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13-letter words containing m, u, r, a, i

  • 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.
  • paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
  • particularism — exclusive attention or devotion to one's own particular interests, party, etc.
  • perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • perimenopause — the period leading up to the menopause during which some of the symptoms associated with menopause may be experienced
  • pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
  • pickup camper — camper (def 3).
  • picture frame — mount for a picture
  • platiniridium — a natural alloy composed chiefly of platinum and iridium.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
  • polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
  • pons asinorum — a geometric proposition that if a triangle has two of its sides equal, the angles opposite these sides are also equal: so named from the difficulty experienced by beginners in mastering it. Euclid, 1:5.
  • popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
  • posttraumatic — occurring after physical or psychological trauma.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
  • primary group — a group of individuals living in close, intimate, and personal relationship.
  • program music — music intended to convey an impression of a definite series of images, scenes, or events.
  • protoactinium — protactinium.
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
  • quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
  • quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.
  • quadrumvirate — a governing or managing group, coalition, or the like, of four persons.
  • quantity mark — a mark that is placed above a vowel or syllable to indicate its duration or length
  • quarter-miler — an athlete who specializes in running the quarter mile or the 400 metres
  • quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
  • quasimilitary — Having certain military aspects.
  • question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
  • radioactinium — the radioactive isotope of thorium having a mass number 227 and a half-life of 18.8 days. Symbol: RdAc, Th 227.
  • rambling club — a club for people who enjoy taking walks in the country
  • recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
  • reformulation — to formulate again.
  • regiomontanus — Friedrich Max [free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
  • rematriculate — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • requiem shark — any of numerous, chiefly tropical sharks of the family Carcharhinidae, including the tiger shark and soupfin shark.
  • 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.
  • rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
  • rhythm guitar — a guitar used to provide rhythm, particularly during a musical ensemble
  • ritual murder — a human sacrifice made to appease a deity.
  • rose geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium graveolens, cultivated for its fragrant, lobed or narrowly divided leaves.
  • rough diamond — gemstone: uncut diamond
  • rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
  • saint maurice — a river in S Quebec, Canada, flowing S and SE to the St. Lawrence River at Three Rivers: lower course in valley called La Mauricie. 325 miles (523 km) long.
  • sargassumfish — an olive-brown and black frogfish, Histrio histrio, inhabiting tropical Atlantic and western Pacific seas among floating sargassum weed.
  • scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
  • scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
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