15-letter words containing p, e, r, m, i
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- malappropriated — misused or mishandled
- male prostitute — man who has sex for money
- malpresentation — Abnormal positioning of a fetus at the time of delivery.
- marital therapy — a psychotherapeutic treatment for married couples, who are seen by a therapist both individually and jointly to assist them in resolving various problems related to their marriage.
- marsupial mouse — any of various mouse-sized to rat-sized marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, occurring in Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania: some species are rare or endangered.
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- massed practice — learning with no intervals or short intervals between successive bouts of learning
- master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- 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.
- measuring spoon — a spoon for measuring amounts, as in cooking, usually part of a set of spoons of different sizes.
- mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
- 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
- merchant prince — a very wealthy or influential merchant.
- mermaid's purse — the horny or leathery egg case of certain cartilaginous fishes, as skates.
- metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
- metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
- metamorphosizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metamorphosize.
- metanitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
- metric topology — a topology for a space in which open sets are defined in terms of a given metric.
- metropolitanate — the office or province of a metropolitan
- metropolitanism — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- metropolitanize — to make metropolitan.
- microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
- microaerophilic — Of, or relating to a microaerophile.
- microenterprise — A business operating on a very small scale, especially one with a sole proprietor and fewer than six employees.
- micropegmatitic — relating to, or designating, a microscopic pegmatitic structure
- microphotometer — a photometer adapted for measuring the intensity of light emitted, transmitted, or reflected by minute objects.
- microphotometry — the use of microphotometers to measure the intensity of light transmitted or reflected by very small areas
- microprocessing — an integrated computer circuit that performs all the functions of a CPU.
- microprocessors — Plural form of microprocessor.
- microprojection — the projection of an image, captured by a microscope, onto a screen
- microsporocytes — Plural form of microsporocyte.
- midgard serpent — a serpent, the child of Loki and Angerboda, who lies wrapped around the world, tail in mouth, and is destined to kill and to be killed by Thor at Ragnarok; Jormungand.
- military police — soldiers who perform police duties
- mineral spirits — a volatile distillation product of petroleum, used as a thinner for paints and varnishes. Compare naphtha (def 1).
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- minority report — a report by a minority of members of a group that disagrees with the official report issued by the group
- misappreciation — failure to appreciate something fully or properly
- misappreciative — not fully or properly appreciative
- misapprehending — Present participle of misapprehend.
- misapprehension — misunderstanding.
- misappropriated — to put to a wrong use.
- misappropriates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misappropriate.
- miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
- misinterpreting — Present participle of misinterpret.