13-letter words containing m, a, o, p, l
- metencephalon — the anterior section of the hindbrain, comprising the cerebellum and pons.
- methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
- microcephalia — Microcephaly.
- microcephalic — having a head with a small braincase.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- microparticle — An extremely small particle.
- microplankton — plankton visible as individual organisms only with the aid of a microscope, which excludes most animal plankton.
- 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
- mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
- minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- modula-prolog — Adds a Prolog layer to Modula-2. "Modula-Prolog: A Software Development Tool", C. Muller IEEE Software pp.39-45 (Nov 1986).
- molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
- monophthongal — (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a monophthong.
- moral compass — an internalized set of values and objectives that guide a person with regard to ethical behavior and decision-making: a rebellious teenager without a moral compass.
- moral support — emotional assistance, encouragement
- 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.
- morphemically — By means of, or in terms, of morphemes.
- morphological — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- mount palomar — Mount, a mountain in S California, NE of San Diego: site of observatory. 6126 feet (1867 meters) high.
- multihospital — comprising or relating to several hospitals
- multiplatform — Compatible with or involving more than one type of computer or operating system.
- multipolarity — The condition of being multipolar.
- multitemporal — (music) Having multiple tempos.
- musculospiral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; applied especially to a large nerve of the arm.
- mycoplasmosis — a disease in animals and humans caused by mycoplasma
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- 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
- 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.
- nominal group — A nominal group is the same as a noun group.
- non-compliant — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
- non-empirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- non-ephemeral — lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood.
- non-imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- non-municipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- noncomparable — not comparable
- noncompatible — Not compatible.
- noncompliance — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
- nondiplomatic — not diplomatic or related to diplomacy
- normally-open — Normally-open switch contacts are in an open state at rest.
- normocephalic — Having a normal sized head; neither macrocephalic nor microcephalic; mesocephalic.
- nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
- olympic games — international sports event
- omnicorporeal — Comprehending or including all bodies; embracing all substance.
- omoplatoscopy — Divination by use of a shoulder blade.
- onomatopoeial — (obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.