13-letter words containing s, e, l, o, m
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- place of arms — an area in a fortress or a fortified town where troops could assemble for defense.
- plasmodesmata — any of many minute strands of cytoplasm that extend through plant cell walls and connect adjoining cells.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
- pleasure dome — a large building, facility, or place used for recreation.
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- plimsoll line — load line (def 1).
- plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
- pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
- poliomyelitis — an acute viral disease, usually affecting children and young adults, caused by any of three polioviruses, characterized by inflammation of the motor neurons of the brain stem and spinal cord, and resulting in a motor paralysis, followed by muscular atrophy and often permanent deformities.
- polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
- pompton lakes — a town in NE New Jersey.
- 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.
- postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- premenopausal — of, relating to, or characteristic of menopause.
- 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.
- problem-solve — find solutions
- prolegomenous — prefatory; preliminary; introductory.
- promised land — Heaven.
- proverbialism — a proverbial expression
- quarrelsomely — In a quarrelsome manner.
- rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
- random sample — a statistical sample that is devised to avoid interference so that its distribution is affected only by, and so can be held to represent, that of the whole population
- recomfortless — having no comfort; comfortless
- reform school — reformatory (def 2).
- remonstrantly — in a remonstrant or opposing manner
- restimulation — the act or process of stimulating again; reactivation
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
- rhinoscleroma — an inflammatory bacterial disease of the nose that is mostly found in Africa and Central America
- roman letters — a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- royal marines — a corps of soldiers specially trained in amphibious warfare
- sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
- saint-émilion — a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
- salmon ladder — a series of steps in a river designed to enable salmon to bypass a dam and move upstream to their breeding grounds
- salmonellosis — food poisoning caused by consumption of food contaminated with bacteria of the genus Salmonella, characterized by the sudden onset of abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- scalpelliform — having the shape of a scalpel blade
- scandalmonger — a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- school system — state education
- sclerodermite — the hard covering of a section or segment of the body of an insect
- scleromalacia — a thinning of the sclera (the eyeball's outer covering) which can occur as a result of rheumatoid arthritis
- screwworm fly — the adult screwworm.
- sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
- selenotropism — growth in response to moonlight.
- self-composed — being or appearing to be composed; calm.