13-letter words containing e, p, a, y, m
- metaphysicist — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicize — to think, write, etc, metaphysically
- methylparaben — a fine, white, needlelike substance, C 8 H 8 O 3 , used chiefly as a preservative in foods and pharmaceuticals.
- methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
- mexican poppy — any tropical American poppy of the genus Argemone, especially A. mexicana (Mexican poppy) having prickly pods and leaves and yellow or white, poppylike flowers.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- midday prayer — the fourth of the seven canonical hours; sext
- military pace — a pace, equal to a single step, used to coordinate the marching of soldiers, equal in the U.S. to 2½ feet (76 cm) for quick time and 3 feet (91 cm) for double time.
- minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- monterey park — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- morphemically — By means of, or in terms, of morphemes.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- naphthylamine — (organic compound) Either of two isomeric primary amines derived from naphthalene; they occur in crude oil, and are used in the preparation of dyes and other compounds.
- normally-open — Normally-open switch contacts are in an open state at rest.
- nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
- olympic games — international sports event
- opera company — a company that puts on productions of operas
- pancreatotomy — incision of the pancreas.
- parliamentary — of or relating to a parliament or any of its members.
- party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
- party manners — polite behaviour
- payment terms — the terms or conditions concerning the payment of something
- penultimately — in penultimate position; lastly except for one
- pepper family — the plant family Piperaceae, characterized by tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having simple leaves, dense spikes of very small flowers, and fleshy, berrylike fruit, and including peperomia and peppers of the genus Piper.
- perilymphatic — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
- permanent way — the roadbed and track of a railroad.
- pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
- phenomenality — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phenylmethane — toluene.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- platyhelminth — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.
- play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play the game — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- playing games — If you say that someone is playing games or playing silly games, you mean that they are not treating a situation seriously and you are annoyed with them.
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
- pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
- polycythaemia — an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by an increase in the number of red blood cells. It can occur as a primary disease of unknown cause (polycythaemia vera or erythraemia) or in association with respiratory or circulatory diseases
- polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
- polygamophile — a person who approves of or countenances polygamy, especially as practiced by others.
- poppy anemone — a southern European plant, Anemone coronaria, of the buttercup family, having tuberous roots and solitary, poppylike, red, blue, or white flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- 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.
- postvasectomy — of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
- pre-democracy — government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
- predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.