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13-letter words containing i, m, p, r, o, e

  • non-empirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
  • noncompetitor — a person or group that is not a competitor
  • nonmembership — the fact or condition of being a nonmember
  • nonparametric — (of a test or method) not requiring assertions about parameters or about the form of the underlying distribution.
  • nonperforming — not performing well or properly.
  • nonpermissive — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
  • 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.
  • omnicorporeal — Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.
  • omnipresently — In an omnipresent manner.
  • open marriage — a marriage in which the partners agree that each is free to have sexual relationships with other partners.
  • open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.
  • opera comique — comic opera.
  • outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
  • 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.
  • overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
  • overemphasise — (British) alternative spelling of overemphasize.
  • overemphasize — to emphasize excessively.
  • overimpressed — very impressed
  • paedomorphism — the continuation of juvenile characteristics in the adult stage
  • panradiometer — an instrument used for measuring radiant heat independently of wavelength
  • paralipomenon — Chronicles.
  • paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
  • partitionment — the act or fact of being partitioned
  • pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
  • pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
  • penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
  • perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
  • perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
  • 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.
  • petrochemical — a chemical substance obtained from petroleum or natural gas, as gasoline, kerosene, or petrolatum.
  • pharmacopoeia — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
  • phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
  • piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
  • pimple copper — a form of copper matte about 80 percent pure, somewhat less refined than blister copper.
  • play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • poker machine — a fruit machine
  • pommes frites — French fries
  • popcorn movie — a film that appeals to a mass audience
  • porte-monnaie — a purse or pocketbook
  • portrait mode — an orientation that is vertical rather than horizontal
  • post meridiem — p.m.
  • 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.
  • 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
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