11-letter words containing m, r, p
- apricot jam — a sweet preserve made from apricots
- araneomorph — (zoology) Any of the Araneomorphae, a suborder of spiders whose fangs cross with a pinching action.
- argand lamp — an oil lamp with a chimney, having a tubular wick that permits air to reach the center of the flame.
- armor plate — a protective covering of specially hardened steel plates, as on a tank
- aspergillum — a brush or perforated container for sprinkling holy water
- aspersorium — a basin containing holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves
- aspheterism — the teaching that all property should be in common ownership and no individual should benefit from personal possession
- atmosphered — having an intellectual or psychological climate or feeling
- atmospheres — Plural form of atmosphere.
- atmospheric — Atmospheric is used to describe something which relates to the Earth's atmosphere.
- attempering — Present participle of attemper.
- auto-prompt — (language) A numerical control language from IBM for 3D milling.
- automorphic — shaped and designed after oneself
- azoospermia — absence of spermatozoa in the semen
- balsam pear — an Old World tropical vine, Momordica charantia, of the gourd family, having yellow flowers and orange-yellow fruit.
- bimorphemic — pertaining to two morphemes
- biomorphism — a painted, drawn, or sculptured free form or design suggestive in shape of a living organism, especially an ameba or protozoan: The paintings of Joan Miró are often notable for their playful, bright-colored biomorphs.
- bipyramidal — relating to a symmetrical structure consisting of two pyramids
- blasphemers — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
- brachyprism — the four faces parallel to the brachyaxis in a crystal
- brahmaputra — a river in S Asia, rising in SW Tibet as the Tsangpo and flowing through the Himalayas and NE India to join the Ganges at its delta in Bangladesh. Length: about 2900 km (1800 miles)
- breast lump — a harder lump detectable in the soft tissue of a woman's breast
- breast pump — a device for extracting and collecting milk from the breast during lactation
- bridge lamp — a floor lamp, especially one having the light source on an arm so hinged as to be horizontally adjustable.
- bryophyllum — a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae with the ability to produce plantlets on their leaves or floral stems
- bumper crop — large harvest
- bumper jack — a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper.
- bumper pool — a pool game played on a small, often octagonally shaped table with two pockets, having strategically placed cushioned pegs on the playing surface, usually necessitating bank shots to sink balls.
- camel corps — a brigade of infantry mounted on camels used by the British army in various campaigns
- camelopards — Plural form of camelopard.
- cameraphone — a mobile phone incorporating a camera
- camp robber — Canada jay
- campaigners — Plural form of campaigner.
- campaniform — shaped like a bell
- campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
- campestrian — Relating to open fields; growing in a field, or open ground.
- campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
- camphor ice — an ointment consisting of camphor, white wax, spermaceti, and castor oil, used to treat skin ailments, esp chapped skin
- camphor oil — a colorless liquid obtained from the wood of the camphor tree by distillation and separation from the solid camphor, used in varnish, soaps, and shoe polish, and in medicine chiefly as a rubefacient.
- camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
- camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
- camphorweed — vinegarweed.
- camphorwood — The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
- capilliform — Having the form of a hair.
- caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
- caprolactam — a white crystalline cyclic imine used in the manufacture of nylon. Formula: C5H10NHCO
- carbapenems — Plural form of carbapenem.
- cardiospasm — failure of the muscle fibers at the lower end of the esophagus to relax, resulting in swallowing difficulty and regurgitation.
- carpet moth — any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings