13-letter words containing m, e, c, o, p
- mesencephalon — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesi protocol — (processor) Modified, Exclusive, Shared, Invalid. A cache coherency protocol where each cache line is marked with one of the four states. The MESI protocol is used by the Pentium processor.
- mesocephalism — mesocephaly
- mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.
- metallic soap — any usually water-insoluble salt formed by the interaction of a fatty acid and a metal, especially lead or aluminum: used chiefly as a drier in paints and varnishes and for waterproofing textiles.
- metamorphotic — Of or relating to metamorphosis.
- metaphoricity — The power of a metaphor.
- metencephalon — the anterior section of the hindbrain, comprising the cerebellum and pons.
- metoposcopist — someone who practises metoposcopy
- mexican poppy — any tropical American poppy of the genus Argemone, especially A. mexicana (Mexican poppy) having prickly pods and leaves and yellow or white, poppylike flowers.
- microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
- microcephalia — Microcephaly.
- microcephalic — having a head with a small braincase.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- microcomputer — a compact computer, with less capacity and capability than a minicomputer, consisting of a microprocessor and other components.
- microfloppies — 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.25-inch vanilla or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety. This term may be headed for obsolescence as 5.25-inchers pass out of use, only to be revived if anybody floats a sub-3-inch floppy standard. See stiffy, minifloppies.
- microparasite — a parasitic microorganism.
- microparticle — An extremely small particle.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- microperation — (processor) An elementary operation performed on data stored in registers or in memory. Microperations are classified as transfer, arithmetic, logic, or shift/rotate.
- micropipettes — Plural form of micropipette.
- microprocesor — (spelling) It's spelled microprocessor.
- micropuncture — the puncture of a cell, renal tubule, etc., by a laser beam or micropipette
- milos process — The MILOS process is a process that uses an additional riser in the FCC, which gives the refiner options to simultaneously maximize production of diesel and propylene.
- minicomponent — a hi-fi component considerably smaller than a standard-size component and larger than a microcomponent.
- minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
- misconception — an erroneous conception; mistaken notion.
- misperception — to understand or perceive incorrectly; misunderstand.
- mispronounced — Said wrongly.
- mispronounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mispronounce.
- mission creep — the tendency for a task, esp a military operation, to become unintentionally wider in scope than its initial objectives
- mock pendulum — a false pendulum bob attached to the balances of certain timepieces and visible through a slot in the dial or case.
- molly pitcher — Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley) 1754–1832, American Revolutionary heroine.
- monomorphemic — containing only one morpheme, as the words wait and gorilla.
- morphemically — By means of, or in terms, of morphemes.
- morphogenetic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- morphometrics — a technique of taxonomic analysis using measurements of the form of organisms
- moustache cup — mustache cup.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- myrmecophiles — Plural form of myrmecophile.
- nanocomposite — Denoting a composite material that has a grain size measured in nanometers.
- 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.
- nephelometric — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
- nephrectomize — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
- neurocomputer — a computer or a software program that uses a neural network simulating the human brain and can be trained to perform specific tasks, as pattern recognition.
- nincompoopery — a fool or simpleton.