12-letter words containing m, i, s, p
- incompassion — (obsolete) Lack of compassion.
- incompetents — Plural form of incompetent.
- inspiritment — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
- insulin pump — an external battery-powered device that injects insulin into the body at a programmed rate to control diabetes.
- intempestive — untimely or inopportune
- ipsedixitism — An unfounded, false and dogmatic assertion.
- islamophobia — Alternative capitalization of Islamophobia.
- ismail pasha — 1830–95, viceroy and khedive of Egypt 1863–79.
- isoperimeter — a figure whose perimeter is equal to that of another.
- isoperimetry — the study of isoperimeters.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- katamorphism — metamorphism at or near the earth's surface: breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
- leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
- limnophilous — (of animals) living in lakes or freshwater marshes
- limp-wristed — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. effeminate.
- lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
- liposarcomas — Plural form of liposarcoma.
- lisp machine — 1. (architecture) Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2. (hardware, operating system) A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- lumpectomies — Plural form of lumpectomy.
- lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
- machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
- macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- magpie goose — a black-and-white gooselike bird, Anseranas semipalmatus, of Australia, believed to be the most primitive waterfowl in existence.
- main-topmast — the mast next above the main lower mast.
- main-topsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- mains supply — electricity, water, or gas supplied to a building through wires or pipes
- malapropisms — Plural form of malapropism.
- malpositions — Plural form of malposition.
- malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.
- mammaplastic — Of, or pertaining to, mammaplasty.
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- mansplaining — (informal, pejorative) The act of condescendingly explaining something, particularly by a man to a female listener in order to appear knowledgable or from a mistaken presumption that she has an inferior understanding of the topic.
- manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
- mantelpieces — Plural form of mantelpiece.
- manuscriptal — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to manuscript.
- marine corps — a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.
- marksmanship — a person who is skilled in shooting at a mark; a person who shoots well.
- marlinespike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- masking tape — an easily removed adhesive tape used temporarily for defining margins, protecting surfaces, etc., as when painting, and sometimes also for binding, sealing, or mending.
- maspar unity — A translator from UNITY to MPL by Martin Huber, University of Karlsruhe, Germany. Version 1.0.
- master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.