11-letter words containing m, a, p, e, r
- metaphrasis — a metaphrase
- metaphrasts — Plural form of metaphrast.
- metaprogram — A program which modifies or generates other programs. A compiler is an example of a metaprogram: it takes a program as input and produces another (compiled) one as output.
- metaprotein — a hydrolytic derivative of protein, insoluble in water but soluble in dilute acids or alkalis.
- metatrophic — requiring dead organic matter for food.
- microampere — a unit of electric current, equal to one millionth of an ampere. Symbol: μA.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- milliampere — a unit of electric current equal to one thousandth of an ampere. Abbreviation: mA.
- mimeographs — Plural form of mimeograph.
- mimographer — a writer of mimes
- mirtazapine — (medicine) A tetracyclic antidepressant drug.
- mis-phrased — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- misappraise — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- mispersuade — to persuade wrongly
- mispurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- monographed — Simple past tense and past participle of monograph.
- monotherapy — (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself.
- moore graph — A graph which achieves the Moore bound. These are complete graphs, polygon graphs (regular graphs of degree 2) and three others: (nodes, degree, diameter) = (10,3,2), (50,7,2) and the possible but undiscovered (3250,57,2).
- mope around — If you mope around or mope about a place, you wander around there not doing anything, looking and feeling unhappy.
- morse taper — a taper that is one of a standard series used in the shank of tools to fit a matching taper in the mandrel of a machine tool
- mount pearl — a town in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the SE part of the island, S of St. John's.
- multiplayer — of or relating to a video game, or a portion of a video game, in which more than one person plays at the same time in a shared game environment: a multiplayer game; multiplayer mode; a multiplayer experience.
- murphy game — a confidence game in which the victim pays the swindler (Murphy Man) for something, as the services of a prostitute, which the swindler promises but the victim never receives
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- music paper — paper ruled or printed with a stave for writing music
- myelography — the production of myelograms.
- namedropper — A person who name-drops.
- nematomorph — any member of the phylum Nematomorpha, having a threadlike body, comprising the horsehair worms.
- nematophore — (within the coenosarc of certain colonial hydrozoans) a small specialized tentacle-like polyp having nematocysts
- nomographer — the art of or a treatise on drawing up laws.
- nontemporal — not indicating time
- numberplate — Alternative spelling of number plate.
- numeric pad — 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.
- obtemperate — (obsolete) To obey.
- ommatophore — a tentacle or movable stalk bearing an eye, as in certain snails.
- open market — an unrestricted competitive market in which any buyer and seller is free to participate.
- overpayment — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- overprogram — to program (something) with unnecessary details or instructions
- pachydermal — having the characteristics of a pachyderm
- pachydermia — an abnormal thickening of the skin
- pachydermic — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paddle worm — any of a family of green-blue faintly iridescent active marine polychaete worms of the genus Phyllodoce, having paddle-shaped swimming lobes, found under stones on the shore
- palm desert — a town in S California, near Palm Springs.
- palm reader — fortune teller who interprets hand lines
- palmer land — the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula.
- palmer worm — the hairy black and white caterpillar of the goldtail moth
- pamphleteer — a writer or publisher of pamphlets, especially on controversial issues.
- panicmonger — a person who spreads panic