12-letter words containing m, p, e
- microforceps — (surgery) A very small forceps.
- 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.
- 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 microPLANNER was superseded by Conniver.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
- micropterous — (of certain animals, esp some types of ant) having small reduced wings
- microscopies — Plural form of microscopy.
- middle plane — middle distance (def 1).
- middle stump — the stump inside of the leg stump and the off stump; the second of the three stumps of a wicket.
- 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 parsley — a wetland plant belonging to the family Apiaceae
- milliamperes — Plural form of milliampere.
- mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.
- mine-sweeper — a specially equipped ship used for dragging a body of water in order to remove or destroy enemy mines.
- minesweepers — Plural form of minesweeper.
- minesweeping — (nautical) The detection and safe disposal of mines.
- minicomputer — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- ministership — (government) The position held by a minister.
- minor planet — asteroid (def 1).
- mips project — Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
- miracle play — a medieval dramatic form dealing with religious subjects such as Biblical stories or saints' lives, usually presented in a series or cycle by the craft guilds.
- mis-shipment — a quantity of freight or cargo shipped at one time.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- misemphasize — to emphasize incorrectly
- mishappening — Present participle of mishappen.
- misinterpret — Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.
- misoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- misperceived — Simple past tense and past participle of misperceive.
- misperceives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misperceive.
- misplacement — to put in a wrong place.
- mispleadings — Plural form of mispleading.
- misprescribe — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- mispronounce — Pronounce (a word) incorrectly.
- mispunctuate — to punctuate incorrectly.
- misrepresent — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
- misspecified — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- misspellings — Plural form of misspelling.
- mitteleuropa — Central Europe.
- mobile phone — any wireless telephone that operates over a relatively large area, as a cell phone or PCS phone.
- modus ponens — the principle that whenever a conditional statement and its antecedent are given to be true its consequent may be validly inferred, as in if it's Tuesday this must be Belgium and it's Tuesday so this must be Belgium
- molded depth — the depth of a vessel at the broadest transverse section from the top of the keel to the upper side of the main deck beam at the side.
- 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.
- 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