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13-letter words containing p, i, n, e

  • linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
  • little prince — an allegorical fantasy (1943) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
  • loblolly pine — a coniferous tree, Pinus taeda, of the southeastern U.S., having bundles of stout often twisted needles and blackish-gray bark.
  • locking piece — (in a striking train) a hooked part, rising and falling on a locking plate and arresting the rotation of the plate after the proper number of strokes.
  • locking plate — a narrow wheel geared to a striking train or other mechanism and having a notched rim engaging with another mechanism permitting it to rotate through a specific arc.
  • loebner prize — (artificial intelligence)   An annual competition in artificial intelligence started by Dr. Hugh Loebner of New York City in 1991. A $100,000 prize is offered to the author of the first computer program to pass an unrestricted Turing test. Annual competitions are held each year with a $2000 prize for the best program on a restricted Turing test. Sponsors of previous competitions include: Apple Computer, Computerland, Crown Industries, GDE Systems, IBM Personal Computer Company's Center for Natural Computing, Greenwich Capital Markets, Motorola, the National Science Foundation, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and The Weingart Foundation. The 1995 and 1996 events were unrestricted Turing Tests, requiring computer entries to converse indefinitely with no topic restrictions. So far, even the best programs give themselves away almost immediately, either by simple grammatical mistakes or by repetition. Complete transcripts and IBM compatible diskettes that play the 1991, 1992, and 1993 conversations in real-time are available for purchase from the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies (telephone: +1 (617) 491 9020, Fax: 1072). Sponsorship opportunities are available.
  • longleaf pine — an American pine, Pinus palustris, valued as a source of turpentine and for its timber.
  • lunar eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • lymphopoietin — (protein) A cytokine protein that has a function in T cell maturation.
  • magnetic pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
  • magnetic tape — strip sensitive to electromagnets
  • magnetic-tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
  • magnetooptics — the branch of physics that deals with magnetooptic phenomena.
  • maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
  • mainz psalter — a book printed by Johannes Gutenberg: thought by some to be the first book printed from movable type.
  • make position — the situation in which a short vowel may be regarded as long, that is, when it occurs before two or more consonants
  • manipulatable — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
  • manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
  • maritime pine — cluster pine.
  • marlinespikes — Plural form of marlinespike.
  • married print — composite print.
  • masking piece — a flat, curtain, or other piece of scenery for concealing a part of a stage from the audience.
  • maternity pay — the pay a woman receives from her work during her absence immediately before and after childbirth
  • mean-spirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
  • measuring cup — a graduated cup used especially in cooking for measuring ingredients.
  • medicine shop — (in Malaysia) a Chinese chemist's shop where traditional herbs are sold as well as modern drugs. It is not, however, a dispensary for prescribed medicines
  • meeting place — A meeting place is a place where people meet.
  • megalopolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
  • megasporangia — a sporangium containing megaspores.
  • melting point — the temperature at which a solid substance melts or fuses.
  • merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
  • mesencephalic — Anatomy. the midbrain.
  • mesne profits — rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
  • metanephridia — Plural form of metanephridium.
  • metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
  • metenkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
  • metering pump — A metering pump is a device used to pump precise amounts of liquids over a period of time.
  • metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
  • mexican apple — a tropical American tree, Casimiroa edulis, of the rue family, having greenish, inconspicuous flowers and tomatolike fleshy fruit that is yellow on the inside and gray or yellowish-green on the outside.
  • mexican poppy — any tropical American poppy of the genus Argemone, especially A. mexicana (Mexican poppy) having prickly pods and leaves and yellow or white, poppylike flowers.
  • micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
  • microperation — (processor)   An elementary operation performed on data stored in registers or in memory. Microperations are classified as transfer, arithmetic, logic, or shift/rotate.
  • micropuncture — the puncture of a cell, renal tubule, etc., by a laser beam or micropipette
  • midi-pyrénées — a region of SW France: consists of N slopes of the Pyrenees in the south, a fertile lowland area in the west crossed by the River Garonne, and the edge of the Massif Central in the north and east
  • milk saucepan — a type of small saucepan often used for heating milk
  • mimeographing — Present participle of mimeograph.
  • mindanao deep — an area in the Pacific Ocean W of the Philippines: one of deepest points in any ocean. 34,440 feet (10,497 meters).
  • mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
  • mineral pitch — asphalt.
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