11-letter words containing p, e, r, t
- 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.
- 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.
- metatrophic — requiring dead organic matter for food.
- metempirics — the philosophy dealing with the existence of things outside, or beyond, experience.
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.
- mirtazapine — (medicine) A tetracyclic antidepressant drug.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- misreported — Simple past tense and past participle of misreport.
- mistempered — Simple past tense and past participle of mistemper.
- monostrophe — a poem in which all the strophes or stanzas are of the same metrical form.
- monoterpene — (organic chemistry) any terpene formed from two isoprene units, and having ten carbon atoms; either hydrocarbons such as pinene, or compounds with functional groups such as camphor.
- monotherapy — (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself.
- montpellier — a department in S France. 2403 sq. mi. (6225 sq. km). Capital: Montpellier.
- morphometry — (biology) the measurement of the form of organisms.
- 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
- mosstrooper — a marauder who operated in the mosses, or bogs, of the border between England and Scotland in the 17th century.
- mother ship — a vessel or craft that services others operating far from a home port or center.
- motherships — Plural form of mothership.
- mothproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of mothproof.
- mothproofer — an agent that prevents moths from destroying materials or garments
- mount pearl — a town in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the SE part of the island, S of St. John's.
- mucoprotein — a protein that yields carbohydrates as well as amino acids on hydrolysis.
- multiperiod — Relating to multiple periods.
- multiperson — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- multiplayer — of or relating to a video game, or a portion of a video game, in which more than one person plays at the same time in a shared game environment: a multiplayer game; multiplayer mode; a multiplayer experience.
- multiplexer — having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.
- multiplexor — multiplexing
- multipliers — Plural form of multiplier.
- my pretties — a way of addressing a group of people
- mycoprotein — A food product derived from fungus, the basis of Quorn.
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- neanthropic — of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
- negentropic — Of or characterized by a reduction in entropy (and corresponding increase in order).
- nematomorph — any member of the phylum Nematomorpha, having a threadlike body, comprising the horsehair worms.
- nematophore — (within the coenosarc of certain colonial hydrozoans) a small specialized tentacle-like polyp having nematocysts
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- nephrectomy — excision of a kidney.
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- nephropathy — any disease of the kidney.
- nephrostome — Zoology. the ciliated opening of a nephridium into the coelom.
- nephrotoxic — Damaging or destructive to the kidneys.
- nephrotoxin — Any nephrotoxic substance.