12-letter words containing m, o, p, a
- incomparably — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompassing — Present participle of incompass.
- incompassion — (obsolete) Lack of compassion.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incompatibly — In an incompatible manner.
- incompliance — not compliant; unyielding.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- intercompany — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- intercompare — (of members of a group) to compare each member against all other members
- intracompany — occurring within a company, especially between employees or branches of the company.
- islamophobia — Alternative capitalization of Islamophobia.
- james k polk — James Knox, 1795–1849, the 11th president of the U.S. 1845–49.
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
- katamorphism — metamorphism at or near the earth's surface: breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones.
- keep company — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- lambda point — the temperature of approximately 2.186 K, at which the transition from helium I to superfluid helium II occurs.
- lamellaphone — Alt form lamellophone.
- lamellophone — (musical instruments) Any of several musical instruments in which the sound is produced by plucking a series of thin lamellaa attached to a sounding board.
- lampadedromy — (in ancient Greece) a relay race in which the runners or riders carried a lighted torch
- lampadomancy — a method of divination by studying the carbon deposits left by a burning lamp or candle
- lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
- lamprophyric — belonging or relating to a lamprophyre
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- laparotomize — to perform a laparotomy on.
- laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
- leopard moth — a moth, Zeuzera pyrina, having white wings spotted with black and larvae that bore into the wood of various trees and shrubs.
- lepidomelane — (mineralogy) A black iron-potash mica, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales.
- leprosariums — Plural form of leprosarium.
- leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
- liposarcomas — Plural form of liposarcoma.
- loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
- lobular pump — a blower or pump displacing air or liquid by means of rotors having meshing lobes that act as a seal at their place of mesh.
- lollipop man — (in Britain) a person who stops traffic by holding up a circular sign on a pole to allow children to cross a road safely
- lopez mateos — Adolfo [ah-th awl-faw] /ɑˈðɔl fɔ/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Mexican lawyer and politician: president of Mexico 1958–64.
- lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
- lymphangioma — a benign tumor composed of dilated and newly formed lymph vessels.
- lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
- lymphography — lymphangiography.
- machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
- machtpolitik — power politics
- macrocarpous — having large fruit.
- macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.