13-letter words containing u, m, p, i
- primary group — a group of individuals living in close, intimate, and personal relationship.
- primitive gut — archenteron.
- primogeniture — the state or fact of being the firstborn of children of the same parents.
- primum mobile — (in Ptolemaic astronomy) the outermost of the 10 concentric spheres of the universe, making a complete revolution every 24 hours and causing all the others to do likewise.
- pro-communist — (initial capital letter) a member of the Communist Party or movement.
- program music — music intended to convey an impression of a definite series of images, scenes, or events.
- promiscuously — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
- protoactinium — protactinium.
- prudentialism — a regard for prudential, rather than moral, considerations
- psammophilous — living or growing in sand
- pseudisodomic — (of ashlar) composed of stones having the same length, laid in courses of different heights.
- public domain — the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection.
- pumpkinheaded — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- purple martin — a large American swallow, Progne subis, the male of which is blue-black.
- purple mombin — a tree, Spondias purpurea, of tropical America, having clusters of purple or greenish flowers and yellow or dark red fruit that is edible either raw or cooked.
- pusillanimity — the state or condition of being pusillanimous; timidity; cowardliness.
- pusillanimous — lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
- put it mildly — You use to put it mildly to indicate that you are describing something in language that is much less strong, direct, or critical than what you really think.
- pycnoconidium — a pycnidiospore
- queue-jumping — If you accuse someone of queue-jumping, you mean that they are trying to get to the front of a queue or waiting list unfairly.
- recomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- republicanism — republican government.
- rhizomorphous — rootlike in form.
- ring compound — a compound whose structural formula contains a closed chain or ring of atoms; a cyclic compound. Compare cyclic (def 3).
- rumble strips — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- rumelgumption — commonsense
- rumlegumption — commonsense
- scapulimantic — relating to scapulimancy
- scripturalism — the state of being scriptural or adhering to the Scriptures when translating or writing
- semi-precious — Semi-precious stones are stones such as turquoises and amethysts that are used in jewellery but are less valuable than precious stones such as diamonds and rubies.
- semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
- share premium — the excess of the amount actually subscribed for an issue of corporate capital over its par value
- sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
- space tourism — travel into space for recreational purposes
- spathiphyllum — any of various tropical plants of the genus Spathiphyllum, having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental.
- spenta mainyu — the good and creative spirit that is the offspring of Ahura Mazda.
- spermatangium — the organ that produces spermatia in red algae.
- spinal column — the series of vertebrae in a vertebrate animal forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; spine; backbone.
- spinning mule — mule1 (def 7).
- spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
- standing jump — a jump performed from a stationary position without a run-up
- sublime porte — official name of Porte.
- submarine pen — a bunker that prevents submarines from bombs
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- supercriminal — an extremely bad, powerful or successful criminal, a criminal working on a large scale or committing extreme crimes
- superdiplomat — a highly skilled or powerful diplomat, a high-ranking diplomat
- superdominant — submediant.
- superhumanize — to make superhuman, or represent as such
- superior room — A superior room is a room in a hotel that is more comfortable or has better amenities than other rooms.
- supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.