13-letter words containing n, p, t, r
- latent period — Also, latency period. Pathology. the interval between exposure to a carcinogen, toxin, or disease-causing organism and development of a consequent disease.
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- lepton number — in a process involving elementary particles, the total number of leptons minus the total number of antileptons.
- letter opener — bladed tool for opening envelopes
- letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
- line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
- lithographing — Present participle of lithograph.
- lithontriptic — of or relating to destroying bladder or kidney stones
- little prince — an allegorical fantasy (1943) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
- lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
- macroplankton — planktonic organisms of about 1 mm in length.
- magnetographs — Plural form of magnetograph.
- magnetosphere — the outer region of the earth's ionosphere, where the earth's magnetic field controls the motion of charged particles, as in the Van Allen belts. Compare magnetopause.
- mainz psalter — a book printed by Johannes Gutenberg: thought by some to be the first book printed from movable type.
- major penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player for five minutes from play, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- malabsorption — faulty absorption of nutritive material from the intestine.
- mantis shrimp — any stomatopod crustacean having a pair of appendages modified for grasping prey and resembling those of a mantis.
- maritime pine — cluster pine.
- married print — composite print.
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- maternity pay — the pay a woman receives from her work during her absence immediately before and after childbirth
- mean-spirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
- merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
- mesne profits — rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
- metanephridia — Plural form of metanephridium.
- metering pump — A metering pump is a device used to pump precise amounts of liquids over a period of time.
- methylparaben — a fine, white, needlelike substance, C 8 H 8 O 3 , used chiefly as a preservative in foods and pharmaceuticals.
- methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
- methylpropene — (organic compound) IUPAC name for isobutylene.
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- microperation — (processor) An elementary operation performed on data stored in registers or in memory. Microperations are classified as transfer, arithmetic, logic, or shift/rotate.
- microplankton — plankton visible as individual organisms only with the aid of a microscope, which excludes most animal plankton.
- micropuncture — the puncture of a cell, renal tubule, etc., by a laser beam or micropipette
- mineral pitch — asphalt.
- minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- minor prophet — any of a group of Old Testament prophets, including Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
- misanthropist — a hater of humankind.
- misinterprets — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misinterpret.
- misperception — to understand or perceive incorrectly; misunderstand.
- misproportion — comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.; ratio.
- misredemption — illegal or fraudulent traffic in consumer product coupons, including mail theft and counterfeiting.
- misrepresents — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misrepresent.
- monostrophics — monostrophic verses
- monoterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C10 skeleton.
- monotherapies — Plural form of monotherapy.
- 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.