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

  • lamellaphones — Plural form of lamellaphone.
  • leptomeninges — The inner two meninges, the arachnoid and the pia mater, between which circulates the cerebrospinal fluid.
  • lepton number — in a process involving elementary particles, the total number of leptons minus the total number of antileptons.
  • lymphangiomas — Plural form of lymphangioma.
  • lymphopoietin — (protein) A cytokine protein that has a function in T cell maturation.
  • macroplankton — planktonic organisms of about 1 mm in length.
  • 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)
  • major penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player for five minutes from play, no substitute for the player being permitted.
  • malabsorption — faulty absorption of nutritive material from the intestine.
  • maladaptation — incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation.
  • maldeployment — the inefficient use of resources or an instance of such
  • malonyl group — the bivalent group C 3 H 2 O 2 , derived from malonic acid.
  • manipulations — Plural form of manipulation.
  • mansplanation — Also called mansplanation [man-spluh-ney-shuh n] /ˌmæn spləˈneɪ ʃən/ (Show IPA). such an explanation given to someone, usually a woman.
  • megalopolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
  • melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
  • melting point — the temperature at which a solid substance melts or fuses.
  • merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
  • mesencephalon — Anatomy. the midbrain.
  • metallophones — Plural form of metallophone.
  • metencephalon — the anterior section of the hindbrain, comprising the cerebellum and pons.
  • methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
  • methylpropene — (organic compound) IUPAC name for isobutylene.
  • metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
  • microplankton — plankton visible as individual organisms only with the aid of a microscope, which excludes most animal plankton.
  • mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
  • minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
  • misemployment — Wrong or mistaken employment.
  • mock pendulum — a false pendulum bob attached to the balances of certain timepieces and visible through a slot in the dial or case.
  • modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
  • 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.
  • monkey puzzle — a South American, coniferous timber tree, Araucaria araucana, having candelabralike branches, stiff sharp leaves, and edible nuts.
  • monophthongal — (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a monophthong.
  • monopolylogue — a theatrical entertainment in which the same performer plays several parts or characters.
  • monotelephone — a telephone that communicates a specific frequency of sound
  • mount olympus — mountain in Greece
  • mount palomar — Mount, a mountain in S California, NE of San Diego: site of observatory. 6126 feet (1867 meters) high.
  • myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
  • 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.
  • nephelometers — Plural form of nephelometer.
  • nephelometric — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
  • nominal group — A nominal group is the same as a noun group.
  • non-compliant — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
  • non-complying — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
  • non-empirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
  • non-ephemeral — lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood.
  • non-implement — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
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