12-letter words containing a, n, m, o, r, p
- mirror plant — a shrub, Coprosma repens, of the madder family, native to New Zealand and cultivated in warm regions, having glossy, often variegated leaves.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- misoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- money player — a person who performs best under pressure, especially in a competitive situation.
- monographing — Present participle of monograph.
- montparnasse — a district in S Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine: noted for its cafés and the artists and writers who have frequented and lived in the area.
- morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- name-dropper — a person who indulges in name-dropping.
- 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.
- newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonimportant — Not important.
- nonpermanent — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- nonpermeable — capable of being permeated.
- normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
- normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
- norway maple — a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright-green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.
- number opera — an opera in which the arias, ensembles, recitatives, and other sections are clearly separated from one another.
- open primary — a direct primary election in which voters need not meet a test of party membership.
- operationism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
- panpharmacon — a remedy or panacea
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- paralipomena — Chronicles.
- paramorphine — thebaine.
- paranormally — in a paranormal manner; by paranormal means
- parathormone — a hormone secreted by the parathyroids, important in the control of the calcium-phosphorus balance of the body
- parkinsonism — Parkinson's disease.
- parmigianino — (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) 1503–40, Italian painter.
- paronomastic — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- parsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- part company — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- philharmonic — fond of or devoted to music; music-loving: used especially in the name of certain musical societies that sponsor symphony orchestras (Philharmonic Societies) and hence applied to their concerts (philharmonic concerts)
- phrasemonger — phrasemaker (def 2).
- picrocarmine — a red powder containing carmine and picric acid which is used in staining processes
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- pompeian red — a dull, grayish red.
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
- postromantic — of or relating to the period after Romanticism
- preadmission — (in a reciprocating engine) admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke.
- preallotment — an allotment given in advance.