13-letter words containing e, p, s, o, m
- over-promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overemphasise — (British) alternative spelling of overemphasize.
- overemphasize — to emphasize excessively.
- overimpressed — very impressed
- paedomorphism — the continuation of juvenile characteristics in the adult stage
- pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- passe compose — a grammatical construction of French consisting of the present tense of an auxiliary, either avoir or être, followed by a past participle and corresponding in function to both the English present perfect and the English simple past tenses.
- peach blossom — the flower of the peach tree: the state flower of Delaware.
- pelham holles — Thomas, 1st Duke of Newcastle, 1693–1768, British statesman: prime minister 1754–56, 1757–62 (brother of Henry Pelham).
- pelham-holles — Thomas, 1st Duke of Newcastle, 1693–1768, British statesman: prime minister 1754–56, 1757–62 (brother of Henry Pelham).
- pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
- pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- perfect storm — a detrimental or calamitous situation or event arising from the powerful combined effect of a unique set of circumstances: a perfect storm battering corporate pension plans.
- perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
- 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.
- phenomenalism — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- photocomposer — a machine for setting type photographically.
- photoemission — photoelectric effect.
- physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
- physiognomies — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
- plasmodesmata — any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
- pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- 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.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- points system — a system used to assess applicants' eligibility for local authority housing, based on (points awarded for) such factors as the length of time the applicant has lived in the area, how many children are in the family, etc
- 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.
- pommes frites — French fries
- 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.
- post feminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
- post meridiem — p.m.
- post-consumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- post-feminism — a way of thinking that develops, or reacts to or against previous feminist ideology
- post-feminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
- 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.
- postage meter — an office machine used in bulk mailing that imprints prepaid postage and a dated postmark.
- postage stamp — small adhesive label for mail
- postage-stamp — of very small area or size: a postage-stamp bikini.