11-letter words containing p, a, t
- match plate — a plate on which patterns are set to be molded.
- 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.
- match up to — If someone or something does not match up to what was expected, they are smaller, less impressive, or of poorer quality.
- mean planet — a hypothetical planet that coincides with a real planet when the real planet is at perihelion and that moves in an orbit at a constant velocity equal to the mean velocity of the real planet.
- meatpacking — (US) The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
- mecopterans — Plural form of mecopteran.
- megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
- megapolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
- megaproject — A very large public investment project, especially one costing more than one billion US dollars.
- menaphthone — Menadione.
- mentoplasty — plastic surgery to correct a functional or cosmetic deformity of the chin.
- meprobamate — a white powder, C 9 H 1 8 N 2 O 4 , used in medicine chiefly as a tranquilizer for treating anxiety, tension, and skeletal muscle spasm.
- mesopotamia — an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.
- mesotherapy — a cosmetic procedure in which minute doses of medication, vitamins, etc, are injected repeatedly into the mesodermal tissue under the skin to promote fat loss
- metacarpals — Plural form of metacarpal.
- metamorphic — pertaining to or characterized by change of form, or metamorphosis.
- 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.
- metaphorist — a creator or user of metaphors
- metaphorize — To describe something using metaphors.
- metaphrased — Translated literally.
- metaphrases — Plural form of metaphrase.
- metaphrasis — a metaphrase
- metaphrasts — Plural form of metaphrast.
- metaphysics — metaphysics.
- metaplasmic — Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- metaplastic — the transformation of one type of tissue into another.
- metapodials — Plural form of metapodial.
- metaprogram — A program which modifies or generates other programs. A compiler is an example of a metaprogram: it takes a program as input and produces another (compiled) one as output.
- metaprotein — a hydrolytic derivative of protein, insoluble in water but soluble in dilute acids or alkalis.
- metapsychic — relating to metapsychics
- metatrophic — requiring dead organic matter for food.
- micro-party — a small political party, esp one focusing on a single issue
- middle path — the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.
- 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.
- monotherapy — (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself.
- morse taper — a taper that is one of a standard series used in the shank of tools to fit a matching taper in the mandrel of a machine tool
- mount pearl — a town in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the SE part of the island, S of St. John's.
- mountaintop — The summit or top part of a mountain.
- moving part — a part in a machine that has power to move
- multicampus — (of a university or organization) having multiple campuses or locations
- multiparity — of or relating to a multipara.
- multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
- multiphasic — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- multiplanes — Plural form of multiplane.