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13-letter words containing t, i, e, m, a

  • parliamenting — parliamentary debating
  • parma heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • particle beam — Physics. a concentrated stream of particles, as electrons, neutrons, or protons, generated for studying particle interactions, nuclear structure, crystal structure, etc.
  • partitionment — the act or fact of being partitioned
  • party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
  • 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.
  • patternmaking — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
  • pedestrianism — the exercise or practice of walking.
  • pentatonicism — the use of a five-tone scale.
  • penthemimeral — (of a caesura) occurring after the first penthemimer of a poetic line, i.e. in the middle of the third foot
  • penultimately — in penultimate position; lastly except for one
  • perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • perilymphatic — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
  • petrochemical — a chemical substance obtained from petroleum or natural gas, as gasoline, kerosene, or petrolatum.
  • 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.
  • phenmetrazine — a compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO, used chiefly to control the appetite in the treatment of obesity.
  • phenomenality — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
  • photochemical — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
  • phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
  • pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
  • picture frame — mount for a picture
  • piece of meat — the flesh of animals as used for food.
  • piezomagnetic — involving or relating to the production of a magnetic field by applying a mechanical stress to certain crystals
  • pilaster mass — an engaged pier, usually plain, used as a buttress.
  • plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
  • platyhelminth — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.
  • play for time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
  • pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • polycythaemia — an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by an increase in the number of red blood cells. It can occur as a primary disease of unknown cause (polycythaemia vera or erythraemia) or in association with respiratory or circulatory diseases
  • porte-monnaie — a purse or pocketbook
  • portrait mode — an orientation that is vertical rather than horizontal
  • 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.
  • potato famine — a severe shortage of food caused by the failure of the potato crop
  • potomac river — a river flowing SE from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, along the boundary between Maryland and Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay. 287 miles (460 km) long.
  • practice exam — an informal examination taken as a preparation for an actual or formal examination
  • practice game — any informal game (of sports, chess, etc) played as preparation for a real game
  • 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-eclamptic — a woman suffering from pre-eclampsia
  • pre-migration — the process or act of migrating.
  • preadmonition — a forewarning, premonition; the act of admonishing in advance
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
  • predicamental — of or relating to a predicament or situation
  • predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
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