13-letter words containing n, m, p
- palmification — the fertilization of date palms artificially
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- pan-germanism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all the German peoples in a single political organization or state.
- pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
- panaesthetism — the belief that consciousness may be present in all matter
- pancreatotomy — incision of the pancreas.
- pangrammatist — a writer of pangrams
- panharmonicon — a mechanical instrument that imitates orchestral sounds
- panradiometer — an instrument used for measuring radiant heat independently of wavelength
- 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.
- paraffin lamp — a lamp which is fuelled by paraffin
- paralipomenon — Chronicles.
- paramagnetism — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- paramenstruum — the four days before and first four days of menstruation
- paranormality — the state of being paranormal
- parental home — a school for problem children.
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- parking meter — a mechanical device for registering and collecting payment for the length of time that a vehicle occupies a parking space, consisting typically of a timer, actuated by a coin that a driver deposits upon parking, set in a headpiece mounted on a pole.
- parliamentary — of or relating to a parliament or any of its members.
- parliamenting — parliamentary debating
- partitionment — the act or fact of being partitioned
- party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
- party manners — polite behaviour
- passementerie — trimming of braid, cord, bead, etc., in any of various forms.
- patch pumpkin — pumpkin
- patent hammer — a hammer for dressing stone, having a head with two faces formed of a number of broad, thin chisels bolted side by side.
- pathognomonic — Medicine/Medical. characteristic or diagnostic of a specific disease: a pathognomonic sign of pneumonia.
- pattern maker — someone who creates plans or diagrams used as a guide in making something
- patternmaking — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
- pavement café — part of a café which is outdoors or on the pavement or sidewalk
- payment terms — the terms or conditions concerning the payment of something
- peace of mind — reassurance
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
- penicillamine — a chelating agent, C 5 H 1 1 NO 2 S, produced by the degradation of penicillin, used in the treatment of severe rheumatoid arthritis and in heavy metal poisoning.
- penicilliform — in the shape of a pencil or paintbrush
- pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- penthemimeral — (of a caesura) occurring after the first penthemimer of a poetic line, i.e. in the middle of the third foot
- penultimately — in penultimate position; lastly except for one
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
- perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
- perimenopause — the period leading up to the menopause during which some of the symptoms associated with menopause may be experienced
- permanent set — the change in shape of a material that results when the load to which it is subjected causes the elastic limit to be exceeded and is then removed
- permanent way — the roadbed and track of a railroad.
- 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
- pham van dong — 1906–2000, Vietnamese political leader: prime minister of North Vietnam 1955–76 and of unified Vietnam 1976–86.
- phantasmagory — phantasmagoria.
- phantasmality — the condition or character of being incorporeal and illusory