13-letter words containing p, a, e
- mise en place — (in a restaurant kitchen) the preparation of equipment and food before service begins
- mispersuasion — a false or mistaken persuasion
- misshapenness — Quality of being misshapen.
- moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
- monophosphate — a salt containing only one phosphate group.
- monotherapies — Plural form of monotherapy.
- monterey park — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- moose pasture — land considered to be worthless, esp when lacking in extractable mineral deposits
- morning paper — a paper published the night before for distribution in the morning (as opposed to an evening paper)
- morphemically — By means of, or in terms, of morphemes.
- morphographer — a person who scientifically describes form
- mountain pine — a European pine tree which grows on mountains
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- moustache cup — mustache cup.
- multicapitate — having multiple or many heads
- multimedia pc — multimedia
- multiparticle — comprising or involving several particles
- multiple star — three or more stars lying close together in the celestial sphere and usually united in a single gravitational system.
- multiplicable — capable of being multiplied.
- multiplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of multiplicate.
- multispectral — (of an airborne camera or scanner) capable of sensing and recording radiation from invisible as well as visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- multitemporal — (music) Having multiple tempos.
- municipalized — Simple past tense and past participle of municipalize.
- murder weapon — the weapon that was used in a murder
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- n'est-ce pas? — isn't that so?
- nail clippers — tool for cutting finger- and toenails
- name-dropping — the introduction into one's conversation, letters, etc., of the names of famous or important people as alleged friends or associates in order to impress others.
- nanocomposite — Denoting a composite material that has a grain size measured in nanometers.
- nanoparticles — Plural form of nanoparticle.
- naphthylamine — (organic compound) Either of two isomeric primary amines derived from naphthalene; they occur in crude oil, and are used in the preparation of dyes and other compounds.
- naples yellow — a yellow pigment, used by artists; lead antimonate
- nasopharynges — Plural form of nasopharynx.
- natural slope — the maximum angle at which soil will lie in a bank without slipping
- ne plus ultra — the highest point; acme.
- neck and crop — completely; entirely
- necktie party — a lynching or other execution by hanging.
- necrophiliacs — Plural form of necrophiliac.
- negative pole — the south-seeking pole of a magnet
- neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
- neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
- neocapitalist — a person who advocates neocapitalism
- neoencephalon — neencephalon.
- neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- nephrological — of or relating to nephrology
- nephropathies — Plural form of nephropathy.