13-letter words containing p, o, r, i, s, m
- persian melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
- photochromism — the reversible transformation of something's colour due to exposure to electromagnetic radiation such as sunlight
- physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- piroplasmosis — babesiosis.
- pistol shrimp — any common shrimp of the family Alphaeidae, distinguished by the snapping sound made by its enlarged claw.
- plagiotropism — plagiotropic tendency or growth.
- plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
- plimsoll mark — load-line mark.
- plus or minus — You use plus or minus to give the amount by which a particular number may vary.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
- polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
- polyribosomal — relating to a polyribosome
- pommes frites — French fries
- pons asinorum — a geometric proposition that if a triangle has two of its sides equal, the angles opposite these sides are also equal: so named from the difficulty experienced by beginners in mastering it. Euclid, 1:5.
- popular music — music having wide appeal, esp characterized by lightly romantic or sentimental melodies
- post meridiem — p.m.
- post-cambrian — Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from 570 million to 500 million years ago, when algae and marine invertebrates were the predominant form of life.
- post-marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
- postmodernism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the dogma, principles, or practices of established modernism, especially a movement in architecture and the decorative arts running counter to the practice and influence of the International Style and encouraging the use of elements from historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity.
- postmodernist — relating to late 20th-century art movement
- posttraumatic — occurring after physical or psychological trauma.
- praetorianism — the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
- premonishment — a forewarning
- presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
- pretermission — to let pass without notice; disregard.
- primatologist — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- primrose path — a way of life devoted to irresponsible hedonism, often of a sensual nature: The evangelist exhorted us to avoid the primrose path and stick to the straight and narrow.
- prism diopter — a unit of prismatic deviation, in which the number one represents a prism that deflects a beam of light a distance of one centimeter on a plane placed normal to the initial direction of the beam and one meter away from the prism.
- prison inmate — a person who is confined in a prison
- pro-communist — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
- program music — music intended to convey an impression of a definite series of images, scenes, or events.
- progressivism — the principles and practices of progressives.
- promiscuously — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
- promised land — Heaven.
- promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
- protectionism — Economics. the theory, practice, or system of fostering or developing domestic industries by protecting them from foreign competition through duties or quotas imposed on importations.
- protestantism — the religion of Protestants.
- proverbialism — a proverbial expression
- provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
- psychometrics — the measurement of mental traits, abilities, and processes.
- psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
- radio compass — a radio receiver with a directional antenna for determining the bearing of the receiver from a radio transmitter.
- recomposition — to compose again; reconstitute; rearrange.
- recompression — the act or process of compressing something again