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13-letter words containing i, m, p, e, n

  • persian melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
  • phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
  • phenmetrazine — a compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO, used chiefly to control the appetite in the treatment of obesity.
  • phenomenalism — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
  • phenomenality — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
  • phenomenalize — to regard or interpret as a phenomenon.
  • philhellenism — a friend or supporter of the Greeks.
  • photoemission — photoelectric effect.
  • phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
  • 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.
  • piezomagnetic — involving or relating to the production of a magnetic field by applying a mechanical stress to certain crystals
  • placer mining — mining of placer deposits by washing, dredging, or other hydraulic methods
  • plasma engine — an engine that generates thrust by reaction to the emission of a jet of plasma
  • plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
  • platyhelminth — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.
  • 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.
  • plimsoll line — load line (def 1).
  • 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.
  • 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
  • poker machine — a fruit machine
  • polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
  • popcorn movie — a film that appeals to a mass audience
  • porte-monnaie — a purse or pocketbook
  • post feminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
  • 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.
  • postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
  • 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
  • potato famine — a severe shortage of food caused by the failure of the potato crop
  • potentiometer — a device for measuring electromotive force or potential difference by comparison with a known voltage.
  • praetorianism — the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • pre-eminently — Pre-eminently means to a very great extent.
  • pre-mentioned — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
  • pre-migration — the process or act of migrating.
  • preadmonition — a forewarning, premonition; the act of admonishing in advance
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • precommitment — the act of committing.
  • predetermined — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
  • predeterminer — a member of a subclass of English adjectival words, often quantitative in meaning, that may be placed before an article or other determiner, as all in all the paintings or half in half her salary.
  • predicamental — of or relating to a predicament or situation
  • 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.
  • prefigurement — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
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