13-letter words containing s, t, a, i, m
- parameterised — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- parasitoidism — the feeding by certain insect larvae on host tissues such that the host remains alive until larval development is complete and then usually dies.
- parma heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- particularism — exclusive attention or devotion to one's own particular interests, party, etc.
- 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.
- pathomorphism — abnormal morphology.
- pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
- pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.
- phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
- phantasmality — the condition or character of being incorporeal and illusory
- pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
- phonocamptics — the branch of acoustics dealing with echoes
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
- pilaster mass — an engaged pier, usually plain, used as a buttress.
- plagiostomous — plagiostome
- plagiotropism — plagiotropic tendency or growth.
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
- platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
- 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.
- 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.
- posttraumatic — occurring after physical or psychological trauma.
- 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.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- primary tense — in Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, a tense referring to present or future time
- primatologist — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- 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.
- promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
- protestantism — the religion of Protestants.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- psychosomatic — of or relating to a physical disorder that is caused by or notably influenced by emotional factors.
- pusillanimity — the state or condition of being pusillanimous; timidity; cowardliness.
- pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
- quasimilitary — Having certain military aspects.
- question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
- ramifications — the act or process of ramifying.
- raw materials — Raw materials are materials that are in their natural state, before they are processed or used in manufacturing.
- ray tomlinson — (person) An engineer at Bolt Beranek and Newman who, in July 1972 while designing the first[?] electronic mail program, chose the commercial at symbol "@" to separate the user name from the computer name.
- reactionarism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- refashionment — the act or state of being refashioned