15-letter words containing m, e, t, r, o, p
- metanitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
- methylene group — the bivalent organic group >CH 2 , derived from methane.
- methylpropanone — (organic compound) The industrial solvent butanone.
- metric topology — a topology for a space in which open sets are defined in terms of a given metric.
- 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.
- microenterprise — A business operating on a very small scale, especially one with a sole proprietor and fewer than six employees.
- micropegmatitic — relating to, or designating, a microscopic pegmatitic structure
- microphotometer — a photometer adapted for measuring the intensity of light emitted, transmitted, or reflected by minute objects.
- microphotometry — the use of microphotometers to measure the intensity of light transmitted or reflected by very small areas
- microprojection — the projection of an image, captured by a microscope, onto a screen
- microsporocytes — Plural form of microsporocyte.
- military police — soldiers who perform police duties
- minority report — a report by a minority of members of a group that disagrees with the official report issued by the group
- misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
- misappropriated — to put to a wrong use.
- misappropriates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misappropriate.
- misproportioned — Having incorrect or distorted proportions.
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- modulo operator — (mathematics) (mod) The operator that returns the remainder after integer division of its first argument by its second. Written as "%" in C and some other languages. Where the second argument is a power of two, the result can be calculated much more quickly using bitwise and with the appropriate bit-mask.
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- moral turpitude — conduct that is regarded as immoral.
- more's the pity — If you add more's the pity to a comment, you are expressing your disappointment or regret about something.
- morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
- mother of pearl — a hard, iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of certain mollusk shells, used for making buttons, beads, etc.; nacre.
- mother superior — the head of a Christian religious community for women.
- mother's helper — a person who is hired to assist in household chores, especially caring for children.
- mother-of-pearl — a hard, iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of certain mollusk shells, used for making buttons, beads, etc.; nacre.
- mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
- multiple factor — polygene.
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- multiprocessors — Plural form of multiprocessor.
- mystery shopper — a person who is employed, often by the owners, to visit shops, hotels, etc, incognito, and assess the quality of the service offered
- native compiler — (programming, tool) A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.
- nephrolithotomy — incision or opening of a kidney pelvis for removal of a calculus.
- neural computer — 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.
- neuroepithelium — Embryology. the part of the embryonic ectoderm that gives rise to the nervous system.
- non-improvement — an act of improving or the state of being improved.
- noncompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- noncomputerized — not computerized or controlled by computers
- noncontemporary — not contemporary
- nondepartmental — not limited to or related to a specific department
- nonexperimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
- nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
- nonmetropolitan — Not metropolitan.
- objective prism — a large prism placed in front of the objective lens or mirror of a telescope, allowing the simultaneous acquisition of the spectra of many stars.
- odd permutation — a permutation of a set of n elements, x 1 , x 2 , …, xn, which permutes the product of all differences of the form (xi – xj), where i is less than j, into the negative of the product.
- open enrollment — open admissions.
- open government — the doctrine that all government business should be open to regulation and scrutiny by the public