11-letter words containing p, i, l
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- maintopsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- malacophily — pollination of plants by snails
- maladaptive — of, relating to, or characterized by maladaptation or incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation: The maladaptive behavior of isolated children was difficult to change.
- malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- malposition — faulty or wrong position, especially of a part or organ of the body or of a fetus in the uterus.
- malpractice — Law. failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows.
- manila hemp — a fibrous material made from the leafstalks of the abacá, Musa textilis, used for making ropes, fabrics, etc.
- manila rope — rope made from Manila hemp.
- manipulable — capable of or susceptible to being manipulated; manipulatable.
- manipulably — In a manipulable way.
- manipulated — Simple past tense and past participle of manipulate.
- manipulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manipulate.
- manipulator — a person who manipulates.
- mantelpiece — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantlepiece — mantel.
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- marshalship — The position or role of a marshal.
- maxillipeds — Plural form of maxilliped.
- maximaphily — the collection or study of picture postcards which depict a picture similar, or identical, to that on the stamp, and which also have a related postmark
- megalopolis — a very large city.
- megapolises — Plural form of megapolis.
- megapolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- melpomenish — Tragic; relating to tragedy in a literary or theatrical work.
- melting pot — a pot in which metals or other substances are melted or fused.
- mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
- mesophilous — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- mesophyllic — (botany) Of or pertaining to the mesophyll of a leaf.
- 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.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- microfloppy — Alternative spelling of micro-floppy.
- microphylls — Plural form of microphyll.
- middle loup — a river in central Nebraska, flowing E and SE to join the North Loup and South Loup rivers in forming the Loup River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- middle path — the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.
- mildewproof — able to withstand or repel the effect of mildew.
- milk powder — dry milk.
- milliampere — a unit of electric current equal to one thousandth of an ampere. Abbreviation: mA.
- mimic panel — a panel simulating the geographical layout of a television studio, railway points system, traffic interchange, etc, in which small indicator lamps display the selected state of the lighting circuits, signalling, traffic lights, etc
- minneapolis — a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- misapplying — Present participle of misapply.
- misemployed — Simple past tense and past participle of misemploy.
- misoprostol — A drug used for various purposes including the prevention of drug-induced gastric ulcers and the inducement of abortions, having the chemical formula C22H38O5.
- misplanning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- mispleading — a mistake in pleading, as a misjoinder of parties or a misstatement of a cause of action.
- missile gap — a lag in one country's missile production relative to the production of another country.
- misspelling — the act of spelling incorrectly: Note his misspelling of that word.