14-letter words containing p, e, r, i, m, t
- hyperpigmented — Afflicted with hyperpigmentation.
- hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- impact printer — (printer) The earlier, noisier kind of printer where part of the mechanism comes into contact with the paper. The term would only be only used in contrast to "non-impact printer". Examples include line printer, daisy wheel printer, golf ball printer, dot matrix printer, Braille printer.
- imparidigitate — having an odd number of fingers on each limb
- imperativeness — absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
- impermeability — not permeable; impassable.
- impersonations — Plural form of impersonation.
- imperturbation — freedom from perturbation; tranquillity; calmness.
- imperviability — the quality of being imperviable
- import licence — a government-issued document that authorizes the importation of goods into its country
- impoverishment — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- impregnability — strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
- impressibility — The quality of being impressible.
- impressionists — Plural form of impressionist.
- improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
- improvvisatore — an improvisator, especially a person who extemporizes verse.
- income support — welfare payment to low earners
- inter-epidemic — Also, epidemical. (of a disease) affecting many persons at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent.
- intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- interpretivism — Antipositivism.
- kapellmeisters — Plural form of kapellmeister.
- kelyphitic rim — a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock, formed by reaction of the interned mineral with the surrounding rock
- kinematic pair — pair1 (def 10).
- knight templar — Templar.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- magnetic strip — a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- make-up artist — sb: applies performers' cosmetics
- malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
- malappropriate — inappropriate
- map projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
- masterplanning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- mauritius hemp — a tropical American plant, Furcraea foetida, having large, fleshy leaves, cultivated as a source of a hemplike fiber.
- mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
- metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
- metamorphizing — Present participle of metamorphize.
- metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metamorphosise — (UK, nonstandard) To metamorphose.
- metamorphosize — (US, nonstandard) To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose.
- metanephridium — (anatomy) A vasiform excretory gland observed in invertebrates, such as annelids, arthropods and molluscs.
- metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaphosphoric — applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid
- metapragmatics — Language that characterizes or describes the pragmatic function of some speech.
- metoclopramide — a white crystalline substance, C 1 4 H 2 2 ClN 3 O 2 , used primarily in the symptomatic treatment of certain upper gastrointestinal tract problems, and as an antiemetic.
- metrical psalm — a translation of one of the psalms into rhyming strict-metre verse usually sung as a hymn
- metropolitical — metropolitan
- microcomponent — a hi-fi component considerably smaller than a minicomponent and much smaller than a standard-size component.
- microcomputers — Plural form of microcomputer.
- microparasites — Plural form of microparasite.