13-letter words that end in p
- loop the loop — plane: fly upside down
- loop-the-loop — an airplane maneuver in which a plane, starting upward, makes one complete vertical loop.
- malonyl group — the bivalent group C 3 H 2 O 2 , derived from malonic acid.
- mantis shrimp — any stomatopod crustacean having a pair of appendages modified for grasping prey and resembling those of a mantis.
- 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
- melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
- merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
- metallic soap — any usually water-insoluble salt formed by the interaction of a fatty acid and a metal, especially lead or aluminum: used chiefly as a drier in paints and varnishes and for waterproofing textiles.
- metering pump — A metering pump is a device used to pump precise amounts of liquids over a period of time.
- methoxy group — the univalent group CH 3 O−.
- military coup — a coup organized and carried out by members of the armed forces
- mindanao deep — an area in the Pacific Ocean W of the Philippines: one of deepest points in any ocean. 34,440 feet (10,497 meters).
- mission creep — the tendency for a task, esp a military operation, to become unintentionally wider in scope than its initial objectives
- moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
- moebius strip — Möbius strip
- mother's help — a woman employed to help look after children and help the mother in other ways
- moustache cup — mustache cup.
- multiple shop — chain store.
- mussel shrimp — any of numerous tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans of the subclass Ostracoda, having a shrimplike body enclosed in a hinged bivalve shell.
- mutation stop — an organ pipe sounding the harmonic of the note normally produced
- nailing strip — a strip of wood or other partly yielding material attached to a hard surface, as of steel or concrete, so that objects may be nailed to the surface.
- neck and crop — completely; entirely
- nitroso group — the univalent group O=N–.
- nominal group — A nominal group is the same as a noun group.
- nonmembership — the fact or condition of being a nonmember
- nonunion shop — a shop or business in which the employer fixes terms and conditions of employment unilaterally without recognizing or dealing with a union.
- not much chop — not much good; poor
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- one-stop shop — an establishment where many different services or products are available
- 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.
- over the hump — a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
- palm-oil chop — a W African dish made with meat and palm oil
- paraffin lamp — a lamp which is fuelled by paraffin
- parasoft corp — Distributors of the message passing system Express.
- parking strip — Chiefly Upper Midwest and Western U.S. parkway (def 2).
- parting strip — a strip, as of wood, used to keep two parts separated, as one in each side of the frame of a window to keep the sashes apart when lowered or raised.
- physicianship — the position, function, or office of a physician.
- pistol shrimp — any common shrimp of the family Alphaeidae, distinguished by the snapping sound made by its enlarged claw.
- plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
- play catch up — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- play catch-up — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- pleasure trip — holiday, vacation
- plural eulisp — EuLisp with parallel extensions. "Collections and Garbage Collection", S.C. Merall et al, in Memory Management - IWMM92, Springer 1992, pp.473-489.
- possessorship — to have as belonging to one; have as property; own: to possess a house and a car.
- postage stamp — small adhesive label for mail
- postage-stamp — of very small area or size: a postage-stamp bikini.
- preceptorship — an instructor; teacher; tutor.
- presidentship — presidency.
- pretendership — the standing of a pretender