12-letter words containing m, e, c, o, p
- semiprecious — (of a stone) having commercial value as a gem but not classified as precious, as the amethyst or garnet.
- semitropical — subtropical.
- shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- spectrometer — an optical device for measuring wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles between faces of a prism, especially an instrument (prism spectrometer) consisting of a slit through which light passes, a collimator, a prism that deviates the light, and a telescope through which the deviated light is viewed and examined.
- spectrometry — an optical device for measuring wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles between faces of a prism, especially an instrument (prism spectrometer) consisting of a slit through which light passes, a collimator, a prism that deviates the light, and a telescope through which the deviated light is viewed and examined.
- spermatocele — a swelling of the testicle
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- spermatocyte — a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids.
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- sphygmoscope — a device for studying or examining the pulse
- stapedectomy — a microsurgical procedure to relieve deafness by replacing the stapes of the ear with a prosthetic device.
- streptomyces — any of several aerobic bacteria of the genus Streptomyces, certain species of which produce antibiotics.
- streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- subcomponent — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- suboperculum — a bone in fishes behind the operculum or gill covering
- t lymphocyte — any of several closely related lymphocytes, developed in the thymus, that circulate in the blood and lymph and orchestrate the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells, either by lymphokine secretions or by direct contact: helper T cells recognize foreign antigen on the surfaces of other cells, then they stimulate B cells to produce antibody and signal killer T cells to destroy the antigen-displaying cells; subsequently suppressor T cells return the immune system to normal by inactivating the B cells and killer T cells.
- t-lymphocyte — T cell.
- tampico hemp — a stiff fiber obtained from the leaves of various species of Agave, as A. falcata or A. sisalana.
- telecomputer — teleprocessing.
- temper color — any of the colors appearing on the surface of clean, unoxidized steel heated in air, from pale yellow at the coolest to dark blue at the hottest: used as an approximate indication of temperature.
- tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
- thermophilic — growing best in a warm environment.
- thermotropic — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.
- uncomparable — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- uncompelling — tending to compel, as to force or push toward a course of action; overpowering: There were compelling reasons for their divorce.
- uncomplacent — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- uncomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- uncomposable — not fit for composition
- uncompounded — composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients: Soap is a compound substance.
- uncomputable — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- undecomposed — not reduced to constituent elements
- unimportance — a lack of importance
- unproclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- up-and-comer — likely to succeed; bright and industrious: an up-and-coming young executive.