12-letter words containing p, r, i, m, e
- morphologies — Plural form of morphology.
- morris jesup — Cape, a cape of N Greenland, on the Arctic Ocean, 440 miles (710 km) from the North Pole: northernmost land point in the world.
- motive power — any power used to impart motion; any source of mechanical energy.
- mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
- multipartite — divided into several or many parts; having several or many divisions.
- multipicture — having or involving several pictures
- multiplexers — Plural form of multiplexer.
- multipresent — able to be present in several places simultaneously
- multiproblem — characterized by or experiencing several problems
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- multipurpose — able to be used for several purposes: a multipurpose lawn spray.
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- myrmecophile — An invertebrate or plant that has a symbiotic relationship with ants, such as being tended and protected by ants or living inside an ants' nest.
- myrmecophily — symbiosis with ants
- n hemisphere — that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- nephrotomies — Plural form of nephrotomy.
- neurotropism — the quality of being neurotropic.
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- newspaperism — anything characteristic of newspapers, esp a word or phrase used only by journalists
- non-complier — a person, group, etc., that complies.
- nonempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
- 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.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- omnipresence — present everywhere at the same time: the omnipresent God.
- open primary — a direct primary election in which voters need not meet a test of party membership.
- 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.
- optometrical — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- optometrists — Plural form of optometrist.
- over-promise — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- overoptimism — a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- overoptimist — someone who is too optimistic
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- oversimplify — make too simple
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
- pakeha māori — (in the 19th century) a European who adopted the Māori way of life
- pan-american — of, relating to, or representing all the countries or people of North, Central, and South America.
- panspermatic — relating to panspermia
- papier-mache — a substance made of pulped paper or paper pulp mixed with glue and other materials or of layers of paper glued and pressed together, molded when moist to form various articles, and becoming hard and strong when dry.
- pappenheimer — a heavy rapier of the 17th century, having a swept guard with two perforated plates.
- para-medical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- paralipomena — Chronicles.
- paramagnetic — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- parameterise — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.