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13-letter words containing l, a, p, e, r, m

  • place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
  • placer mining — mining of placer deposits by washing, dredging, or other hydraulic methods
  • plant hormone — an organic chemical, as auxin, produced by plant cells and functioning at various sites to regulate growth, turning, metabolic processes, etc.
  • plasma screen — A plasma screen is a type of thin television screen or computer screen that produces high-quality images.
  • platform game — a type of computer game that is played by moving a figure on the screen through a series of obstacles and problems
  • platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
  • play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
  • plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
  • portal system — a vascular arrangement in which blood from the capillaries of one organ is transported to the capillaries of another organ by a connecting vein or veins.
  • postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • pre-eclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
  • pre-eclamptic — a woman suffering from pre-eclampsia
  • pre-placement — the act of an employment office or employer in filling a position.
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
  • 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.
  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
  • preliminaries — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
  • preliminarily — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
  • premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
  • premenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
  • premillennial — of or relating to the period preceding the millennium.
  • primal scream — a scream uttered by a person undergoing primal therapy.
  • primary metal — metal derived directly from ore rather than from scrap.
  • primary xylem — xylem derived directly from the growth of an apical meristem.
  • problem state — IBM jargon for user mode, the opposite of "supervisor state". On IBM System 360, 370 and 390 mainframes privileged instructions may only be executed in "supervisor state". Application programs request the operating system to perform these operations by using the Supervisor Call (SVC) instruction.
  • problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • promised land — Heaven.
  • pronominalize — to replace (a noun or noun phrase) with a pronoun.
  • proto-elamite — the indigenous script of Elam, found on inscriptions and tablets from the fourth millennium b.c.
  • proverbialism — a proverbial expression
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
  • quaterpolymer — A copolymer derived from four species of monomer.
  • random sample — a statistical sample that is devised to avoid interference so that its distribution is affected only by, and so can be held to represent, that of the whole population
  • recompilation — the act of compiling: the compilation of documents.
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • river lamprey — Lampetra fluviatilis; a jawless fish
  • sample letter — an example of a particular type of letter intended to show people how to construct their own letter
  • sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
  • scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
  • self-pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
  • semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
  • semiempirical — partly empirical
  • semipermeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
  • shell program — A shell program is a basic computer program that provides a framework within which the user can develop the program to suit their own needs.
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