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15-letter words containing p, a, c

  • master corporal — a noncommissioned officer in the Canadian forces senior to a corporal and junior to a sergeant
  • mastoid process — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
  • matrix compiler — Early matrix computations on UNIVAC. Sammet 1969, p.642.
  • mechanical pulp — groundwood pulp.
  • mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
  • mechanoreceptor — any of the sense organs that respond to vibration, stretching, pressure, or other mechanical stimuli.
  • mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
  • megacorporation — a giant company formed from two or more large companies or a number of companies of various sizes.
  • membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
  • memory capacity — (on a computer or other device) the amount of memory space available for data storage
  • menispermaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Menispermaceae, a family of mainly tropical and subtropical plants, most of which are woody climbers with small flowers
  • mental handicap — learning disability
  • merchant prince — a very wealthy or influential merchant.
  • metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
  • mexican spanish — Spanish as used in Mexico. Abbreviation: MexSp.
  • microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
  • microaerophilic — Of, or relating to a microaerophile.
  • microangiopathy — any disease of the small blood vessels.
  • micropegmatitic — relating to, or designating, a microscopic pegmatitic structure
  • microphotograph — microfilm (def 1).
  • microphysically — in a microphysical manner
  • microradiograph — an enlarged version of an image obtained by a form of radiography that reveals minute details
  • microscopically — so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope: microscopic organisms. Compare macroscopic.
  • microsporangium — a sporangium containing microspores.
  • microtopography — microrelief.
  • military police — soldiers who perform police duties
  • minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
  • misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
  • misappreciative — not fully or properly appreciative
  • mock pennyroyal — pennyroyal (def 2).
  • monospaced type — a typeface in which the width of all letters, including the space around them, is the same
  • morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
  • morphologically — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
  • morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
  • multiple access — multiplexing
  • multiple factor — polygene.
  • multispeciality — Alternative form of multispecialty.
  • municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • municipal court — a court whose jurisdiction is confined to a city or municipality, with criminal jurisdiction usually corresponding to that of a police court and civil jurisdiction over small causes.
  • myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
  • napoleonic code — Code Napoléon
  • napoleonic wars — French-led war in early 19th century
  • natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
  • native compiler — (programming, tool)   A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.
  • ncr corporation — (company)   Electronics company mainly active in the midrange server market. NCR was founded 1884 as National Cash Register Company. It joint the computer industry in th 1950s. In 1991 it was absorbed by AT&T (see dinosaurs mating), only to be spat out again in 1996. NCR mainframes of the 1960's are remembered by some for their hardware incompatibility with IBM mainframes: NCR punched round holes in their punched cards while IBM punched rectangular ones. The codes and machines were not compatible and information could not be easily shared between NCR and IBM customers.
  • neo-pentecostal — charismatic (def 2).
  • neural computer — 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.
  • neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
  • neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
  • neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
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