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

  • magnetosphere — the outer region of the earth's ionosphere, where the earth's magnetic field controls the motion of charged particles, as in the Van Allen belts. Compare magnetopause.
  • mainz psalter — a book printed by Johannes Gutenberg: thought by some to be the first book printed from movable type.
  • major penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player for five minutes from play, no substitute for the player being permitted.
  • major prophet — any of a group of Old Testament prophets, including Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel.
  • make sport of — to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
  • mar del plata — a city in E Argentina: seaside resort.
  • maritime alps — a range of the W Alps in SE France and NW Italy. Highest peak: Argentera, 3297 m (10 817 ft)
  • maritime pine — cluster pine.
  • married print — composite print.
  • mass spectrum — a spectrum of charged particles, arranged in order of mass or mass-to-charge ratios.
  • master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
  • maternity pay — the pay a woman receives from her work during her absence immediately before and after childbirth
  • matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
  • matthew paris — Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
  • mean-spirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
  • measure up to — to fulfil (expectations, standards, etc)
  • meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
  • megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
  • mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
  • merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
  • merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
  • mesi protocol — (processor)   Modified, Exclusive, Shared, Invalid. A cache coherency protocol where each cache line is marked with one of the four states. The MESI protocol is used by the Pentium processor.
  • mesne profits — rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
  • metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
  • metamorphosed — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • metamorphoses — a series of mythological tales or legends in verse (a.d. 7–8) by Ovid.
  • 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.
  • metamorphotic — Of or relating to metamorphosis.
  • metanephridia — Plural form of metanephridium.
  • metaphoricity — The power of a metaphor.
  • metering pump — A metering pump is a device used to pump precise amounts of liquids over a period of time.
  • methoxy group — the univalent group CH 3 O−.
  • methylparaben — a fine, white, needlelike substance, C 8 H 8 O 3 , used chiefly as a preservative in foods and pharmaceuticals.
  • methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
  • methylpropene — (organic compound) IUPAC name for isobutylene.
  • metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
  • microcomputer — a compact computer, with less capacity and capability than a minicomputer, consisting of a microprocessor and other components.
  • microparasite — a parasitic microorganism.
  • microparticle — An extremely small particle.
  • micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
  • 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
  • military pace — a pace, equal to a single step, used to coordinate the marching of soldiers, equal in the U.S. to 2½ feet (76 cm) for quick time and 3 feet (91 cm) for double time.
  • mineral pitch — asphalt.
  • 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.
  • misappreciate — to fail to appreciate fully or properly
  • misinterprets — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misinterpret.
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