11-letter words containing m, o, p, y
- lamprophony — loudness and clarity of voice.
- lamprophyre — any dark intrusive rock in which dark minerals occur both as phenocrysts and as groundmass.
- laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
- lycopodiums — Plural form of lycopodium.
- lymph nodes — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphoblast — a large, metabolically active lymphocyte shortly before it enters into mitosis.
- lymphocytes — Plural form of lymphocyte.
- lymphocytic — Of, or pertaining to lymphocytes.
- lymphokines — Plural form of lymphokine.
- lymphonodus — (anatomy) lymph node.
- lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- lymphotoxin — a glycoprotein that is released by antigen-stimulated or mitogen-stimulated T cells and is toxic to various other cells.
- macrography — examination or study of an object with the naked eye (opposed to micrography).
- macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- macrophytic — Relating to macrophytes.
- major party — a political party with enough electoral strength to periodically gain control of the government or to effectively oppose the party in power.
- malacophily — pollination of plants by snails
- mammography — x-ray photography of a breast, especially for detection of tumors.
- mammoplasty — reconstruction or alteration in size or contour of the female breast.
- mancipatory — relating to mancipation
- maple honey — maple syrup.
- massey hope — (language, functional programming) A refinement of Hope+C by Nigel Perry <[email protected]> of Massey University, NZ, with improved syntax.
- master copy — an original copy, stencil, tape, etc, from which duplicates are made
- mastoplasty — (surgery) Plastic surgery of a breast to alter its shape or size.
- memory chip — In a computer, the memory chip is the microchip in which information is stored.
- memory dump — (programming, operating system, jargon) (Or "core dump") A file on hard disk (traditionally called "core") containing a copy of the contents of a process's memory, produced when a process is aborted by certain kinds of internal error or signal.
- memory span — the capacity of short-term memory, usually between 5 and 10 items
- mentoplasty — plastic surgery to correct a functional or cosmetic deformity of the chin.
- mephenytoin — A hydantoin used as an anticonvulsant.
- mesophyllic — (botany) Of or pertaining to the mesophyll of a leaf.
- mesotherapy — a cosmetic procedure in which minute doses of medication, vitamins, etc, are injected repeatedly into the mesodermal tissue under the skin to promote fat loss
- metoposcopy — the prediction of a person's fortune, or the reading of a person's character, through the examination of the forehead or face
- micro-party — a small political party, esp one focusing on a single issue
- microfloppy — Alternative spelling of micro-floppy.
- micrography — the description or delineation of microscopic objects.
- microphylls — Plural form of microphyll.
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.
- minor party — a political party with so little electoral strength that its chance of gaining control of the government is slight.
- misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
- misemployed — Simple past tense and past participle of misemploy.
- monophysite — a person who maintains that Christ has one nature, partly divine and partly human.
- monotherapy — (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself.
- morphometry — (biology) the measurement of the form of organisms.
- morphotropy — the study of the changes in crystal structure that occur when chemicals replace one another
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- mycophagist — a fungus-eating organism.
- mycophagous — feeding on fungi.
- mycoplasmal — Of or pertaining to mycoplasma.
- mycoplasmas — Plural form of mycoplasma.