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13-letter words containing p, o, m, e, r

  • improvidently — In an improvident manner.
  • improvisatore — An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.
  • inter-company — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
  • interproximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
  • intertemporal — Describing any relationship between past, present and future events or conditions.
  • kerosene lamp — light fuelled by paraffin
  • kinematograph — cinematograph.
  • komi republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia: annexed by the princes of Moscow in the 14th century. Capital: Syktyvkar. Pop: 1 019 000 (2002). Area: 415 900 sq km (160 540 sq miles)
  • lepton number — in a process involving elementary particles, the total number of leptons minus the total number of antileptons.
  • lord temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
  • lump together — If a number of different people or things are lumped together, they are considered as a group rather than separately.
  • macrocephalic — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
  • macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
  • macroparasite — (biology) Any parasite that is visible to the naked eye.
  • madeira topaz — citrine (def 2).
  • magnetographs — Plural form of magnetograph.
  • magnetosphere — the outer region of the earth's ionosphere, where the earth's magnetic field controls the motion of charged particles, as in the Van Allen belts. Compare magnetopause.
  • mail exploder — (messaging)   Part of an electronic mail delivery system which allows a message to be delivered to a list of addresses. Mail exploders are used to implement mailing lists. Users send messages to a single address and the mail exploder takes care of delivery to the individual mailboxes in the list.
  • major penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player for five minutes from play, no substitute for the player being permitted.
  • major premise — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
  • major prophet — any of a group of Old Testament prophets, including Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel.
  • make sport of — to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
  • master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
  • matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
  • measure up to — to fulfil (expectations, standards, etc)
  • meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
  • megasporangia — a sporangium containing megaspores.
  • megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
  • melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
  • membranophone — any musical instrument, as a drum, in which the sound is produced by striking, rubbing, or blowing against a membrane stretched over a frame.
  • memorial park — cemetery.
  • mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
  • merleau-pontyMaurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
  • mesi protocol — (processor)   Modified, Exclusive, Shared, Invalid. A cache coherency protocol where each cache line is marked with one of the four states. The MESI protocol is used by the Pentium processor.
  • mesne profits — rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
  • metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
  • metamorphosed — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • metamorphoses — a series of mythological tales or legends in verse (a.d. 7–8) by Ovid.
  • metamorphosis — Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis.
  • metamorphotic — Of or relating to metamorphosis.
  • metaphoricity — The power of a metaphor.
  • methoxy group — the univalent group CH 3 O−.
  • methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
  • methylpropene — (organic compound) IUPAC name for isobutylene.
  • metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
  • mezzo soprano — a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
  • mezzo-soprano — a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
  • microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
  • microcephalia — Microcephaly.
  • microcephalic — having a head with a small braincase.
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