13-letter words containing i, s, o, m, r, p
- homomorphosis — the regrowth by a plant or animal of an organ, tissue or another part that has been lost or destroyed
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- hystricomorph — any rodent of the suborder Hystricomorpha, which includes porcupines, cavies, agoutis, and chinchillas
- imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
- imperiousness — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- impersonalise — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalism — the practice of maintaining impersonal relations with individuals or groups.
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- impersonalize — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonating — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- impersonation — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- impersonators — Plural form of impersonator.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- importunities — Plural form of importunity.
- impoverishing — Present participle of impoverish.
- impressionism — Fine Arts. (usually initial capital letter) a style of painting developed in the last third of the 19th century, characterized chiefly by short brush strokes of bright colors in immediate juxtaposition to represent the effect of light on objects. a manner of painting in which the forms, colors, or tones of an object are lightly and rapidly indicated. a manner of sculpture in which volumes are partially modeled and surfaces roughened to reflect light unevenly.
- impressionist — a person who follows or adheres to the theories, methods, and practices of impressionism, especially in the fields of painting, music, or literature.
- imprisonments — Plural form of imprisonment.
- improgressive — (archaic) Not progressive.
- improprieties — Plural form of impropriety.
- improvisation — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
- improvisatore — An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.
- improvisatori — Plural form of improvisatore.
- improvisatory — of, relating to, or characteristic of an improvisation or improvisator.
- isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
- isodimorphism — isomorphism between the forms of two dimorphous substances.
- macroparasite — (biology) Any parasite that is visible to the naked eye.
- macroscopical — Macroscopic.
- major premise — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
- malabsorption — faulty absorption of nutritive material from the intestine.
- malapropistic — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- mariposa lily — any lily of the genus Calochortus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having tuliplike flowers of various colors.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
- megasporangia — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- mesi protocol — (processor) Modified, Exclusive, Shared, Invalid. A cache coherency protocol where each cache line is marked with one of the four states. The MESI protocol is used by the Pentium processor.
- mesne profits — rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
- metamorphosis — Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis.
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- microfloppies — 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.25-inch vanilla or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety. This term may be headed for obsolescence as 5.25-inchers pass out of use, only to be revived if anybody floats a sub-3-inch floppy standard. See stiffy, minifloppies.
- micrographics — the technique of photographing written or printed pages in reduced form to produce microfilm or microfiche.
- microparasite — a parasitic microorganism.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- microphyllous — having microphylls
- micropipettes — Plural form of micropipette.
- micropolitics — The use of formal and informal power by individuals and groups to achieve their goals within organizations, as opposed to macropolitics.