11-letter words containing o, p, i, a, t
- iteroparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit more than once (usually many times) before dying
- janitorship — the office of janitor
- jumpstation — A site on the World Wide Web containing a collection of hypertext links, usually to pages on a particular topic.
- juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- karyotyping — the analysis of chromosomes.
- kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kinetoplast — A mass of mitochondrial DNA lying close to the nucleus in some flagellate protozoa.
- kleptomania — an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need.
- lepidoptera — the order comprising the lepidopterous insects.
- leptospiral — relating to, caused by, or characteristic of leptospires
- light opera — operetta.
- lipoatrophy — (medicine) The loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.
- lipomatosis — a genetic disorder which manifests itself in the abnormal growth of fat
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- lithography — the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.
- litholapaxy — the procedure of removing bladder stones by crushing them and extracting them through a catheter
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- macrophytic — Relating to macrophytes.
- madreporite — a sievelike plate in certain echinoderms, through which water passes into the vascular system.
- magpie moth — a geometrid moth, Abraxas grossulariata, showing variable patterning in black on white or yellow, whose looper larvae attack currant and gooseberry bushes. The paler clouded magpie is A. sylvata
- maintopmast — (nautical) The topmast of the mainmast.
- maintopsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- malposition — faulty or wrong position, especially of a part or organ of the body or of a fetus in the uterus.
- mancipation — (obsolete) slavery.
- mancipatory — relating to mancipation
- manipulator — a person who manipulates.
- match point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the match.
- megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
- megapolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
- mesopotamia — an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.
- metamorphic — pertaining to or characterized by change of form, or metamorphosis.
- metanephroi — Plural form of metanephros.
- metaphorist — a creator or user of metaphors
- metaphorize — To describe something using metaphors.
- metapodials — Plural form of metapodial.
- metaprotein — a hydrolytic derivative of protein, insoluble in water but soluble in dilute acids or alkalis.
- metatrophic — requiring dead organic matter for food.
- micro-party — a small political party, esp one focusing on a single issue
- minor party — a political party with so little electoral strength that its chance of gaining control of the government is slight.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
- misocapnist — (rare) One who hates tobacco smoke.
- mountaintop — The summit or top part of a mountain.
- moving part — a part in a machine that has power to move
- multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
- mycophagist — a fungus-eating organism.
- myelopathic — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles
- napoleonite — a variety of diorite rock with a spherical structure