11-letter words containing n, p, t
- mentoplasty — plastic surgery to correct a functional or cosmetic deformity of the chin.
- mephenytoin — A hydantoin used as an anticonvulsant.
- meroterpene — (organic chemistry) Any compound, including many natural products, having a partial terpenoid structure.
- metanephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metanephroi — Plural form of metanephros.
- metanephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metaprotein — a hydrolytic derivative of protein, insoluble in water but soluble in dilute acids or alkalis.
- minor party — a political party with so little electoral strength that its chance of gaining control of the government is slight.
- mirtazapine — (medicine) A tetracyclic antidepressant drug.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
- misocapnist — (rare) One who hates tobacco smoke.
- misposition — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- misshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- misstepping — Present participle of misstep.
- monitorship — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- monophthong — a vowel retaining the same quality throughout its duration.
- monophysite — a person who maintains that Christ has one nature, partly divine and partly human.
- monopolists — Plural form of monopolist.
- monopsonist — the sole buyer in a monopsony
- monostrophe — a poem in which all the strophes or stanzas are of the same metrical form.
- monoterpene — (organic chemistry) any terpene formed from two isoprene units, and having ten carbon atoms; either hydrocarbons such as pinene, or compounds with functional groups such as camphor.
- monotherapy — (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself.
- montpellier — a department in S France. 2403 sq. mi. (6225 sq. km). Capital: Montpellier.
- most-lupine — pertaining to or resembling the wolf.
- most-pontic — pertaining to the Pontus Euxinus or to Pontus.
- motion jpeg — Moving JPEG
- mount pearl — a town in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the SE part of the island, S of St. John's.
- mount pelée — a volcano in the Caribbean, in N Martinique: erupted in 1902, killing every person but one in the town of Saint-Pierre. Height: 1463 m (4800 ft)
- mount siple — a mountain in Antarctica, on the coast of Byrd Land. Height: 3100 m (10 171 ft)
- mountaintop — The summit or top part of a mountain.
- moving part — a part in a machine that has power to move
- mucoprotein — a protein that yields carbohydrates as well as amino acids on hydrolysis.
- multiperson — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- multiphoton — involving several photons
- multipiston — having more than one piston
- multiplanes — Plural form of multiplane.
- multiplying — Present participle of multiply.
- multipotent — having power to produce or influence several effects or results.
- munich pact — the pact signed by Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany on September 29, 1938, by which the Sudetenland was ceded to Germany: often cited as an instance of unwise and unprincipled appeasement of an aggressive nation.
- mutton chop — cutlet of sheep's meat
- muttonchops — The whiskers on a man's cheek when shaped like a meat chop, narrow at the top and broad and rounded at the bottom.
- mycoprotein — A food product derived from fungus, the basis of Quorn.
- naphthacene — an explosive solid compound, C 1 8 H 1 2 , derived from anthracene and coal tar: used for detonating high explosives, as TNT.
- naphthalene — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble hydrocarbon, C 1 0 H 8 , usually obtained from coal tar: used in making dyes, as a moth repellant, etc.
- naphthaline — Naphthalene.
- naphthalize — to mix or saturate with naphtha.
- napoleonite — a variety of diorite rock with a spherical structure
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- naturopaths — Plural form of naturopath.