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14-letter words containing m, e, t, a, p

  • multi-part key — compound key
  • multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
  • multiparameter — Having, or employing multiple parameters.
  • multiple value — (database)   (MU) A one-to-many relationship between entries in a database, for example a person may have an address field which spanned multiple records (with different indexes). Multiple values are a non-relational technique. MUs have recently been made available in DB2, despite the product being so heavily influenced by Codd's Laws of relational databases.
  • multiplicative — tending to multiply or increase.
  • multipotential — able to differentiate along several lines
  • multispecialty — (US) Exhibiting or possessing multiple specialties (especially medical specialties).
  • mustard powder — Mustard powder is a yellow powder. You add hot water to it in order to make mustard.
  • mutton snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus analis, inhabiting the warmer parts of the western Atlantic Ocean, valued as food and game.
  • narmer palette — a king of Egypt identified by modern scholars as the Menes of tradition and depicted as the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt on an ancient slate tablet (Narmer Palette or Palette of Narmer) c3200 b.c. with relief carvings on both sides.
  • nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
  • non-assumptive — taken for granted.
  • non-compatible — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
  • non-impairment — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
  • non-imperative — of the nature of or expressing a command; commanding.
  • noncomplicated — (esp of a medical condition or procedure) not involving complications
  • normal pentane — pentane (def 2).
  • normal-pentane — a hydrocarbon of the methane series, existing in three liquid isomeric forms.
  • object program — a computer program translated from the equivalent source program into machine language by the compiler or assembler
  • oesophagectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of all, or part of the oesophagus.
  • omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
  • omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
  • on the rampage — behaving violently or destructively
  • opening gambit — a preliminary or opening tactic
  • operating room — a specially equipped room, usually in a hospital, where surgical procedures are performed. Abbreviation: OR.
  • operationalism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
  • ophthalmometer — an instrument for measuring the reflection of an image on the surface of the cornea and other capacities of the eye, used chiefly for determining the presence and degree of astigmatism.
  • ophthalmometry — the measurement and determination of the eye's defects and powers of refraction
  • ophthalmoscope — an instrument for viewing the interior of the eye or examining the retina.
  • optical isomer — any of two or more isomers exhibiting optical isomerism.
  • options market — a market in which options are traded
  • ottoman empire — a former Turkish empire that was founded about 1300 by Osman and reached its greatest territorial extent under Suleiman in the 16th century; collapsed after World War I. Capital: Constantinople.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • paddle steamer — a vessel propelled by paddle wheels and driven by steam.
  • palaeoclimatic — relating to the climate of a prehistoric age
  • paleomagnetism — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
  • palmatipartite — having leaves that are laterally divided halfway to the petiole
  • palmetto state — South Carolina (used as a nickname).
  • pamphleteering — the occupation of a pamphleteer
  • panamint range — mountain range in SE Calif., forming the W rim of Death Valley: highest peak, 11,045 ft (3,367 m)
  • pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
  • pantomime dame — an exaggerated comedic female character in a pantomime played by a male actor
  • parachute jump — leaping from aircraft with a parachute
  • parametrically — in terms of a parameter
  • parasitic male — a male animal that is much smaller than the female and is totally dependent on the female for its nutrition, such as the male of some species of deep-sea angler fish
  • parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
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