13-letter words containing n, u, m, s
- outdoorswomen — Plural form of outdoorswoman.
- outsettlement — a distant or remote settlement.
- pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
- pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
- 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.
- paramenstruum — the four days before and first four days of menstruation
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- perimenopause — the period leading up to the menopause during which some of the symptoms associated with menopause may be experienced
- platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
- plenum system — a type of air-conditioning system in which air is passed into a room at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure
- plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
- plus or minus — You use plus or minus to give the amount by which a particular number may vary.
- pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
- poison sumach — an anacardiaceous swamp shrub, Rhus (or Toxicodendron) vernix of the southeastern US, that has greenish-white berries and causes an itching rash on contact with the skin
- 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.
- post-consumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
- postcommunion — the part of a communion service that follows after the congregation has received communion.
- postliminious — subsequently undertaken
- postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- premenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
- presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
- pro-communist — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
- prolegomenous — prefatory; preliminary; introductory.
- protanomalous — of, relating to, or affected by protanomaly
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- pusillanimity — the state or condition of being pusillanimous; timidity; cowardliness.
- pusillanimous — lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
- quantum state — the condition in which a physical system exists, usually described by a wave function or a set of quantum numbers.
- queen's metal — any of several alloys containing antimony and tin and resembling britannia metal
- question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
- question time — a time set aside in a session during which members of a parliament may question a minister or ministers regarding state affairs.
- quindicessima — (music) Two octaves higher. Marking indicates a passage to be transposed up two octaves. Abbreviation: 15ma.
- quinquagesima — the Sunday before Lent; Shrove Sunday.
- quinquenniums — Plural form of quinquennium.
- re-submitting — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
- 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.
- reimbursement — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
- remeasurement — the process of measuring again
- republicanism — republican government.
- 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.
- revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.
- revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
- rhesus monkey — animal: macaque
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.