13-letter words containing p, o, t, a, m, l
- malabsorption — faulty absorption of nutritive material from the intestine.
- maladaptation — incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation.
- malapropistic — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- maldeployment — the inefficient use of resources or an instance of such
- mammoplasties — Plural form of mammoplasty.
- manipulations — Plural form of manipulation.
- mansplanation — Also called mansplanation [man-spluh-ney-shuh n] /ˌmæn spləˈneɪ ʃən/ (Show IPA). such an explanation given to someone, usually a woman.
- 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.
- megalopolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
- mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
- merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
- metallic soap — any usually water-insoluble salt formed by the interaction of a fatty acid and a metal, especially lead or aluminum: used chiefly as a drier in paints and varnishes and for waterproofing textiles.
- metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
- metallophones — Plural form of metallophone.
- metencephalon — the anterior section of the hindbrain, comprising the cerebellum and pons.
- methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- microparticle — An extremely small particle.
- microplankton — plankton visible as individual organisms only with the aid of a microscope, which excludes most animal plankton.
- military coup — a coup organized and carried out by members of the armed forces
- minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- monophthongal — (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a monophthong.
- 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.
- mount palomar — Mount, a mountain in S California, NE of San Diego: site of observatory. 6126 feet (1867 meters) high.
- multihospital — comprising or relating to several hospitals
- multiplatform — Compatible with or involving more than one type of computer or operating system.
- multipolarity — The condition of being multipolar.
- multitemporal — (music) Having multiple tempos.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- 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.
- non-compliant — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
- non-imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- noncompatible — Not compatible.
- nondiplomatic — not diplomatic or related to diplomacy
- omoplatoscopy — Divination by use of a shoulder blade.
- onomatopoeial — (obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.
- ophthalmology — the branch of medical science dealing with the anatomy, functions, and diseases of the eye.
- opthalmoscope — Misspelling of ophthalmoscope.
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- outmanipulate — to surpass in manipulation
- palaeoclimate — the climate of a prehistoric age
- paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- palm off with — If you say that you are palmed off with a lie or an excuse, you are annoyed because you are told something in order to stop you asking any more questions.
- palmification — the fertilization of date palms artificially
- papillomatous — a benign tumor of the skin or mucous membrane consisting of hypertrophied epithelial tissue, as a wart.