9-letter words containing m, i, p
- malpighia — (botany) Any of the genus Malpighia of tropical American shrubs.
- mancipate — (obsolete) To enslave.
- manciples — Plural form of manciple.
- manipular — of or relating to the Roman maniple.
- mansplain — Also called mansplanation [man-spluh-ney-shuh n] /ˌmæn spləˈneɪ ʃən/ (Show IPA). such an explanation given to someone, usually a woman.
- mantispid — any neuropterous, mantislike insect of the family Mantispidae, the larvae of which are parasites in the nests of spiders or wasps.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- mapepires — Plural form of mapepire.
- maplelike — Resembling a maple tree or some aspect of one.
- mapmaking — Cartography, the making of maps and charts.
- marigraph — a device that automatically registers the rise and fall of the tide.
- marsupial — any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young.
- marsupian — (obsolete) marsupial.
- marsupium — the pouch or fold of skin on the abdomen of a female marsupial.
- mattaponi — a river in E Virginia, flowing SE to join the Pamunkey and form the York River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- mayorship — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- mcpartlin — Antony. born 1975, British television presenter, who appears with Declan Donnelly as Ant and Dec
- megalopia — macropsia.
- megalopic — having large eyes
- megapixel — a unit equal to one million pixels, used to measure the resolution of a digital image: My camera has a resolution of 12 megapixels.
- megapolis — megalopolis.
- meiospore — a haploid spore resulting from meiosis
- melitopol — a city in SE Ukraine, NW of the Sea of Azov: battles 1941, 1943.
- menopolis — an area or city with a high proportion of single men
- mepacrine — The drug quinacrine.
- mephitism — poisonous air or a foul smell
- merit pay — an additional sum paid to an employee, as a schoolteacher, whose work is superior and whose services are valued.
- meropidan — any insectivorous bird of the family Meropidae
- mesophile — mesophilic.
- messapian — an Indo-European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek.
- metacarpi — Plural form of metacarpus.
- micro-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a very small market capitalization, usually under $250 million.
- microchip — chip1 (def 5).
- microcopy — a microphotographic copy of a printed page or the like, as in microfilm or microfiche.
- micropore — a tiny opening, as in specialized biological filters or in the shells of some animals.
- micropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear to be smaller than their actual size.
- micropump — a tiny pump implanted under the skin for the timed administration of medication.
- micropyle — Zoology. any minute opening in an ovum through which a spermatozoon can enter, as in many insects.
- microslop — (company, abuse) A derisive synonym for Microsoft Corporation. It refers to the sloppy, bug-ridden "x.0" versions of MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft products.
- microtape — (hardware, storage) /mi:'kroh-tayp/ Occasionally used to mean a DECtape, as opposed to a macrotape. Apparently the term "microtape" was actually the official term used within DEC for these tapes until someone coined the word "DECtape", which, of course, sounded sexier to the marketroids. Another version of the story holds that someone discovered a conflict with another company's "microtape" trademark.
- mid-price — at a medium or average price; not particularly expensive nor particularly cheap
- midpoints — Plural form of midpoint.
- midpriced — Alternative spelling of mid-priced.
- midspread — (statistics) The interquartile range.
- mileposts — Plural form of milepost.
- millepede — any terrestrial arthropod of the class Diplopoda, having a cylindrical body composed of 20 to more than 100 segments, each with two pairs of legs.
- millepore — a coralline hydrozoan of the genus Millepora, having a smooth calcareous surface with many perforations.
- milliamps — Plural form of milliamp.
- millipede — any terrestrial arthropod of the class Diplopoda, having a cylindrical body composed of 20 to more than 100 segments, each with two pairs of legs.
- millponds — Plural form of millpond.