12-letter words containing s, e, m, p, t
- macropterous — having long or large wings or fins.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.
- magnetopause — the boundary between the earth's magnetosphere and interplanetary space, about 40,000 miles (65,000 km) above the earth, marked by an abrupt decrease in the earth's magnetic induction.
- malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.
- mantelpieces — Plural form of mantelpiece.
- marketplaces — Plural form of marketplace.
- masking tape — an easily removed adhesive tape used temporarily for defining margins, protecting surfaces, etc., as when painting, and sometimes also for binding, sealing, or mending.
- massotherapy — treatment by massage.
- master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.
- master print — an original copy of a cinema film that can be used to produce other copies
- masterpieces — Plural form of masterpiece.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- medium strip — median strip.
- 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.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- mephibosheth — a son of Jonathan, and the grandson of Saul. II Sam 4:4.
- mesoplankton — plankton that live at middle depths.
- 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
- metamorphose — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- metaphrastic — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metapolitics — political theory: often used derogatorily
- metapsychics — the study of psychic phenomena beyond the limits of ordinary or orthodox psychology
- metric space — a space with a metric defined on it.
- metropolises — any large, busy city.
- micropterous — (of certain animals, esp some types of ant) having small reduced wings
- middle stump — the stump inside of the leg stump and the off stump; the second of the three stumps of a wicket.
- 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.
- ministership — (government) The position held by a minister.
- mips project — Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
- mis-shipment — a quantity of freight or cargo shipped at one time.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misinterpret — Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.
- misoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- misplacement — to put in a wrong place.
- mispunctuate — to punctuate incorrectly.
- misrepresent — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
- monopetalous — gamopetalous.
- monophysites — Plural form of monophysite.
- monoterpenes — Plural form of monoterpene.
- montes pubis — mons pubis
- montparnasse — a district in S Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine: noted for its cafés and the artists and writers who have frequented and lived in the area.