17-letter words containing m, r, p

micromanipulators — Plural form of micromanipulator.
micropaleontology — the branch of paleontology dealing with the study of microscopic fossils.
microphanerophyte — any shrub or tree having a height of 2 to 8 metres
microphotographic — Relating to microphotography.
microreproduction — a photographic image too small to be read by the unaided eye.
microsoft project — (product) A Microsoft Windows program offering various project management tools.
middle-age spread — an increase in bulk, especially in the waist and buttocks, associated with the onset of middle age and the body's decreasing ability to metabolize calories efficiently.
midmorning prayer — the third of the seven canonical hours; terce
mind-body problem — the problem of explaining the relation of the mind to the body.
misappropriations — Plural form of misappropriation.
misinterpretation — An instance of misinterpreting.
misrepresentation — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
misrepresentative — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
mississippi river — a state in the S United States. 47,716 sq. mi. (123,585 sq. km). Capital: Jackson. Abbreviation: MS (for use with zip code), Miss.
mitre corporation — (body) A US federally funded R&D center, spun off in 1958 from the MIT Lincoln Laboratory (also an FFRDC). MITRE is a non-profit corporation chartered to do R&D in the public interest. MITRE were responsible for system engineering and implementation oversight of SAGE. MITRE does not stand for MIT Research and Engineering, though it could have.
mode of transport — means of travel
modern pentathlon — an athletic contest consisting of five different events: horse riding with jumps, fencing with electric épée, freestyle swimming, pistol shooting, and cross-country running
modular sb-prolog — Modular Prolog
mom and pop store — a small retail business, typically family-operated
morphic resonance — the idea that, through a telepathic effect or sympathetic vibration, an event or act can lead to similar events or acts in the future or an idea conceived in one mind can then arise in another
mother spleenwort — a fern, Asplenium bulbiferum, of tropical Africa and Australasia, the fronds often bearing bulbils that sprout into new plants while still attached, grown as an ornamental.
mount kirkpatrick — a mountain in Antarctica, in S Victoria Land in the Queen Alexandra Range. Height: 4528 m (14 856 ft)
mount robson park — a national park in the Rocky Mountains of E British Columbia, Canada.
multidisciplinary — composed of or combining several usually separate branches of learning or fields of expertise: a multidisciplinary study of the 18th century.
multiple cropping — the use of the same field for two or more crops, whether of the same or of different kinds, successively during a single year.
multiple exposure — the filming of more than one scene in a single frame
multiple integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of more than one variable and which requires for evaluation repetition of the integration process.
multiple neuritis — polyneuritis.
multiple-unit car — a self-propelled railroad car, generally used in commuting service, equipped so that a train of such cars can be operated from any one of them.
multiplex printer — (hardware) A duplex circuit using time-division multiplexing to provide multiple duplex channels over one wire. For example, channels A, B, C, and D could be used for simultaneous transmission in both directions.
multiplier effect — the effect of government spending on national income
muscle dysmorphia — a mental disorder primarily affecting males, characterized by obsessions about a perceived lack of muscularity, leading to compulsive exercising, use of anabolic steroids, etc. Compare body dysmorphic disorder.
neo-expressionism — an art movement, chiefly in painting, that developed in Germany, Italy, and the U.S. in the late 1970s, emphasized large heavy forms and thick impasto, and typically dealt with historical narrative in terms of symbolism, allegory, and myth.
neo-impressionism — the theory and practice of a group of post-impressionists of about the middle 1880s, characterized chiefly by a systematic juxtaposition of dots or points of pure color according to a concept of the optical mixture of hues.
nephelometrically — By means of nephelometry.
neuropharmacology — the branch of pharmacology concerned with the effects of drugs on the nervous system.
new expressionism — neo-expressionism.
non-comprehension — the act or process of comprehending.
non-profit-making — A non-profit-making organization or charity is not run with the intention of making a profit.
non-thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
nonimpact printer — a printer that creates images without mechanically impacting the page, as an ink-jet or laser printer.
notebook computer — laptop, portable
noun pre-modifier — a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
omphalomesenteric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery.
on speaking terms — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
one-parent family — A one-parent family is a family that consists of one parent and his or her children living together.
one-time password — (security) (OTP) A security system that requires a new password every time a user authenticates themselves, thus protecting against an intruder replaying an intercepted password. OTP generates passwords using either the MD4 or MD5 hashing algorithms. The equivalent term "S/Key", developed by Bellcore, is a trademark of Telcordia Technologies, so the name OTP is used increasingly. See RFC 1760 - "The S/KEY One-Time Password System" and RFC 1938 - "A One-Time Password System".
open-end mortgage — a mortgage agreement against which new sums of money may be borrowed under certain conditions.
opening arguments — the statements or arguments provided by lawyers at the beginning of a trial
optical astronomy — the branch of observational astronomy using telescopes to observe or photograph celestial objects in visible light.

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