13-letter words containing s, e, m, i, p, a
- 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.
- new hampshire — a state in the NE United States. 9304 sq. mi. (24,100 sq. km). Capital: Concord. Abbreviation: NH (for use with zip code), N.H.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- olympic games — international sports event
- one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- onomatopoeias — Plural form of onomatopoeia.
- optical mouse — (hardware) Any kind of mouse that uses visible light or infrared to detect changes in its position.
- overemphasise — (British) alternative spelling of overemphasize.
- overemphasize — to emphasize excessively.
- paedomorphism — the continuation of juvenile characteristics in the adult stage
- pan-germanism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all the German peoples in a single political organization or state.
- pan-teutonism — Pan-Germanism.
- panaesthetism — the belief that consciousness may be present in all matter
- 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.
- paramagnetism — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- parameterised — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- paris commune — commune3 (def 8).
- parma heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- passementerie — trimming of braid, cord, bead, etc., in any of various forms.
- past mistress — a woman who is thoroughly experienced or exceptionally skilled in a profession, art, etc.
- paterfamilias — the male head of a household or family, usually the father.
- pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
- pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- perimenopause — the period leading up to the menopause during which some of the symptoms associated with menopause may be experienced
- peripheralism — the explanation of psychological events emphasizing peripheral human functions, as those of skeletal muscles or the sex organs, rather than cognition or other processes of the central nervous system.
- persian melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
- phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
- pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
- phase diagram — a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.
- phenomenalism — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
- piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
- pilaster mass — an engaged pier, usually plain, used as a buttress.
- plasma engine — an engine that generates thrust by reaction to the emission of a jet of plasma
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- playing games — If you say that someone is playing games or playing silly games, you mean that they are not treating a situation seriously and you are annoyed with them.
- 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.
- polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- prison inmate — a person who is confined in a prison