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14-letter words containing m, a, p, e, r, y

  • impregnability — strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
  • impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
  • ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
  • ladder polymer — a polymer, as DNA, consisting of double-stranded chains linked by hydrogen bonds or chemical bonds at regular intervals.
  • livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
  • loan repayment — a repayment of part of a loan, usually monthly
  • madhya pradesh — a state in central India. 119,016 sq. mi. (308,252 sq. km). Capital: Bhopal.
  • mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
  • megasporophyll — a sporophyll producing megasporangia only.
  • memory mapping — a technique whereby computer peripherals may be addressed as though they formed part of the main memory of the computer
  • metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
  • metallotherapy — therapy by the use of metals or their salts.
  • metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • milieu therapy — a type of inpatient therapy, used in psychiatric hospitals, involving prescription of particular activities and social interactions according to a patient's emotional and interpersonal needs.
  • money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
  • monocarpellary — consisting of a single carpel.
  • mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
  • morning prayer — matin (def 1c).
  • mpeg-1 layer 3 — MPEG-1 audio layer 3
  • multi-part key — compound key
  • myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
  • numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
  • ophthalmometry — the measurement and determination of the eye's defects and powers of refraction
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
  • paper mulberry — a mulberry tree, Broussonetia papyrifera, of eastern Asia, having alternate leaves that vary in size, round catkins, and orange-red fruit, grown widely as a shade tree.
  • parametrically — in terms of a parameter
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • parent company — a corporation or other business enterprise that owns controlling interests in one or more subsidiary companies (distinguished from holding company).
  • paroemiography — the writing or collecting of proverbs
  • parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.
  • performability — the quality of being performable
  • petty criminal — someone who commits petty crime or a petty crime
  • photogrammetry — the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.
  • plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
  • plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
  • player-manager — In football and some other sports, a player-manager is a person who plays for a team and also manages the team.
  • plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
  • pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
  • polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
  • polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
  • poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
  • prayer meeting — a meeting chiefly for prayer.
  • premeditatedly — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
  • premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
  • presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
  • primacy effect — the process whereby the first few items on a list are learnt more rapidly than the middle items
  • primal therapy — a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to relive traumatic events, often screaming or crying, in order to achieve catharsis and a breakdown of psychological defenses.
  • primary accent — the principal or strongest stress of a word.
  • primary letter — a lowercase character having neither a descender nor an ascender, as a, c, e, i, m, n, o, r, s, u, v, w, x, z.
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