13-letter words containing s, m, n, p
- impreciseness — The quality of being imprecise, or of lacking precision.
- impressionism — Fine Arts. (usually initial capital letter) a style of painting developed in the last third of the 19th century, characterized chiefly by short brush strokes of bright colors in immediate juxtaposition to represent the effect of light on objects. a manner of painting in which the forms, colors, or tones of an object are lightly and rapidly indicated. a manner of sculpture in which volumes are partially modeled and surfaces roughened to reflect light unevenly.
- impressionist — a person who follows or adheres to the theories, methods, and practices of impressionism, especially in the fields of painting, music, or literature.
- imprisonments — Plural form of imprisonment.
- improvisation — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
- impulsiveness — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- inclusion map — a map of a set to itself in which each element of a given subset of the set is mapped to itself.
- incompatibles — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incompossible — incompatible; mutually exclusive
- japanese mink — a dark-brown arboreal marten, Martes melampus, native to Japan, having a long body and bushy tail.
- japanese plum — a small tree, Prunus salicina, native to China, bearing edible yellowish fruit.
- jumping genes — transposon.
- jumping mouse — any of several primitive, mouselike rodents of the family Zapodidae, having long hind legs, common in the woodlands of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- kerosene lamp — light fuelled by paraffin
- kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
- lamellaphones — Plural form of lamellaphone.
- lamp standard — a tall metal or concrete post supporting a street lamp
- leptomeninges — The inner two meninges, the arachnoid and the pia mater, between which circulates the cerebrospinal fluid.
- line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
- lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
- lymphangiomas — Plural form of lymphangioma.
- magnetographs — Plural form of magnetograph.
- magnetooptics — the branch of physics that deals with magnetooptic phenomena.
- magnetosphere — the outer region of the earth's ionosphere, where the earth's magnetic field controls the motion of charged particles, as in the Van Allen belts. Compare magnetopause.
- maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
- mainz psalter — a book printed by Johannes Gutenberg: thought by some to be the first book printed from movable type.
- make position — the situation in which a short vowel may be regarded as long, that is, when it occurs before two or more consonants
- malabsorption — faulty absorption of nutritive material from the intestine.
- manipulations — Plural form of manipulation.
- manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- mansplanation — Also called mansplanation [man-spluh-ney-shuh n] /ˌmæn spləˈneɪ ʃən/ (Show IPA). such an explanation given to someone, usually a woman.
- mantis shrimp — any stomatopod crustacean having a pair of appendages modified for grasping prey and resembling those of a mantis.
- marlinespikes — Plural form of marlinespike.
- marshall plan — European Recovery Program.
- masking piece — a flat, curtain, or other piece of scenery for concealing a part of a stage from the audience.
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- mean-spirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- measuring cup — a graduated cup used especially in cooking for measuring ingredients.
- medicine shop — (in Malaysia) a Chinese chemist's shop where traditional herbs are sold as well as modern drugs. It is not, however, a dispensary for prescribed medicines
- megasporangia — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
- mesencephalic — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesencephalon — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesne profits — rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
- metallophones — Plural form of metallophone.
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- mezzo soprano — a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
- mezzo-soprano — a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
- miami springs — a town in SE Florida, near Miami.