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12-letter words containing c, o, m, p, r

  • liposarcomas — Plural form of liposarcoma.
  • macrocarpous — having large fruit.
  • macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
  • macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
  • macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
  • macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
  • mammographic — Of, or pertaining to, mammography.
  • marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
  • marine corps — a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.
  • mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • metabotropic — Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation).
  • metacomputer — an interconnected and balanced set of computers that operate as a single unit
  • metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • microamperes — Plural form of microampere.
  • microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
  • microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
  • microchipped — Simple past tense and past participle of microchip.
  • microcopying — the act of copying onto microfilm
  • microforceps — (surgery) A very small forceps.
  • micrographia — minute handwriting.
  • micrographic — Pertaining to micrographics.
  • microgripper — (engineering) A microscopic device used to grasp and manipulate microscale objects safely.
  • micropayment — A very small payment made each time a user accesses an Internet page or service.
  • microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
  • microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
  • microphonics — (electronics) The phenomenon where certain components in electronic devices transform mechanical vibrations into an unwanted electrical signal.
  • microphoning — Present participle of microphone.
  • microphonism — a usually undesirable property of some electronic circuits or components in which mechanical vibrations of a component affect the signal being transmitted through the circuit.
  • microphysics — the branch of physics dealing with physical objects that are not large enough to be observed and treated directly, as elementary particles, atoms, and molecules.
  • micropipette — a very slender pipette for transferring or measuring minute amounts of fluid, microorganisms, etc.
  • microplanner — A subset of PLANNER, implemented in Lisp by Gerald Sussman et al at MIT. Its important features were goal-oriented, pattern-directed procedure invocation, an embedded knowledge base, and automatic backtracking. microPLANNER was superseded by Conniver.
  • microprinted — printed in microprint
  • microprogram — Computers. a set of microinstructions that defines the individual operations that a computer carries out in response to a machine-language instruction.
  • micropterous — (of certain animals, esp some types of ant) having small reduced wings
  • micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
  • microscopics — Any behaviour or characteristic observable at a microscopic scale.
  • microscopies — Plural form of microscopy.
  • microscopist — An expert at microscopy.
  • microscopium — a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying near Sagittarius and Capricornus
  • milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
  • minicomputer — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
  • mips project — Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
  • misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
  • mispronounce — Pronounce (a word) incorrectly.
  • mond process — a process for obtaining nickel by heating the ore in carbon monoxide to produce nickel carbonyl vapour, which is then decomposed at a higher temperature to yield the metal
  • monocropping — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
  • monostrophic — consisting of stanzas or strophes all having the same metrical structure.
  • morphotropic — of, pertaining to, or displaying morphotropy
  • mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
  • mucopurulent — containing or composed of mucus and pus.
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