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12-letter words containing p, o, i, e, s

  • leukopedesis — an outward flow of white blood cells through a blood-vessel wall.
  • leukopoiesis — the formation and development of white blood cells.
  • life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
  • life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
  • ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
  • linespersons — Plural form of linesperson.
  • lipoproteins — Plural form of lipoprotein.
  • lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
  • lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
  • lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
  • lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
  • loose-lipped — tending toward indiscriminate and uninhibited talk.
  • lopsidedness — heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
  • low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
  • lumpectomies — Plural form of lumpectomy.
  • machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
  • madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
  • magpie goose — a black-and-white gooselike bird, Anseranas semipalmatus, of Australia, believed to be the most primitive waterfowl in existence.
  • marine corps — a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.
  • master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.
  • mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
  • media person — a person who works in the mass media
  • mediatorship — the position of a mediator
  • meeting post — a timber with a chamfer at the outer edge of a lock gate that fits against the meeting post of another lock gate.
  • melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
  • mephibosheth — a son of Jonathan, and the grandson of Saul. II Sam 4:4.
  • mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
  • mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
  • mesopotamian — an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.
  • metal polish — cleaning fluid designed to clean, polish or add shine to metal
  • metamorphism — Geology. a change in the structure or constitution of a rock due to natural agencies, as pressure and heat, especially when the rock becomes harder and more completely crystalline.
  • metamorphist — a member of a group of 16th century Christians who believed that the humanly body of Jesus Christ metamorphosed into God during the Ascension
  • metapolitics — political theory: often used derogatorily
  • metropolises — any large, busy city.
  • microamperes — Plural form of microampere.
  • microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
  • microforceps — (surgery) A very small forceps.
  • micropterous — (of certain animals, esp some types of ant) having small reduced wings
  • microscopies — Plural form of microscopy.
  • mifepristone — an antigestational drug, C 29 H 35 NO 2 , that prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall by blocking the action of progesterone.
  • mips project — Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
  • misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
  • misoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
  • mispronounce — Pronounce (a word) incorrectly.
  • money spider — any of certain small shiny brownish spiders of the family Linyphiidae
  • monodisperse — (of a colloid) Having particles of (approximately) the same size.
  • monophysites — Plural form of monophysite.
  • monopolizers — Plural form of monopolizer.
  • monospecific — having or comprising a single species
  • montes pubis — mons pubis
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