12-letter words containing m, i, s, p, o
- monophysitic — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- monopolising — Present participle of monopolise.
- monopolistic — a person who has a monopoly.
- monopolizers — Plural form of monopolizer.
- monospecific — having or comprising a single species
- monostrophic — consisting of stanzas or strophes all having the same metrical structure.
- monosynaptic — having or relating to a sole synapse
- montes pubis — mons pubis
- morphallaxis — Biology. the regeneration of a destroyed body part by the reorganization of its remaining cells.
- morphologies — Plural form of morphology.
- morphologist — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- morris jesup — Cape, a cape of N Greenland, on the Arctic Ocean, 440 miles (710 km) from the North Pole: northernmost land point in the world.
- moss campion — cushion pink.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- mountaintops — Plural form of mountaintop.
- mucopeptides — Plural form of mucopeptide.
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- multipurpose — able to be used for several purposes: a multipurpose lawn spray.
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
- myelopoiesis — (biology) The regulated formation of myeloid cells.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- mythopoiesis — (mythology) the creation of myth.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- neoplatonism — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- nephrotomies — Plural form of nephrotomy.
- neurotropism — the quality of being neurotropic.
- nyctitropism — tending to assume at or just before nightfall positions unlike those maintained during the day, as the leaves or flowers of certain plants.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- olympic-size — of the dimensions or length prescribed for the Olympic Games and other major athletic competitions: an Olympic-size speed-skating oval.
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- omnipresence — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
- operationism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
- ophthalmitis — ophthalmia.
- opisthodomos — Also called posticum. a small room in the cella of a classical temple, as for a treasury.
- optic chiasm — a site at the base of the forebrain where the inner half of the fibers of the left and right optic nerves cross to the opposite side of the brain.
- optimisation — Alternative spelling of optimization.
- optimistical — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- optometrists — Plural form of optometrist.
- orthotropism — Botany. orthotropic tendency or growth.
- over-promise — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overoptimism — a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- overoptimist — someone who is too optimistic
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- oversimplify — make too simple
- paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- paramorphism — the process by which a paramorph is formed.