13-letter words containing m, e, r, n, p, t
- patent hammer — a hammer for dressing stone, having a head with two faces formed of a number of broad, thin chisels bolted side by side.
- pattern maker — someone who creates plans or diagrams used as a guide in making something
- patternmaking — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
- payment terms — the terms or conditions concerning the payment of something
- pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
- penthemimeral — (of a caesura) occurring after the first penthemimer of a poetic line, i.e. in the middle of the third foot
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
- permanent set — the change in shape of a material that results when the load to which it is subjected causes the elastic limit to be exceeded and is then removed
- permanent way — the roadbed and track of a railroad.
- phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
- pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
- phenmetrazine — a compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO, used chiefly to control the appetite in the treatment of obesity.
- plant hormone — an organic chemical, as auxin, produced by plant cells and functioning at various sites to regulate growth, turning, metabolic processes, etc.
- pneumatograph — pneumograph.
- pneumatometer — an instrument for measuring either the quantity of air inhaled or exhaled during a single inspiration or expiration or the force of inspiration or expiration.
- pneumatophore — Botany. a specialized structure developed from the root in certain plants growing in swamps and marshes, serving as a respiratory organ.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- porte-monnaie — a purse or pocketbook
- post-consumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- 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.
- potentiometer — a device for measuring electromotive force or potential difference by comparison with a known voltage.
- praetorianism — the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
- pre-agreement — the act of agreeing or of coming to a mutual arrangement.
- pre-eminently — Pre-eminently means to a very great extent.
- pre-mentioned — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- pre-migration — the process or act of migrating.
- pre-placement — the act of an employment office or employer in filling a position.
- preadmonition — a forewarning, premonition; the act of admonishing in advance
- preattachment — an act of attaching or the state of being attached.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- precommitment — the act of committing.
- predetermined — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
- predeterminer — a member of a subclass of English adjectival words, often quantitative in meaning, that may be placed before an article or other determiner, as all in all the paintings or half in half her salary.
- 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.
- predominating — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- preemployment — being required or accomplished before an employee begins a new job: a preemployment medical exam.
- prefigurement — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
- premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
- premeditation — an act or instance of premeditating.
- premonishment — a forewarning
- premonitorily — in a premonitory manner