13-letter words containing i, m, p, l, e
- nerve impulse — a progressive wave of electric and chemical activity along a nerve fiber that stimulates or inhibits the action of a muscle, gland, or other nerve cell.
- non-empirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- non-implement — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
- non-imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- noncompatible — Not compatible.
- noncompletion — Lack of completion; failure to finish.
- noncompliance — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
- norc compiler — Early system on NORC machine. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- olympic games — international sports event
- omnicorporeal — Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.
- omnipresently — In an omnipresent manner.
- onomatopoeial — (obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- outmanipulate — to surpass in manipulation
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- palaeoclimate — the climate of a prehistoric age
- paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- paralipomenon — Chronicles.
- parliamentary — of or relating to a parliament or any of its members.
- parliamenting — parliamentary debating
- particle beam — Physics. a concentrated stream of particles, as electrons, neutrons, or protons, generated for studying particle interactions, nuclear structure, crystal structure, etc.
- paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- penicillamine — a chelating agent, C 5 H 1 1 NO 2 S, produced by the degradation of penicillin, used in the treatment of severe rheumatoid arthritis and in heavy metal poisoning.
- penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
- 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
- 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.
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- perilymphatic — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
- peripheralism — the explanation of psychological events emphasizing peripheral human functions, as those of skeletal muscles or the sex organs, rather than cognition or other processes of the central nervous system.
- persian melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
- 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
- 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.
- photochemical — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
- physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
- phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- pilaster mass — an engaged pier, usually plain, used as a buttress.
- pimple copper — a form of copper matte about 80 percent pure, somewhat less refined than blister copper.
- 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