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13-letter words containing p, o, t, m, e

  • microperation — (processor)   An elementary operation performed on data stored in registers or in memory. Microperations are classified as transfer, arithmetic, logic, or shift/rotate.
  • micropipettes — Plural form of micropipette.
  • micropuncture — the puncture of a cell, renal tubule, etc., by a laser beam or micropipette
  • minicomponent — a hi-fi component considerably smaller than a standard-size component and larger than a microcomponent.
  • minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
  • minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
  • minor prophet — any of a group of Old Testament prophets, including Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
  • misconception — an erroneous conception; mistaken notion.
  • misemployment — Wrong or mistaken employment.
  • misperception — to understand or perceive incorrectly; misunderstand.
  • mispositioned — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
  • misredemption — illegal or fraudulent traffic in consumer product coupons, including mail theft and counterfeiting.
  • moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
  • modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
  • moebius strip — Möbius strip
  • molly pitcher — Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley) 1754–1832, American Revolutionary heroine.
  • monophosphate — a salt containing only one phosphate group.
  • monotelephone — a telephone that communicates a specific frequency of sound
  • monoterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C10 skeleton.
  • monotherapies — Plural form of monotherapy.
  • mont-de-piete — a public pawnbroking establishment that lends money on reasonable terms, especially to the poor.
  • monte perdido — a mountain in NE Spain, in the central Pyrenees. Height: 3352 m (10 997 ft)
  • monterey park — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
  • monterey pine — a pine tree, Pinus radiata, native to coastal California, having cones that open to germinate only in the heat of a forest fire, used for reforestation and as a timber tree.
  • moose pasture — land considered to be worthless, esp when lacking in extractable mineral deposits
  • morphogenetic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
  • morphometrics — a technique of taxonomic analysis using measurements of the form of organisms
  • mother's help — a woman employed to help look after children and help the mother in other ways
  • moto perpetuo — a fast instrumental passage made up of notes of equal length
  • mountain pine — a European pine tree which grows on mountains
  • mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
  • moustache cup — mustache cup.
  • multiemployer — Of or pertaining to more than one employer.
  • multiple boot — dual boot
  • multiple shop — chain store.
  • multitemporal — (music) Having multiple tempos.
  • musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
  • mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
  • mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
  • nanocomposite — Denoting a composite material that has a grain size measured in nanometers.
  • neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
  • neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
  • neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
  • neopositivism — A resurgent positivism, or an updated version of it.
  • nephelometers — Plural form of nephelometer.
  • nephelometric — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
  • nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
  • nephrectomize — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
  • neurocomputer — a computer or a software program that uses a neural network simulating the human brain and can be trained to perform specific tasks, as pattern recognition.
  • non-composite — Nautical. noting a vessel having frames of one material and shells and decking of another, especially one having iron or steel frames with shells and decks planked.
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