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13-letter words containing n, m, p

  • monophysitism — (Christianity) A Christian belief which holds that the human nature of Jesus Christ was essentially absorbed by the divine, and thus that he essentially had but one nature, contrary to the orthodox view that Christ has two natures, both fully human and fully divine. A variant is apollonarianism, which has gnostic overtones and used hellenistic ideas alien to orthodox Christianity.
  • monopolylogue — a theatrical entertainment in which the same performer plays several parts or characters.
  • monopotassium — (chemistry) monatomic potassium.
  • monopsonistic — the market condition that exists when there is one buyer.
  • monostrophics — monostrophic verses
  • monotelephone — a telephone that communicates a specific frequency of sound
  • monoterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C10 skeleton.
  • monotherapies — Plural form of monotherapy.
  • mont-de-piete — a public pawnbroking establishment that lends money on reasonable terms, especially to the poor.
  • montauk point — the SE end of Long Island, in SE New York.
  • monte perdido — a mountain in NE Spain, in the central Pyrenees. Height: 3352 m (10 997 ft)
  • monterey park — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
  • monterey pine — a pine tree, Pinus radiata, native to coastal California, having cones that open to germinate only in the heat of a forest fire, used for reforestation and as a timber tree.
  • morning paper — a paper published the night before for distribution in the morning (as opposed to an evening paper)
  • morphinomania — an addiction to morphine or opium in which the addict secretly injects the substance
  • morpho-syntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
  • morphogenesis — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
  • morphogenetic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
  • morphophoneme — an abstract phonological unit representing corresponding phonemes in different allomorphs of one morpheme. In English the symbol F may be used to represent a morphophoneme occurring in two related allomorphs, as f in leaf, but v in the plural leaves.
  • mount olympus — mountain in Greece
  • mount palomar — Mount, a mountain in S California, NE of San Diego: site of observatory. 6126 feet (1867 meters) high.
  • mountain pass — a low point on a mountain that allows easy access to climbers
  • mountain pine — a European pine tree which grows on mountains
  • mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
  • mule spinning — a process of spinning that produces extremely fine yarn by drawing and twisting the roving, and winding the resultant yarn onto a bobbin or spindle in the form of a cop.
  • mulier puisne — the legitimate son of parents whose first son was illegitimate.
  • multipartisan — Relating to or supported by multiple groups, especially by multiple political parties.
  • multiplatinum — Denoting or relating to a musical recording that has sold more than two million copies.
  • multiplicands — Plural form of multiplicand.
  • multipresence — the quality or state of being multipresent
  • municipalized — Simple past tense and past participle of municipalize.
  • murder weapon — the weapon that was used in a murder
  • mutation stop — an organ pipe sounding the harmonic of the note normally produced
  • myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
  • name-dropping — the introduction into one's conversation, letters, etc., of the names of famous or important people as alleged friends or associates in order to impress others.
  • nanocomposite — Denoting a composite material that has a grain size measured in nanometers.
  • naphthylamine — (organic compound) Either of two isomeric primary amines derived from naphthalene; they occur in crude oil, and are used in the preparation of dyes and other compounds.
  • neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
  • neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
  • neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
  • neopositivism — A resurgent positivism, or an updated version of it.
  • nephelometers — Plural form of nephelometer.
  • nephelometric — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
  • nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
  • nephrectomize — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
  • nerve impulse — a progressive wave of electric and chemical activity along a nerve fiber that stimulates or inhibits the action of a muscle, gland, or other nerve cell.
  • neurocomputer — a computer or a software program that uses a neural network simulating the human brain and can be trained to perform specific tasks, as pattern recognition.
  • new hampshire — a state in the NE United States. 9304 sq. mi. (24,100 sq. km). Capital: Concord. Abbreviation: NH (for use with zip code), N.H.
  • niminy-piminy — affectedly delicate or refined; mincing; effeminate: A niminy-piminy shyness makes frankness impossible.
  • nincompoopery — a fool or simpleton.
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