12-letter words containing a, m, p, o, u
- leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
- lobular pump — a blower or pump displacing air or liquid by means of rotors having meshing lobes that act as a seal at their place of mesh.
- macrocarpous — having large fruit.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- magnetopause — the boundary between the earth's magnetosphere and interplanetary space, about 40,000 miles (65,000 km) above the earth, marked by an abrupt decrease in the earth's magnetic induction.
- mallophagous — of or relating to any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga
- manipulation — the act of manipulating.
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- manipulatory — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- mare vaporum — (Sea of Vapors) a dark plain in the first quadrant and near the center of the face of the moon: about 39,000 sq. mi. (101,000 sq. km).
- mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- metacomputer — an interconnected and balanced set of computers that operate as a single unit
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- mitteleuropa — Central Europe.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monopetalous — gamopetalous.
- monosepalous — gamosepalous.
- mossycup oak — bur oak
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- mountain top — the top of a natural upward projection of the earth's surface, higher and steeper than a hill and often having a rocky summit
- mountaintops — Plural form of mountaintop.
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
- nanocomputer — (architecture) /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ A computer with molecular-sized switching elements. Designs for mechanical nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their logic have been proposed. The controller for a nanobot would be a nanocomputer. Some nanocomputers can also be called quantum computers because quantum physics plays a major role in calculations. Richard P. Feynman is still cited today for his work in this area.
- nonmunicipal — Not municipal.
- number opera — an opera in which the arias, ensembles, recitatives, and other sections are clearly separated from one another.
- opium addict — someone who is addicted to the dried juice extracted from the unripe seed capsules of the opium poppy
- outplacement — counseling and assistance in finding a new job, provided by a company for an employee who has been or is about to be dismissed.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
- parsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- pax vobiscum — peace be with you
- perambulator — baby carriage.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- plate armour — armour made of thin metal plates, which superseded mail during the 14th century
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- plumulaceous — having the texture of down.
- plymouth bay — a small, well-protected bay on the coast of Massachusetts; the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers.
- pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumococcal — a bacterium, Diplococcus pneumoniae, causing lobar pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, as pericarditis and meningitis.
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- poète maudit — a poet who receives insufficient recognition in his or her own time