14-letter words containing e, m, p, n
- mangrove swamp — a coastal marine swamp of tropical or subtropical regions that is dominated by mangrove trees.
- manipulatively — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- manitoba maple — a Canadian fast-growing variety of maple
- map projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
- marsupial bone — epipubis.
- masterplanning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
- mean free path — the average distance that a particle travels between successive collisions with other particles.
- mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
- megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- melanospermous — having dark spores, as certain seaweeds.
- membranophones — Plural form of membranophone.
- memory mapping — a technique whereby computer peripherals may be addressed as though they formed part of the main memory of the computer
- mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
- mesencephalons — Plural form of mesencephalon.
- met enkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
- metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
- metamorphizing — Present participle of metamorphize.
- metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metanephridium — (anatomy) A vasiform excretory gland observed in invertebrates, such as annelids, arthropods and molluscs.
- metaphysicians — Plural form of metaphysician.
- metencephalons — Plural form of metencephalon.
- microcomponent — a hi-fi component considerably smaller than a minicomponent and much smaller than a standard-size component.
- middle persian — the Persian language at a stage that begins c300 b.c. and includes Pahlavi (attested from the 3rd to the 7th centuries a.d.) as well as the West Iranian literatures (3rd–10th centuries a.d.) of religions carried outside Persia. Abbreviation: MPers.
- mind-expanding — heightening perceptions in a hallucinatory way: mind-expanding drugs.
- mineral spring — a spring of water that contains a significant amount of dissolved minerals.
- minor prophets — a subdivision of the books constituting the second main part of the Hebrew Bible which in Christian tradition are alone called the Prophets
- misacceptation — misinterpretation
- misapprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of misapprehend.
- misconceptions — Plural form of misconception.
- misdescription — an incorrect or misleading description
- misimprovement — a flaw or shortcoming arising from an attempt to make better
- misinterpreted — Simple past tense and past participle of misinterpret.
- misperceptions — Plural form of misperception.
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- misrepresented — Simple past tense and past participle of misrepresent.
- miss the point — fail to understand
- missing person — sb who has disappeared
- modern persian — the Persian language since the Middle Persian stage.
- modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- monocarpellary — consisting of a single carpel.
- monodispersive — Monodisperse.
- mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
- monophthongise — Alternative spelling of monophthongize.
- monophthongize — to change into or pronounce as a monophthong.
- monopoly money — fake money used to play Monopoly
- monopropellant — a substance for propelling rockets that is a mixture of fuel and oxidizer.
- morning prayer — matin (def 1c).
- morphophonemes — Plural form of morphophoneme.