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13-letter words containing m, r, s, a, l, p

  • matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
  • metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
  • microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
  • microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
  • microscopical — so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope: microscopic organisms. Compare macroscopic.
  • misappraisals — Plural form of misappraisal.
  • 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
  • multipartisan — Relating to or supported by multiple groups, especially by multiple political parties.
  • multipartyism — a political system in which two or more political parties contest elections
  • multiple star — three or more stars lying close together in the celestial sphere and usually united in a single gravitational system.
  • multispectral — (of an airborne camera or scanner) capable of sensing and recording radiation from invisible as well as visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • musculospiral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; applied especially to a large nerve of the arm.
  • myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
  • 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.
  • paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
  • particularism — exclusive attention or devotion to one's own particular interests, party, etc.
  • paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
  • plagiotropism — plagiotropic tendency or growth.
  • plasma screen — A plasma screen is a type of thin television screen or computer screen that produces high-quality images.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • premenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • proposal form — a form filled out by a person applying for insurance
  • protanomalous — of, relating to, or affected by protanomaly
  • proverbialism — a proverbial expression
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