13-letter words containing m, y, o, p
- psychodynamic — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- psychometrics — the measurement of mental traits, abilities, and processes.
- psychomimetic — psychotomimetic.
- psychosomatic — of or relating to a physical disorder that is caused by or notably influenced by emotional factors.
- psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
- pycnoconidium — a pycnidiospore
- pyrheliometer — an instrument for measuring the total intensity of the sun's energy radiation.
- quaterpolymer — A copolymer derived from four species of monomer.
- re-employment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
- self-employed — earning one's living directly from one's own profession or business, as a freelance writer or artist, rather than as an employee earning salary or commission from another.
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- sigmoidoscopy — an examination by means of a sigmoidoscope.
- somatopsychic — of or relating to the effects of the body on the mind.
- spasmodically — given to or characterized by bursts of excitement.
- specimen copy — a copy of a document regarded as typical of that type of document
- spectinomycin — an antibiotic drug, C 1 4 H 2 4 N 2 O 7 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces spectabilis, used in the treatment of susceptible gonorrhea.
- spermatophyte — any of the Spermatophyta, a primary division or group of plants comprising those that bear seeds.
- sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
- spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
- spoils system — the system or practice in which public offices with their emoluments and advantages are at the disposal of the victorious party for its own purposes.
- stock company — Finance. a company or corporation whose capital is divided into shares represented by stock.
- stomatoplasty — plastic surgery of the mouth or the cervix.
- stormy petrel — the British storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean.
- subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
- supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
- supermotility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- sympathectomy — surgery that interrupts a nerve pathway of the sympathetic or involuntary nervous system.
- sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- symphysiotomy — a surgical procedure to facilitate labour
- sympiesometer — a barometer using a gas, rather than a vacuum, to measure pressure
- synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- t-stop system — a system of stops calibrated by T numbers.
- take-home pay — the amount of salary remaining after deductions, as of taxes, have been made.
- tapestry moth — carpet moth.
- tempestuously — characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.
- temporizingly — in a yielding manner
- thermotherapy — treatment of disease by means of moist or dry heat.
- token payment — a small payment binding an agreement or acknowledging a debt.
- tompot blenny — a variety of blenny (Parablennius gattorugine), with tentacles over its eyes
- topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
- trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
- tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
- tympanoplasty — reconstruction of the eardrum and the bones of the middle ear.
- underemployed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
- unpromisingly — in a manner that is not showing any promise of favourable development or future success
- upon my soul! — an exclamation of surprise