15-letter words containing m, a, p, o, e
- lymphadenopathy — chronically swollen lymph nodes.
- lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
- macroprudential — Of or pertaining to systemic prudence, especially to the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems.
- magnetoreceptor — The part of an organism responsible for magnetoreception.
- make a pit stop — to visit a restroom
- make a play for — to act the part of (a person or character) in a dramatic performance; portray: to play Lady Macbeth.
- make a point of — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- make capital of — to get advantage from
- make-up remover — a substance that you use to remove make-up from your face
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- malappropriated — misused or mishandled
- male prostitute — man who has sex for money
- malpresentation — Abnormal positioning of a fetus at the time of delivery.
- manila envelope — a large, usually brown, envelope, designed to carry documents without them having to be folded
- marsupial mouse — any of various mouse-sized to rat-sized marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, occurring in Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania: some species are rare or endangered.
- mashed potatoes — potatoes that have been boiled and then crushed into a soft pulpy mass
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- massage parlour — A massage parlour is a place where people go and pay for a massage. Some places that are called massage parlours are in fact places where people pay to have sex.
- master corporal — a noncommissioned officer in the Canadian forces senior to a corporal and junior to a sergeant
- mastoid process — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- matrix compiler — Early matrix computations on UNIVAC. Sammet 1969, p.642.
- measuring spoon — a spoon for measuring amounts, as in cooking, usually part of a set of spoons of different sizes.
- mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
- mechanoreceptor — any of the sense organs that respond to vibration, stretching, pressure, or other mechanical stimuli.
- mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
- megacorporation — a giant company formed from two or more large companies or a number of companies of various sizes.
- megagametophyte — the female gametophyte in seed plants.
- memory capacity — (on a computer or other device) the amount of memory space available for data storage
- menispermaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Menispermaceae, a family of mainly tropical and subtropical plants, most of which are woody climbers with small flowers
- mental hospital — psychiatric institution
- mephistophelean — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- mephistophelian — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- mess of pottage — a material gain involving the sacrifice of a higher value
- metalloprotease — (enzyme) metalloproteinase.
- metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
- metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
- metamorphosizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metamorphosize.
- metanitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
- methylpropanone — (organic compound) The industrial solvent butanone.
- metropolitanate — the office or province of a metropolitan
- metropolitanism — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- metropolitanize — to make metropolitan.
- microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
- microaerophilic — Of, or relating to a microaerophile.
- micropegmatitic — relating to, or designating, a microscopic pegmatitic structure
- military police — soldiers who perform police duties
- misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
- misapprehension — misunderstanding.
- misappropriated — to put to a wrong use.
- misappropriates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misappropriate.