13-letter words containing s, p, o, t, e
- metamorphosis — Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis.
- metaphosphate — a salt or ester of metaphosphoric acid.
- metoposcopist — someone who practises metoposcopy
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- microparasite — a parasitic microorganism.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- micropipettes — Plural form of micropipette.
- minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- 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
- monophosphate — a salt containing only one phosphate group.
- monotherapies — Plural form of monotherapy.
- moose pasture — land considered to be worthless, esp when lacking in extractable mineral deposits
- 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
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- moustache cup — mustache cup.
- multiple shop — chain store.
- 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.
- nanoparticles — Plural form of nanoparticle.
- natural slope — the maximum angle at which soil will lie in a bank without slipping
- 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
- neocapitalist — a person who advocates neocapitalism
- 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.
- nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
- nephropathies — Plural form of nephropathy.
- neuropeptides — Plural form of neuropeptide.
- nitroprusside — (inorganic chemistry) Any salt, of the hypothetical nitroprussic acid, that contains a pentacyanonitrosylferrate anion.
- 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.
- nonabsorptive — Not absorptive.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nondeposition — the failure to deposit
- nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nonpassionate — Not passionate.
- nonpersistent — persisting, especially in spite of opposition, obstacles, discouragement, etc.; persevering: a most annoyingly persistent young man.
- nonrespondent — someone who is not a respondent
- nonspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.