13-letter words containing a, m, p, l
- machilipatnam — a city in E Andhra Pradesh state, in S India, on the Bay of Bengal: first British trading settlement 1611.
- macrencephaly — The presence of an abnormally large brain.
- macrocephalic — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- macroplankton — planktonic organisms of about 1 mm in length.
- macroscopical — Macroscopic.
- maculopapular — (medicine, of a rash) Consisting of a flat, red area on the skin that is covered with small confluent bumps, as in scarlet fever and measles.
- 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)
- mahabalipuram — a village in NE Tamil Nadu, in SE India: Hindu temples; early Dravidian architecture.
- mail exploder — (messaging) Part of an electronic mail delivery system which allows a message to be delivered to a list of addresses. Mail exploders are used to implement mailing lists. Users send messages to a single address and the mail exploder takes care of delivery to the individual mailboxes in the list.
- 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.
- make a splash — If you make a splash, you become noticed or become popular because of something that you have done.
- make-up class — a course of teaching in the application of make-up
- malabsorption — faulty absorption of nutritive material from the intestine.
- maladaptation — incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation.
- malapropistic — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- maldeployment — the inefficient use of resources or an instance of such
- malonyl group — the bivalent group C 3 H 2 O 2 , derived from malonic acid.
- mammoplasties — Plural form of mammoplasty.
- manipulatable — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- manipulations — Plural form of manipulation.
- manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- mansplanation — Also called mansplanation [man-spluh-ney-shuh n] /ˌmæn spləˈneɪ ʃən/ (Show IPA). such an explanation given to someone, usually a woman.
- maple heights — a city in NE Ohio.
- mar del plata — a city in E Argentina: seaside resort.
- mariposa lily — any lily of the genus Calochortus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having tuliplike flowers of various colors.
- maritime alps — a range of the W Alps in SE France and NW Italy. Highest peak: Argentera, 3297 m (10 817 ft)
- marlinespikes — Plural form of marlinespike.
- marshall plan — European Recovery Program.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
- meeting place — A meeting place is a place where people meet.
- megalocephaly — Cephalometry, Craniometry. macrocephalic.
- megalopolises — Plural form of megalopolis.
- megalopolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
- memorial park — cemetery.
- mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
- merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
- mesaticephaly — the state or condition of being mesaticephalic or mesocephalic
- mesencephalic — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesencephalon — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesocephalism — mesocephaly
- mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.
- 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.
- metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
- 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.