13-letter words containing i, m, p, a, t
- parking meter — a mechanical device for registering and collecting payment for the length of time that a vehicle occupies a parking space, consisting typically of a timer, actuated by a coin that a driver deposits upon parking, set in a headpiece mounted on a pole.
- parliamentary — of or relating to a parliament or any of its members.
- parliamenting — parliamentary debating
- parma heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- particle beam — Physics. a concentrated stream of particles, as electrons, neutrons, or protons, generated for studying particle interactions, nuclear structure, crystal structure, etc.
- particularism — exclusive attention or devotion to one's own particular interests, party, etc.
- partitionment — the act or fact of being partitioned
- party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
- passementerie — trimming of braid, cord, bead, etc., in any of various forms.
- past mistress — a woman who is thoroughly experienced or exceptionally skilled in a profession, art, etc.
- patch pumpkin — pumpkin
- paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
- pathognomonic — Medicine/Medical. characteristic or diagnostic of a specific disease: a pathognomonic sign of pneumonia.
- pathomorphism — abnormal morphology.
- patternmaking — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
- pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
- pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- penthemimeral — (of a caesura) occurring after the first penthemimer of a poetic line, i.e. in the middle of the third foot
- penultimately — in penultimate position; lastly except for one
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- perilymphatic — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
- petrochemical — a chemical substance obtained from petroleum or natural gas, as gasoline, kerosene, or petrolatum.
- phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
- phantasmality — the condition or character of being incorporeal and illusory
- pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
- phenmetrazine — a compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO, used chiefly to control the appetite in the treatment of obesity.
- phenomenality — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phonocamptics — the branch of acoustics dealing with echoes
- photochemical — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
- pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
- picture frame — mount for a picture
- piece of meat — the flesh of animals as used for food.
- piezomagnetic — involving or relating to the production of a magnetic field by applying a mechanical stress to certain crystals
- pilaster mass — an engaged pier, usually plain, used as a buttress.
- pivot grammar — a loose grammar said to govern two-word utterances by children
- plagiostomous — plagiostome
- plagiotropism — plagiotropic tendency or growth.
- plant kingdom — the plants of the world collectively.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- platiniridium — a natural alloy composed chiefly of platinum and iridium.
- platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
- platyhelminth — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.
- play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- 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
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
- polychromatic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.