13-letter words containing i, p, r, o, c
- lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
- laparoscopies — Plural form of laparoscopy.
- laparoscopist — One who carries out laparoscopy.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- lepidocrocite — a ruby-red to reddish-brown orthorhombic mineral, iron oxyhydroxide, FeO(OH), dimorphous with goethite: an ore of iron, used as a pigment.
- leptokurtotic — (statistics) Leptokurtic.
- lexicographer — a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
- lexicographic — Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
- lipogrammatic — of or relating to a lipogram
- liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
- lithontriptic — of or relating to destroying bladder or kidney stones
- loop diuretic — any of a group of diuretics, including frusemide, that act by inhibiting resorption of salts from Henle's loop of the kidney tubule
- lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
- lymphographic — of or relating to lymphography
- lymphotrophic — carrying nutrients from the lymph to the tissues.
- macrocephalic — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- macroparasite — (biology) Any parasite that is visible to the naked eye.
- macropinacoid — a crystalline pinacoid which runs parallel to the longer horizontal axis
- macroscopical — Macroscopic.
- malapropistic — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- mesi protocol — (processor) Modified, Exclusive, Shared, Invalid. A cache coherency protocol where each cache line is marked with one of the four states. The MESI protocol is used by the Pentium processor.
- metamorphotic — Of or relating to metamorphosis.
- metaphoricity — The power of a metaphor.
- microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
- microcephalia — Microcephaly.
- microcephalic — having a head with a small braincase.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- microchip art — (hardware) (chip art, chip graffiti) Images etched on integrated circuits purely for decoration, visible only under a microscope.
- microchipping — Present participle of microchip.
- microcomputer — a compact computer, with less capacity and capability than a minicomputer, consisting of a microprocessor and other components.
- microfloppies — 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.25-inch vanilla or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety. This term may be headed for obsolescence as 5.25-inchers pass out of use, only to be revived if anybody floats a sub-3-inch floppy standard. See stiffy, minifloppies.
- micrographics — the technique of photographing written or printed pages in reduced form to produce microfilm or microfiche.
- microparasite — a parasitic microorganism.
- microparticle — An extremely small particle.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- microperation — (processor) An elementary operation performed on data stored in registers or in memory. Microperations are classified as transfer, arithmetic, logic, or shift/rotate.
- microphyllous — having microphylls
- micropipettes — Plural form of micropipette.
- microplankton — plankton visible as individual organisms only with the aid of a microscope, which excludes most animal plankton.
- micropolitics — The use of formal and informal power by individuals and groups to achieve their goals within organizations, as opposed to macropolitics.
- microporosity — the state of being microporous
- microprocesor — (spelling) It's spelled microprocessor.
- microprograms — Plural form of microprogram.
- micropuncture — the puncture of a cell, renal tubule, etc., by a laser beam or micropipette
- microscopical — so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope: microscopic organisms. Compare macroscopic.
- military coup — a coup organized and carried out by members of the armed forces
- milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
- milos process — The MILOS process is a process that uses an additional riser in the FCC, which gives the refiner options to simultaneously maximize production of diesel and propylene.