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13-letter words containing s, a, m, p

  • plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
  • plimsoll mark — load-line mark.
  • pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • pococurantism — a careless or indifferent person.
  • poison sumach — an anacardiaceous swamp shrub, Rhus (or Toxicodendron) vernix of the southeastern US, that has greenish-white berries and causes an itching rash on contact with the skin
  • polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
  • polynomialism — a polynomial naming system
  • 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
  • polysomnogram — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
  • polysyllabism — a polysyllabic style or the use of multisyllabic words
  • polythalamous — having multiple chambers
  • pompton lakes — a town in NE New Jersey.
  • 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
  • portal system — a vascular arrangement in which blood from the capillaries of one organ is transported to the capillaries of another organ by a connecting vein or veins.
  • 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.
  • postage meter — an office machine used in bulk mailing that imprints prepaid postage and a dated postmark.
  • postage stamp — small adhesive label for mail
  • postage-stamp — of very small area or size: a postage-stamp bikini.
  • postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
  • posttraumatic — occurring after physical or psychological trauma.
  • posttreatment — an act or manner of treating.
  • postvasectomy — of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
  • potato-masher — a kitchen implement used to crush or mash potatoes
  • praetorianism — the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
  • pre christmas — the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
  • pre-christmas — the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.
  • pre-eclampsia — Pathology. a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, and albuminuria, sometimes progressing to eclampsia.
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
  • preliminaries — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
  • premenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
  • primal scream — a scream uttered by a person undergoing primal therapy.
  • primary tense — in Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, a tense referring to present or future time
  • primatologist — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
  • primigravidas — a woman pregnant for the first time.
  • 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.
  • prismatically — of, relating to, or like a prism.
  • prison inmate — a person who is confined in a prison
  • privateersman — an officer or sailor of a privateer.
  • problem state — IBM jargon for user mode, the opposite of "supervisor state". On IBM System 360, 370 and 390 mainframes privileged instructions may only be executed in "supervisor state". Application programs request the operating system to perform these operations by using the Supervisor Call (SVC) instruction.
  • program music — music intended to convey an impression of a definite series of images, scenes, or events.
  • promised land — Heaven.
  • promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
  • proposal form — a form filled out by a person applying for insurance
  • prostatectomy — excision of part or all of the prostate gland.
  • protanomalous — of, relating to, or affected by protanomaly
  • protest march — public demonstration
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