13-letter words containing m, a, n, y, p
- major penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player for five minutes from play, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- maldeployment — the inefficient use of resources or an instance of such
- malonyl group — the bivalent group C 3 H 2 O 2 , derived from malonic acid.
- maternity pay — the pay a woman receives from her work during her absence immediately before and after childbirth
- merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- methylparaben — a fine, white, needlelike substance, C 8 H 8 O 3 , used chiefly as a preservative in foods and pharmaceuticals.
- methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
- mexican poppy — any tropical American poppy of the genus Argemone, especially A. mexicana (Mexican poppy) having prickly pods and leaves and yellow or white, poppylike flowers.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- monterey park — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- morpho-syntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- naphthylamine — (organic compound) Either of two isomeric primary amines derived from naphthalene; they occur in crude oil, and are used in the preparation of dyes and other compounds.
- normally-open — Normally-open switch contacts are in an open state at rest.
- nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
- nymphomaniacs — Plural form of nymphomaniac.
- of many parts — having many different abilities
- opera company — a company that puts on productions of operas
- pancreatotomy — incision of the pancreas.
- paranormality — the state of being paranormal
- parliamentary — of or relating to a parliament or any of its members.
- party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
- party manners — polite behaviour
- payment terms — the terms or conditions concerning the payment of something
- penultimately — in penultimate position; lastly except for one
- permanent way — the roadbed and track of a railroad.
- phantasmagory — phantasmagoria.
- phantasmality — the condition or character of being incorporeal and illusory
- pharmacognosy — materia medica (def 2).
- pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
- phenomenality — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phenylmethane — toluene.
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- platyhelminth — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.
- playing games — If you say that someone is playing games or playing silly games, you mean that they are not treating a situation seriously and you are annoyed with them.
- plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
- 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
- policy-making — Policy-making is the making of policies.
- polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
- polynomialism — a polynomial naming system
- polysomnogram — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
- poppy anemone — a southern European plant, Anemone coronaria, of the buttercup family, having tuberous roots and solitary, poppylike, red, blue, or white flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.