12-letter words containing n, m, p
- monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
- monophyllous — consisting of one leaf, as a calyx.
- monophyodont — an animal that has only one set of teeth
- monophysites — Plural form of monophysite.
- monophysitic — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- monopolising — Present participle of monopolise.
- monopolistic — a person who has a monopoly.
- monopolizers — Plural form of monopolizer.
- monopolizing — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
- monosepalous — gamosepalous.
- monospecific — having or comprising a single species
- monospermous — having one seed.
- monostrophic — consisting of stanzas or strophes all having the same metrical structure.
- monosynaptic — having or relating to a sole synapse
- monoterpenes — Plural form of monoterpene.
- monotriglyph — (in the Doric order) any intercolumniation having one whole triglyph.
- montes pubis — mons pubis
- montparnasse — a district in S Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine: noted for its cafés and the artists and writers who have frequented and lived in the area.
- morphonology — morphophonemics (def 1).
- morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- moss campion — cushion pink.
- mothproofing — Present participle of mothproof.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- mount scopus — a mountain in central Israel, east of Jerusalem: a N extension of the Mount of Olives; site of the Hebrew University (1925). Height: 834 m (2736 ft)
- mountain top — the top of a natural upward projection of the earth's surface, higher and steeper than a hill and often having a rocky summit
- mountaintops — Plural form of mountaintop.
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- mucopurulent — containing or composed of mucus and pus.
- mullein pink — rose campion.
- multipathing — (computing) A network facility providing fault tolerance and load-spreading for network interface cards, each interface being assigned a static
- multiplexing — having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.
- multiplicand — a number to be multiplied by another.
- multipotency — (cytology, developmental biology) The ability of a progenitor cell to develop into a limited number of cell types.
- multipresent — able to be present in several places simultaneously
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- municipalism — the principle or system of home rule by a municipality.
- municipality — a city, town, or other district possessing corporate existence and usually its own local government.
- municipalize — to make a municipality of.
- musicianship — knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
- mutton chops — side whiskers trimmed in the shape of chops, widening out from the temples
- mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- n hemisphere — that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator
- name capture — (reduction) In beta reduction, when a term containing a free occurrence of a variable v is substituted into another term where v is bound the free v becomes spuriously bound or "captured". E.g. (\ x . \ y . x y) y --> \ y . y y (WRONG) This problem arises because two distinct variables have the same name. The most common solution is to rename the bound variable using alpha conversion: (\ x . \ y' . x y') y --> \ y' . y y' Another solution is to use de Bruijn notation. Note that the argument expression, y, contained a free variable. The whole expression above must therefore be notionally contained within the body of some lambda abstraction which binds y. If we never reduce inside the body of a lambda abstraction (as in reduction to weak head normal form) then name capture cannot occur.
- name-dropper — a person who indulges in name-dropping.
- nanocomputer — (architecture) /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ A computer with molecular-sized switching elements. Designs for mechanical nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their logic have been proposed. The controller for a nanobot would be a nanocomputer. Some nanocomputers can also be called quantum computers because quantum physics plays a major role in calculations. Richard P. Feynman is still cited today for his work in this area.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- neoplatonism — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- nephelometer — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- nephelometry — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.