13-letter words containing m, i, a, s, p
- overemphasize — to emphasize excessively.
- paedomorphism — the continuation of juvenile characteristics in the adult stage
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- pan-germanism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all the German peoples in a single political organization or state.
- pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
- panaesthetism — the belief that consciousness may be present in all matter
- pangrammatist — a writer of pangrams
- 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.
- papillomatous — a benign tumor of the skin or mucous membrane consisting of hypertrophied epithelial tissue, as a wart.
- paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
- 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.
- parameterised — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- paramyxovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses that are similar to but larger than the myxoviruses, including the viruses that cause mumps, measles, parainfluenza, and Newcastle disease.
- parasitoidism — the feeding by certain insect larvae on host tissues such that the host remains alive until larval development is complete and then usually dies.
- parasymbiosis — the symbiotic relationship that occurs between certain species of fungi and lichens (which are themselves symbiotic associations between a fungus and an alga)
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- parma heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- particularism — exclusive attention or devotion to one's own particular interests, party, etc.
- 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.
- pathomorphism — abnormal morphology.
- pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
- pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- perimenopause — the period leading up to the menopause during which some of the symptoms associated with menopause may be experienced
- peripheralism — the explanation of psychological events emphasizing peripheral human functions, as those of skeletal muscles or the sex organs, rather than cognition or other processes of the central nervous system.
- persian melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
- phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
- phantasmality — the condition or character of being incorporeal and illusory
- pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
- phase diagram — a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.
- phenomenalism — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- phonocamptics — the branch of acoustics dealing with echoes
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
- pianississimo — (of a piece of music) to be played even more quietly or softly than pianissimo; abbreviated as ppp
- pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- pilaster mass — an engaged pier, usually plain, used as a buttress.
- piroplasmosis — babesiosis.
- plagiostomous — plagiostome
- plagiotropism — plagiotropic tendency or growth.
- plasma engine — an engine that generates thrust by reaction to the emission of a jet of plasma
- plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
- 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.
- plimsoll mark — load-line mark.
- 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.