15-letter words containing a, p, m
- lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
- lymphadenopathy — chronically swollen lymph nodes.
- lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
- lymphogranuloma — any of certain diseases characterized by granulomatous lesions of lymph nodes.
- macrophotograph — a photograph taken at very close range
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- macroscopically — visible to the naked eye. Compare microscopic (def 1).
- macrosporangium — megasporangium.
- magnetic pickup — a phonograph pickup in which the vibrations of the stylus cause variations in or motions of a coil in a magnetic field that produces corresponding variations in an electrical voltage.
- magnetic pulley — a magnetic device for separating metal from sand, refuse, etc.
- magnetic stripe — magnetic strip.
- magnetoreceptor — The part of an organism responsible for magnetoreception.
- main-topgallant — the main-topgallantmast, its sail, or its yard.
- make a pit stop — to visit a restroom
- make a play for — to act the part of (a person or character) in a dramatic performance; portray: to play Lady Macbeth.
- make a point of — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- make capital of — to get advantage from
- make-up remover — a substance that you use to remove make-up from your face
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- maladaptiveness — The quality of being maladaptive.
- malappropriated — misused or mishandled
- malay peninsula — a peninsula in SE Asia, consisting of W (mainland) Malaysia and the S part of Thailand.
- malayan camphor — borneol.
- male prostitute — man who has sex for money
- malpighian body — Also called kidney corpuscle, Malpighian body. the structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman's capsule.
- malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
- malpighian tuft — glomerulus (def 2).
- malpresentation — Abnormal positioning of a fetus at the time of delivery.
- manila envelope — a large, usually brown, envelope, designed to carry documents without them having to be folded
- manual alphabet — a set of finger configurations corresponding to the letters of the alphabet, used by the deaf in fingerspelling.
- marital therapy — a psychotherapeutic treatment for married couples, who are seen by a therapist both individually and jointly to assist them in resolving various problems related to their marriage.
- markup language — a set of standards, as HTML or SGML, used to create an appropriate markup scheme for an electronic document, as to indicate its structure or format.
- marsupial mouse — any of various mouse-sized to rat-sized marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, occurring in Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania: some species are rare or endangered.
- mashed potatoes — potatoes that have been boiled and then crushed into a soft pulpy mass
- mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- mass psychology — the study of the behavior of large groups of people.
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- massage parlour — A massage parlour is a place where people go and pay for a massage. Some places that are called massage parlours are in fact places where people pay to have sex.
- massapequa park — a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
- massed practice — learning with no intervals or short intervals between successive bouts of learning
- master corporal — a noncommissioned officer in the Canadian forces senior to a corporal and junior to a sergeant
- master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- mastoid process — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- matrix compiler — Early matrix computations on UNIVAC. Sammet 1969, p.642.
- measuring spoon — a spoon for measuring amounts, as in cooking, usually part of a set of spoons of different sizes.
- mechanical pulp — groundwood pulp.
- mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
- mechanoreceptor — any of the sense organs that respond to vibration, stretching, pressure, or other mechanical stimuli.
- mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
- megacorporation — a giant company formed from two or more large companies or a number of companies of various sizes.