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11-letter words containing n, m, p

  • prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
  • programming — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
  • projectment — a design or projection
  • prolegomena — a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
  • prolongment — to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
  • promenading — a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
  • prominently — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
  • promisingly — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
  • promotional — advancement in rank or position.
  • pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
  • pronominals — Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb.
  • proper-name — Grammar. a noun that is used to denote a particular person, place, or thing, as Lincoln, Sarah, Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Hall.
  • propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
  • prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
  • protagonism — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
  • protanomaly — a defect of vision characterized by a diminished response of the retina to red.
  • prothrombin — a plasma protein involved in blood coagulation that on activation by factors in the plasma is converted to thrombin.
  • protonemata — a primary, usually filamentous structure produced by the germination of the spore in mosses and certain related plants, and from which the leafy plant which bears the sexual organs arises as a lateral or terminal shoot.
  • provokement — the act or instance of provoking
  • proximation — next; nearest; immediately before or after in order, place, occurrence, etc.
  • prussianism — the militaristic spirit, system, policy, or methods historically associated with the Prussians.
  • pseudomonad — any of various bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas
  • pseudomonas — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas, certain species of which are pathogenic for plants and animals.
  • psilomelane — a common mineral consisting of a mixture of pyrolusite and other oxides of manganese, usually found in black, rounded masses: an ore of manganese.
  • psychomancy — occult communication between souls or with spirits.
  • psychonomic — of or relating to psychonomics
  • publishment — publication.
  • pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
  • pulmonology — the branch of medical science concerned with the lungs and respiratory system and their diseases
  • pump-action — (of a shotgun or rifle) having an action that extracts the empty case, loads, and cocks the piece by means of a hand-operated lever that slides backward and forward; slide-action.
  • pumpkinhead — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
  • pumpkinseed — the seed of the pumpkin.
  • pumpstation — A pumpstation is a place with pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.
  • pure merino — a free settler rather than a convict
  • pure-minded — having a mind that is free from moral taint or defilement
  • put in mind — to remind
  • pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
  • rap jumping — the sport of descending high buildings, attached to ropes and a pulley
  • reimplement — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
  • repairwoman — a woman whose occupation is the making of repairs, readjustments, etc.
  • replacement — the act of replacing.
  • riding lamp — a light on a boat or ship showing that it is at anchor
  • rising damp — moisture problem affecting walls
  • rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
  • roman peace — the establishment and maintenance of peace by armed force.
  • roman punch — a lemon-water ice flavored with rum or other alcoholic beverage.
  • rompishness — the state or condition of being rompish
  • rumgumption — good sense
  • salmon pink — salmon (defs 4, 5).
  • samson post — a strong bitt or post at the bow or stern of a vessel.
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