12-letter words containing p, i, n, m, o
- monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
- monophysites — Plural form of monophysite.
- monophysitic — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- monopolising — Present participle of monopolise.
- monopolistic — a person who has a monopoly.
- monopolizers — Plural form of monopolizer.
- monopolizing — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
- monospecific — having or comprising a single species
- monostrophic — consisting of stanzas or strophes all having the same metrical structure.
- monosynaptic — having or relating to a sole synapse
- monotriglyph — (in the Doric order) any intercolumniation having one whole triglyph.
- montes pubis — mons pubis
- moss campion — cushion pink.
- mothproofing — Present participle of mothproof.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- mountain top — the top of a natural upward projection of the earth's surface, higher and steeper than a hill and often having a rocky summit
- mountaintops — Plural form of mountaintop.
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- multipotency — (cytology, developmental biology) The ability of a progenitor cell to develop into a limited number of cell types.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- neoplatonism — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- nephrotomies — Plural form of nephrotomy.
- neurotropism — the quality of being neurotropic.
- non-complier — a person, group, etc., that complies.
- non-empathic — of, relating to, or characterized by empathy, the psychological identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of others: a sensitive, empathetic school counselor.
- noncompliant — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
- noncomplying — the failure to comply; non-compliance
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- nonimportant — Not important.
- nonmunicipal — Not municipal.
- nonpigmented — a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
- nonpolemical — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- nyctitropism — tending to assume at or just before nightfall positions unlike those maintained during the day, as the leaves or flowers of certain plants.
- nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- nymphomaniac — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
- omnipotently — almighty or infinite in power, as God.
- omnipresence — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
- onomatapoeia — Misspelling of onomatopoeia.
- onomatopoeia — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- onomatopoeic — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
- open primary — a direct primary election in which voters need not meet a test of party membership.
- opening time — You can refer to the time that a shop, bank, library, or bar opens for business as its opening time.
- operationism — the doctrine that the meaning of a scientific term, concept, or proposition consists of the operation or operations performed in defining or demonstrating it.
- optimisation — Alternative spelling of optimization.
- optimization — The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.