12-letter words containing o, p, s, n, i
- introspector — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- ionophoresis — electrophoresis, esp of small ions
- ionospherist — Someone who studies the ionosphere.
- iron pyrites — pyrite; fool's gold.
- irresponsive — not responsive; not responding, or not responding readily, as in speech, action, or feeling.
- isoprenaline — a compound that is a derivative of adrenaline and that is used to treat asthma and bronchial conditions. Formula: C11H17NO3
- isoteniscope — an instrument used to measure vapour pressure
- japonaiserie — stylistic characteristics, as in art, decor, or film, influenced by or reflective of Japanese culture and tradition.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- kinesophobia — Fear of movement.
- kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- labour pains — the pains felt during the contractions of childbirth
- lepidosirens — Plural form of lepidosiren.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- limnophilous — (of animals) living in lakes or freshwater marshes
- linespersons — Plural form of linesperson.
- lipoproteins — Plural form of lipoprotein.
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- lopsidedness — heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
- machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- main-topmast — the mast next above the main lower mast.
- main-topsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- malpositions — Plural form of malposition.
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- marine corps — a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.
- master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- meeting post — a timber with a chamfer at the outer edge of a lock gate that fits against the meeting post of another lock gate.
- mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
- mesopotamian — an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.
- microphonics — (electronics) The phenomenon where certain components in electronic devices transform mechanical vibrations into an unwanted electrical signal.
- microphonism — a usually undesirable property of some electronic circuits or components in which mechanical vibrations of a component affect the signal being transmitted through the circuit.
- mifepristone — an antigestational drug, C 29 H 35 NO 2 , that prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall by blocking the action of progesterone.
- millilampson — /mil'*-lamp"sn/ A unit of talking speed, abbreviated mL. Most people run about 200 milliLampsons. The eponymous Butler Lampson (a CS theorist and systems implementor highly regarded among hackers) goes at 1000. A few people speak faster. This unit is sometimes used to compare the (sometimes widely disparate) rates at which people can generate ideas and actually emit them in speech. For example, noted computer architect C. Gordon Bell (designer of the PDP-11) is said, with some awe, to think at about 1200 mL but only talk at about 300; he is frequently reduced to fragments of sentences as his mouth tries to keep up with his speeding brain.
- mis-position — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- misoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- mispronounce — Pronounce (a word) incorrectly.
- money spider — any of certain small shiny brownish spiders of the family Linyphiidae
- monodisperse — (of a colloid) Having particles of (approximately) the same size.
- monomorphism — a one-to-one homomorphism.
- monophysites — Plural form of monophysite.
- monophysitic — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- monopolising — Present participle of monopolise.
- monopolistic — a person who has a monopoly.