13-letter words containing a, n, m, o, r, p
- polysomnogram — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
- 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.
- porte-monnaie — a purse or pocketbook
- 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.
- postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- posttreatment — an act or manner of treating.
- praetorianism — the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
- pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
- pre-migration — the process or act of migrating.
- preadmonition — a forewarning, premonition; the act of admonishing in advance
- predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
- premeditation — an act or instance of premeditating.
- premenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- prenomination — the act of naming in advance of a formal nomination
- pretournament — occurring prior to a tournament
- prison inmate — a person who is confined in a prison
- profit margin — the percentage that profit constitutes of total sales.
- profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
- progametangia — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- promised land — Heaven.
- promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
- pronominalize — to replace (a noun or noun phrase) with a pronoun.
- protanomalous — of, relating to, or affected by protanomaly
- protestantism — the religion of Protestants.
- protoactinium — protactinium.
- provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
- random sample — a statistical sample that is devised to avoid interference so that its distribution is affected only by, and so can be held to represent, that of the whole population
- rapprochement — an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.
- reappointment — a fixed mutual agreement for a meeting; engagement: We made an appointment to meet again.
- recompilation — the act of compiling: the compilation of documents.
- recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- reperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
- shop chairman — a unionized employee elected to represent a shop, department, or the like, in dealings with an employer.
- spanish broom — a spiny, often leafless shrub, Genista hispanica, of the legume family, native to southern Europe, having clustered, golden-yellow flowers and hairy pods.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- spermatotoxin — spermotoxin.
- sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- sportsmanship — the character, practice, or skill of a sportsman.
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- supercolumnar — existing above a column or columns: a supercolumnar feature.
- superdominant — submediant.
- superorganism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- superromantic — exceptionally romantic
- temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
- temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
- temporariness — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.