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13-letter words containing p, a, r, m, i

  • privy chamber — a private apartment in a royal residence.
  • problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • profit margin — the percentage that profit constitutes of total sales.
  • profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
  • progametangia — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
  • program music — music intended to convey an impression of a definite series of images, scenes, or events.
  • promised land — Heaven.
  • promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
  • promotability — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
  • pronominalize — to replace (a noun or noun phrase) with a pronoun.
  • protestantism — the religion of Protestants.
  • proto-elamite — the indigenous script of Elam, found on inscriptions and tablets from the fourth millennium b.c.
  • protoactinium — protactinium.
  • proverbialism — a proverbial expression
  • provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
  • prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
  • purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
  • pyrimethamine — a potent substance, C 1 2 H 1 3 ClN 4 , used against susceptible plasmodia in the prophylactic treatment of malaria and against Toxoplasma gondi in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.
  • radio compass — a radio receiver with a directional antenna for determining the bearing of the receiver from a radio transmitter.
  • ramapithecine — of or relating to an extinct hominoid of the genus Ramapithecus
  • reappointment — a fixed mutual agreement for a meeting; engagement: We made an appointment to meet again.
  • recompilation — the act of compiling: the compilation of documents.
  • recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • river lamprey — Lampetra fluviatilis; a jawless fish
  • scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
  • scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
  • semi-parasite — Biology. commonly parasitic but also capable of living on dead or decaying animal matter.
  • semi-tropical — Semi-tropical places have warm, wet air.
  • semiempirical — partly empirical
  • semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
  • semiparasitic — Biology. commonly parasitic but also capable of living on dead or decaying animal matter.
  • semipermanent — not quite permanent.
  • semipermeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • semiporcelain — any of several vitrified ceramic wares lacking the translucency or hardness of true porcelain but otherwise similar to it.
  • septempartite — separated into seven sections.
  • share premium — the excess of the amount actually subscribed for an issue of corporate capital over its par value
  • sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
  • shop chairman — a unionized employee elected to represent a shop, department, or the like, in dealings with an employer.
  • simplificator — a person who simplifies matters
  • sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
  • slipstreaming — Aeronautics. the airstream pushed back by a revolving aircraft propeller. Compare backwash (def 2), wash (def 31).
  • snap-brim hat — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
  • space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
  • spanish broom — a spiny, often leafless shrub, Genista hispanica, of the legume family, native to southern Europe, having clustered, golden-yellow flowers and hairy pods.
  • sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
  • spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
  • spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
  • spermatotoxic — spermotoxic.
  • spermatotoxin — spermotoxin.
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