13-letter words containing p, m, a
- monopotassium — (chemistry) monatomic potassium.
- monotherapies — Plural form of monotherapy.
- montauk point — the SE end of Long Island, in SE New York.
- 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
- moral compass — an internalized set of values and objectives that guide a person with regard to ethical behavior and decision-making: a rebellious teenager without a moral compass.
- moral support — emotional assistance, encouragement
- morality play — an allegorical form of the drama current from the 14th to 16th centuries and employing such personified abstractions as Virtue, Vice, Greed, Gluttony, etc.
- 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.
- morphinomania — an addiction to morphine or opium in which the addict secretly injects the substance
- morpho-syntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- morphographer — a person who scientifically describes form
- morphological — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- mount palomar — Mount, a mountain in S California, NE of San Diego: site of observatory. 6126 feet (1867 meters) high.
- mountain pass — a low point on a mountain that allows easy access to climbers
- 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
- multihospital — comprising or relating to several hospitals
- multimedia pc — multimedia
- multiparticle — comprising or involving several particles
- multipartisan — Relating to or supported by multiple groups, especially by multiple political parties.
- multipartyism — a political system in which two or more political parties contest elections
- multiplatform — Compatible with or involving more than one type of computer or operating system.
- multiplatinum — Denoting or relating to a musical recording that has sold more than two million copies.
- 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.
- multiplicands — Plural form of multiplicand.
- multiplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of multiplicate.
- multipolarity — The condition of being multipolar.
- 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
- musculospiral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; applied especially to a large nerve of the arm.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mutation stop — an organ pipe sounding the harmonic of the note normally produced
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- mycoplasmosis — a disease in animals and humans caused by mycoplasma
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- new hampshire — a state in the NE United States. 9304 sq. mi. (24,100 sq. km). Capital: Concord. Abbreviation: NH (for use with zip code), N.H.