13-letter words containing s, e, m, i, p
- neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
- neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
- 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.
- neopositivism — A resurgent positivism, or an updated version of it.
- nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
- 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.
- 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.
- non-composite — Nautical. noting a vessel having frames of one material and shells and decking of another, especially one having iron or steel frames with shells and decks planked.
- nonmembership — the fact or condition of being a nonmember
- nonpermissive — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- olympic games — international sports event
- omnipresently — In an omnipresent manner.
- 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.
- over-promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overemphasise — (British) alternative spelling of overemphasize.
- overemphasize — to emphasize excessively.
- overimpressed — very impressed
- 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.
- pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
- pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- perfectionism — any of various doctrines holding that religious, moral, social, or political perfection is attainable.
- 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.
- perspectivism — the doctrine that reality is known only in terms of the perspectives of it seen by individuals or groups at particular moments.
- 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.
- philhellenism — a friend or supporter of the Greeks.
- photoemission — photoelectric effect.
- physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
- physiognomies — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.