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13-letter words containing e, l, m, s

  • plimsoll line — load line (def 1).
  • plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
  • pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
  • poliomyelitis — an acute viral disease, usually affecting children and young adults, caused by any of three polioviruses, characterized by inflammation of the motor neurons of the brain stem and spinal cord, and resulting in a motor paralysis, followed by muscular atrophy and often permanent deformities.
  • polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
  • pompton lakes — a town in NE New Jersey.
  • portal system — a vascular arrangement in which blood from the capillaries of one organ is transported to the capillaries of another organ by a connecting vein or veins.
  • postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
  • pre-eclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
  • preliminaries — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
  • premenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
  • presettlement — the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
  • presumptively — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
  • primal scream — a scream uttered by a person undergoing primal therapy.
  • problem state — IBM jargon for user mode, the opposite of "supervisor state". On IBM System 360, 370 and 390 mainframes privileged instructions may only be executed in "supervisor state". Application programs request the operating system to perform these operations by using the Supervisor Call (SVC) instruction.
  • problem-solve — find solutions
  • prolegomenous — prefatory; preliminary; introductory.
  • promised land — Heaven.
  • proverbialism — a proverbial expression
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
  • quarrelsomely — In a quarrelsome manner.
  • quasi-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
  • queen's metal — any of several alloys containing antimony and tin and resembling britannia metal
  • rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
  • 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
  • raw materials — Raw materials are materials that are in their natural state, before they are processed or used in manufacturing.
  • re-enlistment — the act or state of being re-enlisted into the armed forces
  • réaumur scale — René Antoine Ferchault de [ruh-ney ahn-twan fer-shoh duh] /rəˈneɪ ɑ̃ˈtwan fɛrˈʃoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1683–1757, French physicist and inventor.
  • recomfortless — having no comfort; comfortless
  • reform school — reformatory (def 2).
  • released time — time or a period allotted to a teacher apart from normal duties for a special activity, as personal research.
  • reminiscently — awakening memories of something similar; suggestive (usually followed by of): His style of writing is reminiscent of Melville's.
  • remonstrantly — in a remonstrant or opposing manner
  • replenishment — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation
  • resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • reversal film — film developed by the reversal process.
  • revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
  • rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
  • roman letters — a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions
  • roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
  • royal marines — a corps of soldiers specially trained in amphibious warfare
  • rumble strips — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
  • sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
  • sacramentally — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
  • safety helmet — protective hard hat
  • saint michael — one of the archangels. Feast day: Sept 29 or Nov 8
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