12-letter words containing m, o, p, a
- metallophone — any musical instrument consisting of a graduated series of metal bars that may either be struck by hammers operated manually or played with a keyboard.
- metamorphism — Geology. a change in the structure or constitution of a rock due to natural agencies, as pressure and heat, especially when the rock becomes harder and more completely crystalline.
- metamorphist — a member of a group of 16th century Christians who believed that the humanly body of Jesus Christ metamorphosed into God during the Ascension
- metamorphize — (transitive) To transform or change; metamorphose.
- metamorphose — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metapolitics — political theory: often used derogatorily
- meteorograph — an instrument for automatically recording various meteorological conditions, as barometric pressure and temperature, at the same time.
- metropolitan — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- microamperes — Plural form of microampere.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
- micrographia — minute handwriting.
- micrographic — Pertaining to micrographics.
- micropayment — A very small payment made each time a user accesses an Internet page or service.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- microplanner — A subset of PLANNER, implemented in Lisp by Gerald Sussman et al at MIT. Its important features were goal-oriented, pattern-directed procedure invocation, an embedded knowledge base, and automatic backtracking. microPLANNER was superseded by Conniver.
- microprogram — Computers. a set of microinstructions that defines the individual operations that a computer carries out in response to a machine-language instruction.
- millilampson — /mil'*-lamp"sn/ A unit of talking speed, abbreviated mL. Most people run about 200 milliLampsons. The eponymous Butler Lampson (a CS theorist and systems implementor highly regarded among hackers) goes at 1000. A few people speak faster. This unit is sometimes used to compare the (sometimes widely disparate) rates at which people can generate ideas and actually emit them in speech. For example, noted computer architect C. Gordon Bell (designer of the PDP-11) is said, with some awe, to think at about 1200 mL but only talk at about 300; he is frequently reduced to fragments of sentences as his mouth tries to keep up with his speeding brain.
- mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.
- minor planet — asteroid (def 1).
- mirror plant — a shrub, Coprosma repens, of the madder family, native to New Zealand and cultivated in warm regions, having glossy, often variegated leaves.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- misoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- misportrayal — the act of portraying.
- mitteleuropa — Central Europe.
- mole mapping — the procedure of using a digital camera to record the positions and appearances of moles on a person's body so that regular checks will detect any changes that might lead to skin cancer
- mona passage — a strait between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. 80 miles (129 km) wide.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- money player — a person who performs best under pressure, especially in a competitive situation.
- monocephalic — bearing one flower head, as the dandelion.
- monodelphian — any placental mammal that is a member of the group Monodelphia
- monographing — Present participle of monograph.
- monopetalous — gamopetalous.
- monosepalous — gamosepalous.
- monosynaptic — having or relating to a sole synapse
- montparnasse — a district in S Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine: noted for its cafés and the artists and writers who have frequented and lived in the area.
- morphallaxis — Biology. the regeneration of a destroyed body part by the reorganization of its remaining cells.
- morphographs — Plural form of morphograph.
- morphography — the scientific description of an external form
- morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- moss campion — cushion pink.
- mossycup oak — bur oak
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- mountain top — the top of a natural upward projection of the earth's surface, higher and steeper than a hill and often having a rocky summit
- mountaintops — Plural form of mountaintop.
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.