13-letter words containing m, e, n, s
- philhellenism — a friend or supporter of the Greeks.
- photoemission — photoelectric effect.
- physiognomies — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- 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
- 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.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- points system — a system used to assess applicants' eligibility for local authority housing, based on (points awarded for) such factors as the length of time the applicant has lived in the area, how many children are in the family, etc
- polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
- pompton lakes — a town in NE New Jersey.
- post feminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
- post-consumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- post-feminism — a way of thinking that develops, or reacts to or against previous feminist ideology
- post-feminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
- postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
- postemergence — occurring or applied after emergence of a plant from the soil and before full growth: postemergence frost.
- postemergency — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after an emergency
- postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- postmodernism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the dogma, principles, or practices of established modernism, especially a movement in architecture and the decorative arts running counter to the practice and influence of the International Style and encouraging the use of elements from historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity.
- postmodernist — relating to late 20th-century art movement
- posttreatment — an act or manner of treating.
- praetorianism — the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- preliminaries — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- premenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
- premonishment — a forewarning
- presettlement — the act or state of settling or the state of being settled.
- presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
- pretermission — to let pass without notice; disregard.
- primary tense — in Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, a tense referring to present or future time
- primitiveness — being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, especially in an early age of the world: primitive forms of life.
- prison inmate — a person who is confined in a prison
- privateersman — an officer or sailor of a privateer.
- prolegomenous — prefatory; preliminary; introductory.
- promised land — Heaven.
- protectionism — Economics. the theory, practice, or system of fostering or developing domestic industries by protecting them from foreign competition through duties or quotas imposed on importations.
- protestantism — the religion of Protestants.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
- quantum state — the condition in which a physical system exists, usually described by a wave function or a set of quantum numbers.
- queen's metal — any of several alloys containing antimony and tin and resembling britannia metal
- question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.