13-letter words containing l, e, m, p, a
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- impracticable — not practicable; incapable of being put into practice with the available means: an impracticable plan.
- impredictable — (nonstandard) unpredictable.
- incompatibles — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- inland empire — a region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, E of the Cascade Mountains, in E Washington, NE Oregon, N Idaho, and NW Montana.
- intemperately — given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
- interproximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- intertemporal — Describing any relationship between past, present and future events or conditions.
- japanese plum — a small tree, Prunus salicina, native to China, bearing edible yellowish fruit.
- jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
- kapellmeister — a choirmaster.
- kerosene lamp — light fuelled by paraffin
- kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
- lamellaphones — Plural form of lamellaphone.
- lord temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
- lumbar plexus — a network of nerves originating in the spinal nerves of the midback region and innervating the pelvic area, the front of the legs, and part of the feet.
- lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
- macrencephaly — The presence of an abnormally large brain.
- macrocephalic — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- magnetic pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- mail exploder — (messaging) Part of an electronic mail delivery system which allows a message to be delivered to a list of addresses. Mail exploders are used to implement mailing lists. Users send messages to a single address and the mail exploder takes care of delivery to the individual mailboxes in the list.
- mainz psalter — a book printed by Johannes Gutenberg: thought by some to be the first book printed from movable type.
- major penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player for five minutes from play, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- make a splash — If you make a splash, you become noticed or become popular because of something that you have done.
- make-up class — a course of teaching in the application of make-up
- maldeployment — the inefficient use of resources or an instance of such
- mammoplasties — Plural form of mammoplasty.
- manipulatable — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- maple heights — a city in NE Ohio.
- mar del plata — a city in E Argentina: seaside resort.
- maritime alps — a range of the W Alps in SE France and NW Italy. Highest peak: Argentera, 3297 m (10 817 ft)
- marlinespikes — Plural form of marlinespike.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
- meeting place — A meeting place is a place where people meet.
- megalocephaly — Cephalometry, Craniometry. macrocephalic.
- megalopolises — Plural form of megalopolis.
- megalopolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
- memorial park — cemetery.
- mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
- merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
- mesaticephaly — the state or condition of being mesaticephalic or mesocephalic
- mesencephalic — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesencephalon — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesocephalism — mesocephaly
- mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.
- metallic soap — any usually water-insoluble salt formed by the interaction of a fatty acid and a metal, especially lead or aluminum: used chiefly as a drier in paints and varnishes and for waterproofing textiles.