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13-letter words containing m, l, i, s

  • 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 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.
  • pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
  • poliomyelitis — an acute viral disease, usually affecting children and young adults, caused by any of three polioviruses, characterized by inflammation of the motor neurons of the brain stem and spinal cord, and resulting in a motor paralysis, followed by muscular atrophy and often permanent deformities.
  • polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
  • polynomialism — a polynomial naming system
  • polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
  • polyribosomal — relating to a polyribosome
  • polysyllabism — a polysyllabic style or the use of multisyllabic words
  • polysyllogism — an argument made up of a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each being a premise of the one following, until the last one.
  • popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
  • postliminious — subsequently undertaken
  • pre-eclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
  • preliminaries — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
  • presumptively — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
  • primal scream — a scream uttered by a person undergoing primal therapy.
  • primatologist — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
  • prismatically — of, relating to, or like a prism.
  • promiscuously — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
  • promised land — Heaven.
  • proverbialism — a proverbial expression
  • provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • psammophilous — living or growing in sand
  • pusillanimity — the state or condition of being pusillanimous; timidity; cowardliness.
  • pusillanimous — lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
  • quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
  • quasi-medical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
  • quasimilitary — Having certain military aspects.
  • rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
  • raw materials — Raw materials are materials that are in their natural state, before they are processed or used in manufacturing.
  • ray tomlinson — (person)   An engineer at Bolt Beranek and Newman who, in July 1972 while designing the first[?] electronic mail program, chose the commercial at symbol "@" to separate the user name from the computer name.
  • re-enlistment — the act or state of being re-enlisted into the armed forces
  • released time — time or a period allotted to a teacher apart from normal duties for a special activity, as personal research.
  • reminiscently — awakening memories of something similar; suggestive (usually followed by of): His style of writing is reminiscent of Melville's.
  • replenishment — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation
  • resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • reversal film — film developed by the reversal process.
  • revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
  • rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
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