13-letter words containing p, r, e, s, u
- mass spectrum — a spectrum of charged particles, arranged in order of mass or mass-to-charge ratios.
- measure up to — to fulfil (expectations, standards, etc)
- measuring cup — a graduated cup used especially in cooking for measuring ingredients.
- meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
- microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- mispersuasion — a false or mistaken persuasion
- mispronounced — Said wrongly.
- mispronounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mispronounce.
- moebius strip — Möbius strip
- moose pasture — land considered to be worthless, esp when lacking in extractable mineral deposits
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- mulier puisne — the legitimate son of parents whose first son was illegitimate.
- multiple star — three or more stars lying close together in the celestial sphere and usually united in a single gravitational system.
- multipresence — the quality or state of being multipresent
- multispectral — (of an airborne camera or scanner) capable of sensing and recording radiation from invisible as well as visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mussel shrimp — any of numerous tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans of the subclass Ostracoda, having a shrimplike body enclosed in a hinged bivalve shell.
- natural slope — the maximum angle at which soil will lie in a bank without slipping
- ne plus ultra — the highest point; acme.
- nerve impulse — a progressive wave of electric and chemical activity along a nerve fiber that stimulates or inhibits the action of a muscle, gland, or other nerve cell.
- neuropeptides — Plural form of neuropeptide.
- neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
- newgroup wars — /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [Usenet] The salvos of dueling "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or humour; e.g. the spinoff of alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork from alt.tv.muppets in early 1990, or any number of specialised abuse groups named after particularly notorious flamers, e.g. alt.weemba.
- nitroprusside — (inorganic chemistry) Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion.
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
- nurseryperson — A nurseryman or nurserywoman.
- ombudspersons — Plural form of ombudsperson.
- open universe — a model of the universe in which the universe expands forever because there is not enough mass to counteract the expansion by means of gravitational attraction.
- opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
- opportuneness — The state or condition of being opportune.
- opportunities — Plural form of opportunity.
- ostreophagous — oyster-eating
- outperformers — Plural form of outperformer.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- papaveraceous — belonging to the Papaveraceae, the poppy family of plants.
- paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
- paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
- paramenstruum — the four days before and first four days of menstruation
- parasexuality — parasexual behaviour
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- parsley sauce — a white sauce containing chopped parsley
- parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
- passe-partout — something that passes everywhere or provides a universal means of passage.
- pastry cutter — a cutter that is used to cut pastry into shapes