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13-letter words containing m, i, p

  • metamorphotic — Of or relating to metamorphosis.
  • metanephridia — Plural form of metanephridium.
  • metaphoricity — The power of a metaphor.
  • metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
  • metaphysicist — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
  • metaphysicize — to think, write, etc, metaphysically
  • 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.
  • metering pump — A metering pump is a device used to pump precise amounts of liquids over a period of time.
  • metoposcopist — someone who practises metoposcopy
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • miami springs — a town in SE Florida, near Miami.
  • microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
  • microcephalia — Microcephaly.
  • microcephalic — having a head with a small braincase.
  • microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
  • microchip art — (hardware)   (chip art, chip graffiti) Images etched on integrated circuits purely for decoration, visible only under a microscope.
  • microchipping — Present participle of microchip.
  • 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.
  • micrographics — the technique of photographing written or printed pages in reduced form to produce microfilm or microfiche.
  • 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.
  • microphyllous — having microphylls
  • micropipettes — Plural form of micropipette.
  • microplankton — plankton visible as individual organisms only with the aid of a microscope, which excludes most animal plankton.
  • micropolitics — The use of formal and informal power by individuals and groups to achieve their goals within organizations, as opposed to macropolitics.
  • microporosity — the state of being microporous
  • microprocesor — (spelling)   It's spelled microprocessor.
  • microprograms — Plural form of microprogram.
  • micropuncture — the puncture of a cell, renal tubule, etc., by a laser beam or micropipette
  • microscopical — so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope: microscopic organisms. Compare macroscopic.
  • midday prayer — the fourth of the seven canonical hours; sext
  • middle temple — an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
  • midi-pyrénées — a region of SW France: consists of N slopes of the Pyrenees in the south, a fertile lowland area in the west crossed by the River Garonne, and the edge of the Massif Central in the north and east
  • military coup — a coup organized and carried out by members of the armed forces
  • military pace — a pace, equal to a single step, used to coordinate the marching of soldiers, equal in the U.S. to 2½ feet (76 cm) for quick time and 3 feet (91 cm) for double time.
  • milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
  • milk saucepan — a type of small saucepan often used for heating milk
  • 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.
  • mimeographing — Present participle of mimeograph.
  • mindanao deep — an area in the Pacific Ocean W of the Philippines: one of deepest points in any ocean. 34,440 feet (10,497 meters).
  • mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
  • mineral pitch — asphalt.
  • 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.
  • minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
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