13-letter words containing m, e, l, n
- outmanipulate — to surpass in manipulation
- outsettlement — a distant or remote settlement.
- overallotment — (finance) A greenshoe option.
- overemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- overland mail — a government mail service, started in 1848, for sending mail from the Mississippi to the Far West.
- oxyhemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- oxymetazoline — a sympathomimetic drug, C 1 6 H 2 4 N 2 O, used as a topical, long-lasting nasal decongestant.
- paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- 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.
- paralipomenon — Chronicles.
- parental home — a school for problem children.
- parliamentary — of or relating to a parliament or any of its members.
- parliamenting — parliamentary debating
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- penicillamine — a chelating agent, C 5 H 1 1 NO 2 S, produced by the degradation of penicillin, used in the treatment of severe rheumatoid arthritis and in heavy metal poisoning.
- penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
- penthemimeral — (of a caesura) occurring after the first penthemimer of a poetic line, i.e. in the middle of the third foot
- penultimately — in penultimate position; lastly except for one
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- persian melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
- phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
- phenomenalism — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- phenomenality — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phenomenalize — to regard or interpret as a phenomenon.
- phenomenology — the study of phenomena.
- phenylmethane — toluene.
- philhellenism — a friend or supporter of the Greeks.
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- 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 engine — an engine that generates thrust by reaction to the emission of a jet of plasma
- plasma screen — A plasma screen is a type of thin television screen or computer screen that produces high-quality images.
- 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.
- plenum system — a type of air-conditioning system in which air is passed into a room at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure
- plimsoll line — load line (def 1).
- 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
- polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
- pomme blanche — breadroot.
- pompton lakes — a town in NE New Jersey.
- 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-eminently — Pre-eminently means to a very great extent.
- pre-placement — the act of an employment office or employer in filling a position.
- 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.