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13-letter words containing m, i, n, p, l

  • intemperately — given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
  • interproximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
  • intertemporal — Describing any relationship between past, present and future events or conditions.
  • kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
  • leptomeninges — The inner two meninges, the arachnoid and the pia mater, between which circulates the cerebrospinal fluid.
  • line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • lymphangiomas — Plural form of lymphangioma.
  • lymphopoietin — (protein) A cytokine protein that has a function in T cell maturation.
  • machilipatnam — a city in E Andhra Pradesh state, in S India, on the Bay of Bengal: first British trading settlement 1611.
  • magnetic pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
  • mainz psalter — a book printed by Johannes Gutenberg: thought by some to be the first book printed from movable type.
  • malabsorption — faulty absorption of nutritive material from the intestine.
  • maladaptation — incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation.
  • manipulatable — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
  • manipulations — Plural form of manipulation.
  • manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
  • mansplanation — Also called mansplanation [man-spluh-ney-shuh n] /ˌmæn spləˈneɪ ʃən/ (Show IPA). such an explanation given to someone, usually a woman.
  • marlinespikes — Plural form of marlinespike.
  • meeting place — A meeting place is a place where people meet.
  • megalopolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
  • melting point — the temperature at which a solid substance melts or fuses.
  • mesencephalic — Anatomy. the midbrain.
  • metenkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
  • metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
  • mexican apple — a tropical American tree, Casimiroa edulis, of the rue family, having greenish, inconspicuous flowers and tomatolike fleshy fruit that is yellow on the inside and gray or yellowish-green on the outside.
  • microplankton — plankton visible as individual organisms only with the aid of a microscope, which excludes most animal plankton.
  • milk saucepan — a type of small saucepan often used for heating milk
  • mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
  • mineral pitch — asphalt.
  • minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
  • mis-explained — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • mise en place — (in a restaurant kitchen) the preparation of equipment and food before service begins
  • misemployment — Wrong or mistaken employment.
  • molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
  • mongol empire — an empire founded in the 12th century by Genghis Khan, which reached its greatest territorial extent in the 13th century, encompassing the larger part of Asia and extending westward to the Dnieper River in eastern Europe.
  • mule spinning — a process of spinning that produces extremely fine yarn by drawing and twisting the roving, and winding the resultant yarn onto a bobbin or spindle in the form of a cop.
  • mulier puisne — the legitimate son of parents whose first son was illegitimate.
  • multipartisan — Relating to or supported by multiple groups, especially by multiple political parties.
  • multiplatinum — Denoting or relating to a musical recording that has sold more than two million copies.
  • multiplicands — Plural form of multiplicand.
  • multipresence — the quality or state of being multipresent
  • municipalized — Simple past tense and past participle of municipalize.
  • myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
  • naphthylamine — (organic compound) Either of two isomeric primary amines derived from naphthalene; they occur in crude oil, and are used in the preparation of dyes and other compounds.
  • neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
  • 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.
  • nerve impulse — a progressive wave of electric and chemical activity along a nerve fiber that stimulates or inhibits the action of a muscle, gland, or other nerve cell.
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