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13-letter words containing l, i, t, p

  • 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.
  • metallic soap — any usually water-insoluble salt formed by the interaction of a fatty acid and a metal, especially lead or aluminum: used chiefly as a drier in paints and varnishes and for waterproofing textiles.
  • metenkephalin — 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.
  • metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
  • microparticle — An extremely small particle.
  • 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.
  • middle temple — an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
  • military coup — a coup organized and carried out by members of the armed forces
  • military pace — a pace, equal to a single step, used to coordinate the marching of soldiers, equal in the U.S. to 2½ feet (76 cm) for quick time and 3 feet (91 cm) for double time.
  • milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
  • mineral pitch — asphalt.
  • minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
  • misemployment — Wrong or mistaken employment.
  • molly pitcher — Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley) 1754–1832, American Revolutionary heroine.
  • morality play — an allegorical form of the drama current from the 14th to 16th centuries and employing such personified abstractions as Virtue, Vice, Greed, Gluttony, etc.
  • multi-product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
  • multicapitate — having multiple or many heads
  • multiemployer — Of or pertaining to more than one employer.
  • multihospital — comprising or relating to several hospitals
  • multimedia pc — multimedia
  • multiparticle — comprising or involving several particles
  • multipartisan — Relating to or supported by multiple groups, especially by multiple political parties.
  • multipartyism — a political system in which two or more political parties contest elections
  • multiplatform — Compatible with or involving more than one type of computer or operating system.
  • multiplatinum — Denoting or relating to a musical recording that has sold more than two million copies.
  • multiple boot — dual boot
  • multiple shop — chain store.
  • multiple star — three or more stars lying close together in the celestial sphere and usually united in a single gravitational system.
  • multiplicable — capable of being multiplied.
  • multiplicands — Plural form of multiplicand.
  • multiplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of multiplicate.
  • multipolarity — The condition of being multipolar.
  • multipresence — the quality or state of being multipresent
  • multispectral — (of an airborne camera or scanner) capable of sensing and recording radiation from invisible as well as visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • multitemporal — (music) Having multiple tempos.
  • myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
  • nailing strip — a strip of wood or other partly yielding material attached to a hard surface, as of steel or concrete, so that objects may be nailed to the surface.
  • nanoparticles — Plural form of nanoparticle.
  • naphthylamine — (organic compound) Either of two isomeric primary amines derived from naphthalene; they occur in crude oil, and are used in the preparation of dyes and other compounds.
  • national park — an area of scenic beauty, historical importance, or the like, owned and maintained by a national government for the use of the people.
  • nativity play — A nativity play is a play about the birth of Jesus, usually one performed by children at Christmas time.
  • negative pole — the south-seeking pole of a magnet
  • neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
  • neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
  • neocapitalist — a person who advocates neocapitalism
  • neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
  • nephelometric — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
  • neuroatypical — Having an atypical neurological configuration.
  • nickel-plated — covered with a thin layer of nickel, deposited usually by electrolysis
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