15-letter words containing i, m, p, r, o, e
- metropolitanism — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- metropolitanize — to make metropolitan.
- microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
- microaerophilic — Of, or relating to a microaerophile.
- microenterprise — A business operating on a very small scale, especially one with a sole proprietor and fewer than six employees.
- micropegmatitic — relating to, or designating, a microscopic pegmatitic structure
- microphotometer — a photometer adapted for measuring the intensity of light emitted, transmitted, or reflected by minute objects.
- microphotometry — the use of microphotometers to measure the intensity of light transmitted or reflected by very small areas
- microprocessing — an integrated computer circuit that performs all the functions of a CPU.
- microprocessors — Plural form of microprocessor.
- microprojection — the projection of an image, captured by a microscope, onto a screen
- microsporocytes — Plural form of microsporocyte.
- military police — soldiers who perform police duties
- minority report — a report by a minority of members of a group that disagrees with the official report issued by the group
- misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
- misapprehension — misunderstanding.
- misappropriated — to put to a wrong use.
- misappropriates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misappropriate.
- miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
- misproportioned — Having incorrect or distorted proportions.
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- moral turpitude — conduct that is regarded as immoral.
- more's the pity — If you add more's the pity to a comment, you are expressing your disappointment or regret about something.
- morning prayers — early-morning act of religious worship
- morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
- morphophonemics — Also called morphonology, morphophonology. the study of the relations between morphemes and their phonological realizations, components, or mappings.
- mother superior — the head of a Christian religious community for women.
- mouse droppings — 1. (graphics, operating system, jargon) Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restored when the mouse pointer moves away from a particular location on the screen, producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are MS-DOS programs that write to the screen memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the graphics mode in use. 2. (web, jargon) The client address recorded in a web server's log whenever a client connects to a site. Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in this way but the potential for misuse of the information is limited.
- mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
- multiple factor — polygene.
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- multiprocessors — Plural form of multiprocessor.
- native compiler — (programming, tool) A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.
- neoarsphenamine — a derivative of arsenic formerly used in treating syphilis
- nephrolithotomy — incision or opening of a kidney pelvis for removal of a calculus.
- neuroepithelium — Embryology. the part of the embryonic ectoderm that gives rise to the nervous system.
- non-compression — the act of compressing.
- non-compromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- non-improvement — an act of improving or the state of being improved.
- noncompressible — not able to be compressed
- noncomputerized — not computerized or controlled by computers
- nonexperimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
- nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
- nonmetropolitan — Not metropolitan.
- objective prism — a large prism placed in front of the objective lens or mirror of a telescope, allowing the simultaneous acquisition of the spectra of many stars.
- odd permutation — a permutation of a set of n elements, x 1 , x 2 , …, xn, which permutes the product of all differences of the form (xi – xj), where i is less than j, into the negative of the product.
- operations room — a room from which all the operations of a military, police, or other disciplined activity are controlled
- opposite number — counterpart; equivalent: New members with an interest in folk art will find their opposite numbers in the association's directory.
- opposite prompt — the offstage area to the right as one faces the audience. Abbreviation: O.P.