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13-letter words containing l, u, m, p, e

  • lepton number — in a process involving elementary particles, the total number of leptons minus the total number of antileptons.
  • line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
  • 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.
  • lump together — If a number of different people or things are lumped together, they are considered as a group rather than separately.
  • macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
  • make-up class — a course of teaching in the application of make-up
  • 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.
  • melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
  • merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
  • mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.
  • microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
  • microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
  • milk saucepan — a type of small saucepan often used for heating milk
  • mock pendulum — a false pendulum bob attached to the balances of certain timepieces and visible through a slot in the dial or case.
  • monkey puzzle — a South American, coniferous timber tree, Araucaria araucana, having candelabralike branches, stiff sharp leaves, and edible nuts.
  • monopolylogue — a theatrical entertainment in which the same performer plays several parts or characters.
  • mule spinning — a process of spinning that produces extremely fine yarn by drawing and twisting the roving, and winding the resultant yarn onto a bobbin or spindle in the form of a cop.
  • mulier puisne — the legitimate son of parents whose first son was illegitimate.
  • multicapitate — having multiple or many heads
  • multiemployer — Of or pertaining to more than one employer.
  • multimedia pc — multimedia
  • multiparticle — comprising or involving several particles
  • multiple boot — dual boot
  • multiple shop — chain store.
  • multiple star — three or more stars lying close together in the celestial sphere and usually united in a single gravitational system.
  • multiplicable — capable of being multiplied.
  • multiplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of multiplicate.
  • multipresence — the quality or state of being multipresent
  • multispectral — (of an airborne camera or scanner) capable of sensing and recording radiation from invisible as well as visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • multitemporal — (music) Having multiple tempos.
  • municipalized — Simple past tense and past participle of municipalize.
  • mussel shrimp — any of numerous tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans of the subclass Ostracoda, having a shrimplike body enclosed in a hinged bivalve shell.
  • 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-imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
  • nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
  • openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
  • optical mouse — (hardware)   Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
  • outmanipulate — to surpass in manipulation
  • 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.
  • penultimately — in penultimate position; lastly except for one
  • perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
  • plenum system — a type of air-conditioning system in which air is passed into a room at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure
  • plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
  • pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
  • pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
  • 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.
  • preformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
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