of the symptoms associated with menopause may be experienced
  • persian melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
  • physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
  • piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
  • piroplasmosis — babesiosis.
  • plagiotropism — plagiotropic tendency or growth.
  • plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
  • plimsoll mark — load-line mark.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
  • polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
  • polyribosomal — relating to a polyribosome
  • pons asinorum — a geometric proposition that if a triangle has two of its sides equal, the angles opposite these sides are also equal: so named from the difficulty experienced by beginners in mastering it. Euclid, 1:5.
  • popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
  • post-cambrian — Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from 570 million to 500 million years ago, when algae and marine invertebrates were the predominant form of life.
  • post-marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
  • posttraumatic — occurring after physical or psychological trauma.
  • praetorianism — the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
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