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13-letter words containing n, a, m, e, p, l

  • epiphenomenal — Being of secondary consequence to a causal chain of processes, but playing no causal role in the process of interest.Huettel, Function Magnetic Imaging, 2004.
  • ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
  • exemplariness — The state or condition of being exemplary, serving as a shining example.
  • flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
  • flunitrazepam — a powerful benzodiazepine sedative, C 16 H 12 FN 3 O 3 , that causes semiconsciousness and memory blackouts: has been implicated in date rapes and is illegal in the U.S.
  • fulani empire — a powerful W African Muslim state that flourished in the 19th century in the area of present-day Nigeria.
  • hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
  • impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
  • impartialness — The quality of being impartial.
  • impermanently — In an impermanent manner.
  • impersonalise — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
  • impersonalism — the practice of maintaining impersonal relations with individuals or groups.
  • impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
  • impersonalize — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
  • implementable — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
  • imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
  • importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
  • incompatibles — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
  • inland empire — a region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, E of the Cascade Mountains, in E Washington, NE Oregon, N Idaho, and NW Montana.
  • intemperately — given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
  • interproximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
  • intertemporal — Describing any relationship between past, present and future events or conditions.
  • japanese plum — a small tree, Prunus salicina, native to China, bearing edible yellowish fruit.
  • kerosene lamp — light fuelled by paraffin
  • kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
  • lamellaphones — Plural form of lamellaphone.
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • macrencephaly — The presence of an abnormally large brain.
  • magnetic pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
  • mainz psalter — a book printed by Johannes Gutenberg: thought by some to be the first book printed from movable type.
  • major penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player for five minutes from play, no substitute for the player being permitted.
  • maldeployment — the inefficient use of resources or an instance of such
  • manipulatable — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
  • manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
  • marlinespikes — Plural form of marlinespike.
  • meeting place — A meeting place is a place where people meet.
  • megalopolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
  • merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
  • mesencephalic — Anatomy. the midbrain.
  • mesencephalon — Anatomy. the midbrain.
  • metallophones — Plural form of metallophone.
  • metencephalon — the anterior section of the hindbrain, comprising the cerebellum and pons.
  • metenkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
  • methylparaben — a fine, white, needlelike substance, C 8 H 8 O 3 , used chiefly as a preservative in foods and pharmaceuticals.
  • methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
  • metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
  • mexican apple — a tropical American tree, Casimiroa edulis, of the rue family, having greenish, inconspicuous flowers and tomatolike fleshy fruit that is yellow on the inside and gray or yellowish-green on the outside.
  • milk saucepan — a type of small saucepan often used for heating milk
  • mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
  • mineral pitch — asphalt.
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