14-letter words containing p, a, n
- marathon group — an encounter group that meets for an extended period of time, as eight hours to a week, in the belief that the resultant intensity and intimacy will lead to a more open expression of feelings.
- marsupial bone — epipubis.
- masterplanning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
- mean free path — the average distance that a particle travels between successive collisions with other particles.
- mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
- megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- melanospermous — having dark spores, as certain seaweeds.
- membranophones — Plural form of membranophone.
- memory mapping — a technique whereby computer peripherals may be addressed as though they formed part of the main memory of the computer
- mercaptopurine — a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 5 H 4 N 4 S, used in the treatment of leukemia.
- mesencephalons — Plural form of mesencephalon.
- met enkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
- metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
- metamorphizing — Present participle of metamorphize.
- metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metanephridium — (anatomy) A vasiform excretory gland observed in invertebrates, such as annelids, arthropods and molluscs.
- metaphysicians — Plural form of metaphysician.
- metencephalons — Plural form of metencephalon.
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- microsporangia — Plural form of microsporangium.
- microsporidian — Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, that are very small fungi.
- middle persian — the Persian language at a stage that begins c300 b.c. and includes Pahlavi (attested from the 3rd to the 7th centuries a.d.) as well as the West Iranian literatures (3rd–10th centuries a.d.) of religions carried outside Persia. Abbreviation: MPers.
- milking parlor — a room in or attached to a barn on a modern dairy farm maintained exclusively for the mechanical milking of cows.
- mind uploading — (application) The science fiction concept of copying one's mind into an artificial body or computer.
- mind-expanding — heightening perceptions in a hallucinatory way: mind-expanding drugs.
- mineral spring — a spring of water that contains a significant amount of dissolved minerals.
- minilaparotomy — Surgery. laparotomy with a small incision into the abdomen, often no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm), used especially for tubal ligation.
- misacceptation — misinterpretation
- misanthropical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- misanthropists — Plural form of misanthropist.
- misapplication — to make a wrong application or use of.
- misapprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of misapprehend.
- miscomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- misperformance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- mispunctuation — incorrect punctuation
- modern persian — the Persian language since the Middle Persian stage.
- modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- monocarpellary — consisting of a single carpel.
- mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
- monophonically — In a monophonic manner.
- monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- monopolisation — Alternative spelling of monopolization.
- monopolization — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
- monoprionidian — having cells or sacs only on one half of the axis
- monopropellant — a substance for propelling rockets that is a mixture of fuel and oxidizer.
- morning prayer — matin (def 1c).
- morphinomaniac — a person with an uncontrollable addiction to morphine
- motion capture — a process by which a device can be used to capture patterns of live movement; the data is then transmitted to a computer, where simulation software displays it applied to a virtual actor