13-letter words containing m, o, r, a, l, s
- montes claros — a city in E Brazil.
- moral compass — an internalized set of values and objectives that guide a person with regard to ethical behavior and decision-making: a rebellious teenager without a moral compass.
- moral support — emotional assistance, encouragement
- morse signals — signals encoded using the Morse Code
- multiorgasmic — Capable of multiple orgasms without a refractory period.
- multisectoral — Involving multiple sectors.
- musculospiral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; applied especially to a large nerve of the arm.
- muzzleloaders — Plural form of muzzleloader.
- myofibroblast — (cytology) A cell that is intermediate between a fibroblast and smooth muscle.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- nanomaterials — Plural form of nanomaterial.
- neoliberalism — an outgrowth of the U.S. liberal movement, beginning in the late 1960s, that modified somewhat its traditional endorsement of all trade unions and opposition to big business and military buildup.
- neosurrealism — a revival of the 20th-century surrealism movement in art, especially painting and sculpture, depicting the imagery of dreams and the subconscious mind.
- nervomuscular — (physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
- neurilemmomas — Plural form of neurilemmoma.
- neuroblastoma — a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.
- neuromuscular — pertaining to or affecting both nerves and muscles.
- nomenclatures — Plural form of nomenclature.
- non-racialism — racism.
- nonmeasurable — capable of being measured.
- normal school — (formerly) a school offering a two-year course and certification to high-school graduates preparing to be teachers, especially elementary-school teachers.
- normal series — a collection of subgroups of a given group so arranged that the first subgroup is the identity, the last subgroup is the group itself, and each subgroup is a normal subgroup of the succeeding subgroup.
- normalisation — Alternative form of normalization.
- olfactometers — Plural form of olfactometer.
- orismological — relating to orismology
- ornamentalism — the desire or tendency to feature ornament in the design of buildings, interiors, furnishings, etc.
- ornamentalist — A person who ornaments.
- osmoregulator — Any organism that practices osmoregulation.
- overstimulate — to stimulate too much
- persian melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- piroplasmosis — babesiosis.
- place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
- plagiotropism — plagiotropic tendency or growth.
- plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
- platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
- pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- plimsoll mark — load-line mark.
- 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
- polysomnogram — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
- popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
- portal system — a vascular arrangement in which blood from the capillaries of one organ is transported to the capillaries of another organ by a connecting vein or veins.
- postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- premenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- primatologist — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- problem state — IBM jargon for user mode, the opposite of "supervisor state". On IBM System 360, 370 and 390 mainframes privileged instructions may only be executed in "supervisor state". Application programs request the operating system to perform these operations by using the Supervisor Call (SVC) instruction.
- promised land — Heaven.