13-letter words containing e, n, d, m, o
- panradiometer — an instrument used for measuring radiant heat independently of wavelength
- peace of mind — reassurance
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
- pop-down menu — pull-down menu
- postmodernism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the dogma, principles, or practices of established modernism, especially a movement in architecture and the decorative arts running counter to the practice and influence of the International Style and encouraging the use of elements from historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity.
- postmodernist — relating to late 20th-century art movement
- powder monkey — (formerly) a boy employed on warships to carry gunpowder from the magazine to the guns.
- pre-mentioned — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- 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.
- premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
- promised land — Heaven.
- quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
- random access — designating or of a volatile memory that allows data to be accessed directly and does not require following a sequence of storage locations
- random number — pseudorandom number
- random rubble — masonry in which untooled stones are set without coursing
- 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
- random-access — direct-access.
- reach-me-down — a garment that is cheaply ready-made or second-hand
- recommendable — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
- redemonstrate — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- redevelopment — the act or process of redeveloping.
- reindeer moss — any of several lichens of the genus Cladonia, especially the gray, many-branched C. rangiferina, of arctic and subarctic regions, eaten by reindeer and caribou.
- rhodesian man — an extinct Pleistocene human whose cranial remains were found at Kabwe, in Zambia: formerly in some classifications Homo rhodesiensis but now considered archaic Homo sapiens.
- romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
- rond de jambe — a circular movement of the leg.
- rose mandarin — (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.
- salmon ladder — a series of steps in a river designed to enable salmon to bypass a dam and move upstream to their breeding grounds
- scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
- second coming — the coming of Christ on Judgment Day.
- second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
- sedimentation — the deposition or accumulation of sediment.
- sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
- self-enamored — to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with): to be enamored of a certain lady; a brilliant woman with whom he became enamored.
- semi-nomadism — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
- semidominance — incomplete dominance.
- shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
- smoked salmon — pink-fleshed fish cooked by smoking
- social-minded — interested in or concerned with social conditions or the welfare of society.
- spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
- standover man — a person who extorts money by intimidation