12-letter words containing e, m, p, l, o
- money player — a person who performs best under pressure, especially in a competitive situation.
- money supply — the sum of demand or checking-account deposits and currency in circulation.
- monocephalic — bearing one flower head, as the dandelion.
- monodelphian — any placental mammal that is a member of the group Monodelphia
- monopetalous — gamopetalous.
- monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
- monopolizers — Plural form of monopolizer.
- monosepalous — gamosepalous.
- morphologies — Plural form of morphology.
- movable type — type from which text is printed directly in which each character is on a separate piece of metal.
- mucopurulent — containing or composed of mucus and pus.
- multipotency — (cytology, developmental biology) The ability of a progenitor cell to develop into a limited number of cell types.
- multiproblem — characterized by or experiencing several problems
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- multipurpose — able to be used for several purposes: a multipurpose lawn spray.
- myelopoiesis — (biology) The regulated formation of myeloid cells.
- myrmecophile — An invertebrate or plant that has a symbiotic relationship with ants, such as being tended and protected by ants or living inside an ants' nest.
- myrmecophily — symbiosis with ants
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- neoplatonism — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- nephelometer — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- nephelometry — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- new plymouth — a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.
- nom de plume — pen name.
- non-complier — a person, group, etc., that complies.
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonpermeable — capable of being permeated.
- nonpetroleum — not containing any petroleum based substance
- nonpolemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- norway maple — a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright-green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.
- numbers pool — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- olympic-size — of the dimensions or length prescribed for the Olympic Games and other major athletic competitions: an Olympic-size speed-skating oval.
- omelette pan — a frying pan that is designed for making omelettes in.
- omnipotently — almighty or infinite in power, as God.
- optometrical — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- 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.
- over-complex — composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite: a complex highway system.
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- oversimplify — make too simple
- paleoclimate — the climate of some former period of geologic time.
- paralipomena — Chronicles.
- parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
- parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- patellectomy — the surgical removal of the patella
- 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