13-letter words containing p, r, e, t, i, o
- jointer plane — a plane for truing the edges of boards, planing large surfaces, etc.
- joseph lister — Joseph, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis [lahym ree-jis] /laɪm ˈri dʒɪs/ (Show IPA), 1827–1912, English surgeon: founder of modern antiseptic surgery.
- joseph ritter — Joseph Elmer, 1891–1967, U.S. cardinal.
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
- laser pointer — a portable laser that emits monochromatic light over a long and narrow distance, used especially as a pointing device.
- latent period — Also, latency period. Pathology. the interval between exposure to a carcinogen, toxin, or disease-causing organism and development of a consequent disease.
- lepidocrocite — a ruby-red to reddish-brown orthorhombic mineral, iron oxyhydroxide, FeO(OH), dimorphous with goethite: an ore of iron, used as a pigment.
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- lepidopterist — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
- leptokurtosis — the state of being leptokurtic.
- leptokurtotic — (statistics) Leptokurtic.
- leptospirosis — an infectious disease of humans and of horses, dogs, swine, and other animals, caused by the spirochete Leptospira interrogans and characterized by fever, muscle pain, and jaundice, and in severe cases involving the liver and kidney.
- liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
- lithotripters — Plural form of lithotripter.
- loop diuretic — any of a group of diuretics, including frusemide, that act by inhibiting resorption of salts from Henle's loop of the kidney tubule
- louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- macroparasite — (biology) Any parasite that is visible to the naked eye.
- madeira topaz — citrine (def 2).
- 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.
- mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
- 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
- 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.
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- microcomputer — a compact computer, with less capacity and capability than a minicomputer, consisting of a microprocessor and other components.
- microparasite — a parasitic microorganism.
- microparticle — An extremely small particle.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- microperation — (processor) An elementary operation performed on data stored in registers or in memory. Microperations are classified as transfer, arithmetic, logic, or shift/rotate.
- micropipettes — Plural form of micropipette.
- micropuncture — the puncture of a cell, renal tubule, etc., by a laser beam or micropipette
- minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- minor prophet — any of a group of Old Testament prophets, including Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
- misperception — to understand or perceive incorrectly; misunderstand.
- misredemption — illegal or fraudulent traffic in consumer product coupons, including mail theft and counterfeiting.
- moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
- moebius strip — Möbius strip
- molly pitcher — Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley) 1754–1832, American Revolutionary heroine.
- monoterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C10 skeleton.
- monotherapies — Plural form of monotherapy.
- monte perdido — a mountain in NE Spain, in the central Pyrenees. Height: 3352 m (10 997 ft)
- monterey pine — a pine tree, Pinus radiata, native to coastal California, having cones that open to germinate only in the heat of a forest fire, used for reforestation and as a timber tree.
- morphogenetic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- morphometrics — a technique of taxonomic analysis using measurements of the form of organisms