12-letter words containing m, o, r, p
- microchipped — Simple past tense and past participle of microchip.
- microcopying — the act of copying onto microfilm
- microforceps — (surgery) A very small forceps.
- micrographia — minute handwriting.
- micrographic — Pertaining to micrographics.
- microgripper — (engineering) A microscopic device used to grasp and manipulate microscale objects safely.
- 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.
- microphonics — (electronics) The phenomenon where certain components in electronic devices transform mechanical vibrations into an unwanted electrical signal.
- microphoning — Present participle of microphone.
- microphonism — a usually undesirable property of some electronic circuits or components in which mechanical vibrations of a component affect the signal being transmitted through the circuit.
- microphysics — the branch of physics dealing with physical objects that are not large enough to be observed and treated directly, as elementary particles, atoms, and molecules.
- micropipette — a very slender pipette for transferring or measuring minute amounts of fluid, microorganisms, etc.
- 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 microPLANNER was superseded by Conniver.
- microprinted — printed in microprint
- microprogram — Computers. a set of microinstructions that defines the individual operations that a computer carries out in response to a machine-language instruction.
- micropterous — (of certain animals, esp some types of ant) having small reduced wings
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- microscopics — Any behaviour or characteristic observable at a microscopic scale.
- microscopies — Plural form of microscopy.
- microscopist — An expert at microscopy.
- microscopium — a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying near Sagittarius and Capricornus
- mifepristone — an antigestational drug, C 29 H 35 NO 2 , that prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall by blocking the action of progesterone.
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.
- minicomputer — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- minor planet — asteroid (def 1).
- mips project — Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
- 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.
- mispronounce — Pronounce (a word) incorrectly.
- mitteleuropa — Central Europe.
- mobius strip — a continuous, one-sided surface formed by twisting one end of a rectangular strip through 180° about the longitudinal axis of the strip and attaching this end to the other.
- mond process — a process for obtaining nickel by heating the ore in carbon monoxide to produce nickel carbonyl vapour, which is then decomposed at a higher temperature to yield the metal
- money expert — someone knowledgeable about money, esp ways to save money
- money player — a person who performs best under pressure, especially in a competitive situation.
- money spider — any of certain small shiny brownish spiders of the family Linyphiidae
- monocropping — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- monodisperse — (of a colloid) Having particles of (approximately) the same size.
- monographing — Present participle of monograph.
- monomorphism — a one-to-one homomorphism.
- monopolizers — Plural form of monopolizer.
- monospermous — having one seed.
- monostrophic — consisting of stanzas or strophes all having the same metrical structure.
- monoterpenes — Plural form of monoterpene.
- monotriglyph — (in the Doric order) any intercolumniation having one whole triglyph.