11-letter words containing m, i, a, s, p
- plasminogen — the blood substance that when activated forms plasmin.
- plasmolysis — contraction of the protoplasm in a living cell when water is removed by exosmosis.
- plebeianism — belonging or pertaining to the common people.
- pleinairism — pertaining to a manner or style of painting developed chiefly in France in the mid-19th century, characterized by the representation of the luminous effects of natural light and atmosphere as contrasted with the artificial light and absence of the sense of air or atmosphere associated with paintings produced in the studio.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- postmarital — occurring, effective, or provided after marriage
- postprimary — of or relating to education after primary school
- pre-islamic — existing prior to the ascendancy of Islam; pre-Muslim.
- pre-seminal — released before semen is ejaculated
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- preemphasis — a process of increasing the amplitude of certain frequencies relative to others in a signal in order to help them override noise, complemented by deemphasis before final reproduction of the signal being received.
- primariness — the state of being primary
- primateship — primacy (def 2).
- primiparous — a woman who has borne but one child or who is parturient for the first time.
- prison camp — a camp for the confinement of prisoners of war or political prisoners.
- prison farm — a farm attached to a prison, where prisoners carry out hard labour
- probabilism — Philosophy. the doctrine, introduced by the Skeptics, that certainty is impossible and that probability suffices to govern faith and practice.
- prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronominals — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
- prostomiate — having a prostomium.
- protagonism — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
- prussianism — the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians.
- psammophile — a plant or animal that thrives in sand
- psilomelane — a common mineral consisting of a mixture of pyrolusite and other oxides of manganese, usually found in black, rounded masses: an ore of manganese.
- pumpstation — A pumpstation is a place with pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.
- re-emphasis — special stress laid upon, or importance attached to, anything: The president's statement gave emphasis to the budgetary crisis.
- reemphasize — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- rising damp — moisture problem affecting walls
- salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
- scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
- scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
- scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
- seismic gap — the part of an active fault that has experienced little or no seismic activity for a long period, indicating the buildup of stresses that are useful in predicting earthquakes.
- seismograph — any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.
- semipalmate — partially or imperfectly palmate, as a bird's foot; half-webbed.
- semiplastic — imperfectly plastic; in a state between rigidity and plasticity.
- semipopular — relatively popular; quite popular
- semiprivate — having some degree of privacy but not fully private, as a hospital room with fewer beds than a ward.
- sempiternal — everlasting; eternal.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
- septicaemia — the invasion and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood-stream.
- showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
- siphonogamy — a mode of pollination in which pollen tubes develop to facilitate the passage of male cells to eggs
- small print — text typewritten in a small-sized font
- sparagmatic — denoting a type of Precambrian rock found in Scandinavia
- spasmolysis — the relaxation or relief of muscle spasm.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.