13-letter words containing m, i, s, p, o
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- nymphomaniacs — Plural form of nymphomaniac.
- olympic games — international sports event
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- omnipresently — In an omnipresent manner.
- one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- onomatopoeias — Plural form of onomatopoeia.
- optic chiasma — a site at the base of the forebrain where the inner half of the fibers of the left and right optic nerves cross to the opposite side of the brain.
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- optimizations — Plural form of optimization.
- organotropism — Physiology. the attraction of microorganisms or chemical substances to particular organs or tissues of the body.
- over-promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overemphasise — (British) alternative spelling of overemphasize.
- overemphasize — to emphasize excessively.
- overimpressed — very impressed
- paedomorphism — the continuation of juvenile characteristics in the adult stage
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
- papillomatous — a benign tumor of the skin or mucous membrane consisting of hypertrophied epithelial tissue, as a wart.
- 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).
- pathomorphism — abnormal morphology.
- pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
- pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
- perimenopause — the period leading up to the menopause during which some of the symptoms associated with menopause may be experienced
- persian melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
- 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
- photochromism — the reversible transformation of something's colour due to exposure to electromagnetic radiation such as sunlight
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- photoemission — photoelectric effect.
- physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
- physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
- physiognomies — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.
- pianississimo — (of a piece of music) to be played even more quietly or softly than pianissimo; abbreviated as ppp
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- piroplasmosis — babesiosis.
- pistol shrimp — any common shrimp of the family Alphaeidae, distinguished by the snapping sound made by its enlarged claw.
- plagiostomous — plagiostome
- plagiotropism — plagiotropic tendency or growth.
- plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- plimsoll line — load line (def 1).
- plimsoll mark — load-line mark.
- plus or minus — You use plus or minus to give the amount by which a particular number may vary.