14-letter words containing m, e, r, c, a, p
- imperial beach — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
- incorporealism — Existence without a body or material form; immateriality.
- intermunicipal — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- jump the track — to go suddenly off the rails
- kinematic pair — pair1 (def 10).
- ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
- lap microphone — a small microphone that may be clipped to the speaker's lapel, pocket, or the like.
- livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- locker-lampson — Frederick (Frederick Locker) 1821–95, English poet.
- macrocephalous — Having a large head.
- magnetic strip — a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- map projection — a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
- markov process — a process in which future values of a random variable are statistically determined by present events and dependent only on the event immediately preceding.
- mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
- mercapto group — the univalent group –SH.
- mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
- 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).
- metaphosphoric — applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid
- metapragmatics — Language that characterizes or describes the pragmatic function of some speech.
- metoclopramide — a white crystalline substance, C 1 4 H 2 2 ClN 3 O 2 , used primarily in the symptomatic treatment of certain upper gastrointestinal tract problems, and as an antiemetic.
- metrical psalm — a translation of one of the psalms into rhyming strict-metre verse usually sung as a hymn
- metropolitical — metropolitan
- microaerophile — An organism, especially an aerobic bacterium, that lives and thrives in environments low in oxygen.
- microcephalous — Microcephalic.
- microparasites — Plural form of microparasite.
- micropegmatite — a rock with a microscopic pegmatitic structure
- microspherical — relating to or designating a microsphere
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- 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.
- motion capture — a process by which a device can be used to capture patterns of live movement; the data is then transmitted to a computer, where simulation software displays it applied to a virtual actor
- mpeg-4 aac ssr — MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding Scalable Sampling Rate
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- nonperformance — failure or neglect to perform.
- 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.
- object program — a computer program translated from the equivalent source program into machine language by the compiler or assembler
- omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
- open classroom — a spacious instructional area shared by several groups or classes in elementary school, permitting more individualized, less supervised project learning and movement of pupils from one activity to another.
- optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
- outperformance — The act or state of outperforming.
- overcompensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.
- overcompliance — excessive compliance
- overcomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
- panoramic view — wide vista or landscape
- parachute jump — leaping from aircraft with a parachute
- parametrically — in terms of a parameter