12-letter words containing i, m, p, o, s, t
- mucopeptides — Plural form of mucopeptide.
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- multipurpose — able to be used for several purposes: a multipurpose lawn spray.
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
- mythopoiesis — (mythology) the creation of myth.
- 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.
- nephrotomies — Plural form of nephrotomy.
- neurotropism — the quality of being neurotropic.
- nyctitropism — tending to assume at or just before nightfall positions unlike those maintained during the day, as the leaves or flowers of certain plants.
- 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.
- ophthalmitis — ophthalmia.
- opisthodomos — Also called posticum. a small room in the cella of a classical temple, as for a treasury.
- optic chiasm — a site at the base of the forebrain where the inner half of the fibers of the left and right optic nerves cross to the opposite side of the brain.
- optimisation — Alternative spelling of optimization.
- optimistical — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- optometrists — Plural form of optometrist.
- orthotropism — Botany. orthotropic tendency or growth.
- overoptimism — a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- overoptimist — someone who is too optimistic
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
- 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.
- 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.
- periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
- peristomatic — surrounding a leaf's stoma or stomata
- petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
- phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
- phonesthemic — (of a speech sound) shared by a set of echoic or symbolic words, as the sn- of sneer, snarl, snatch, snide, snitch, snoop, etc.
- photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- phototropism — phototropic tendency or growth.
- pictorialism — Fine Arts. the creation or use of pictures or visual images, especially of recognizable or realistic representations.
- pityrosporum — a genus of fungi that live on the skin, esp that of the scalp and face, present in conditions such as dandruff and dermatitis
- plastic bomb — a bomb made of plastic explosive.
- plastic foam — expanded plastic.
- pleiotropism — the condition of a gene affecting more than one characteristic of the phenotype
- pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
- point system — Printing. a system for grading the sizes of type bodies, leads, etc., that employs the point as a unit of measurement. Compare point (def 48a).
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polymyositis — a disorder characterized by the inflammation of multiple muscles
- porismatical — porismatic
- post-fordism — the idea that modern industrial production has moved away from mass production in huge factories, as pioneered by Henry Ford, towards specialized markets based on small flexible manufacturing units
- post-primary — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- postfeminist — relating to or occurring in the period after the feminist movement of the 1970s.
- postimperial — of, relating to, or designating the period after an empire
- postischemic — occurring after or due to ischaemia
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- postliminium — postliminy.
- postliminous — occurring after; subsequent