13-letter words containing m, e, t, a, c
- photochemical — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
- phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
- pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
- picture frame — mount for a picture
- piece of meat — the flesh of animals as used for food.
- piezomagnetic — involving or relating to the production of a magnetic field by applying a mechanical stress to certain crystals
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- polycythaemia — an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by an increase in the number of red blood cells. It can occur as a primary disease of unknown cause (polycythaemia vera or erythraemia) or in association with respiratory or circulatory diseases
- postvasectomy — of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
- potomac fever — the determination or fervor to share in the power and prestige of the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., especially by being appointed or elected to a government position.
- potomac river — a river flowing SE from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, along the boundary between Maryland and Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay. 287 miles (460 km) long.
- practice exam — an informal examination taken as a preparation for an actual or formal examination
- practice game — any informal game (of sports, chess, etc) played as preparation for a real game
- pre christmas — the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
- pre-christmas — the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
- pre-eclamptic — a woman suffering from pre-eclampsia
- pre-placement — the act of an employment office or employer in filling a position.
- preattachment — an act of attaching or the state of being attached.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- predicamental — of or relating to a predicament or situation
- premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
- problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
- protest march — public demonstration
- quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
- ramapithecine — of or relating to an extinct hominoid of the genus Ramapithecus
- rapprochement — an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.
- re-admittance — permission or right to enter: admittance into the exhibit room.
- reacclimatize — to acclimatize or become acclimatized again
- reaccumulated — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
- reaction time — the interval between stimulation and response.
- reactionarism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- recombination — any of several processes by which genetic material of different origins becomes combined. It most commonly occurs between two sets of parental chromosomes during production of germ cells
- recompilation — the act of compiling: the compilation of documents.
- recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- recontaminate — to contaminate (an area, person, hands, etc) again
- recovery team — a team engaged in locating and retrieving bodies, cargo, etc, esp following a crash, explosion or natural disaster
- recrimination — the act of recriminating, or countercharging: Hope gave way to recrimination with both sides claiming the moral high ground.
- refractometer — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
- refractometry — an instrument for determining the refractive index of a substance.
- remand centre — correctional facility
- remanufacture — to refurbish (a used product) by renovating and reassembling its components: to remanufacture a vacuum cleaner.
- rematriculate — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
- remote access — Remote access is a system which allows you to gain access to a particular computer or network using a separate computer.
- romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- saccharimeter — an optical instrument for determining the strength of sugar solutions by measuring the rotation of the plane of polarized light they produce.
- saccharimetry — the process of measuring the amount of sugar in a sample, as with a saccharimeter or by polarimetry.