13-letter words containing m, e, t, a, p, s
- metamorphosis — Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis.
- metaphosphate — a salt or ester of metaphosphoric acid.
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicist — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicize — to think, write, etc, metaphysically
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- microparasite — a parasitic microorganism.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- misappreciate — to fail to appreciate fully or properly
- moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
- 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.
- monophosphate — a salt containing only one phosphate group.
- monotherapies — Plural form of monotherapy.
- moose pasture — land considered to be worthless, esp when lacking in extractable mineral deposits
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- moustache cup — mustache cup.
- multiple star — three or more stars lying close together in the celestial sphere and usually united in a single gravitational system.
- multispectral — (of an airborne camera or scanner) capable of sensing and recording radiation from invisible as well as visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- nanocomposite — Denoting a composite material that has a grain size measured in nanometers.
- neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
- neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
- neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- onomatopoeias — Plural form of onomatopoeia.
- opthalmoscope — Misspelling of ophthalmoscope.
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
- panaesthetism — the belief that consciousness may be present in all matter
- 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.
- paramagnetism — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- paramenstruum — the four days before and first four days of menstruation
- parameterised — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- parma heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- party manners — polite behaviour
- passementerie — trimming of braid, cord, bead, etc., in any of various forms.
- past mistress — a woman who is thoroughly experienced or exceptionally skilled in a profession, art, etc.
- paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
- payment terms — the terms or conditions concerning the payment of something
- pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
- pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- 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
- phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
- pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
- pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
- pilaster mass — an engaged pier, usually plain, used as a buttress.
- plasmodesmata — any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.