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12-letter words containing t, e, m, p, s

  • mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
  • mucopeptides — Plural form of mucopeptide.
  • mucoproteins — Plural form of mucoprotein.
  • multiplexers — Plural form of multiplexer.
  • multipresent — able to be present in several places simultaneously
  • multipurpose — able to be used for several purposes: a multipurpose lawn spray.
  • multiseptate — having several septa or chambers
  • multispecies — of, relating to or affecting several species
  • mustache cup — a cup having a straight piece inside, just below the rim, for holding back a man's mustache while he is drinking.
  • mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
  • mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
  • mystery play — a medieval dramatic form based on a Biblical story, usually dealing with the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
  • mythopoiesis — (mythology) the creation of myth.
  • neoplatonism — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
  • nephrostomes — Plural form of nephrostome.
  • nephrotomies — Plural form of nephrotomy.
  • neurotropism — the quality of being neurotropic.
  • on the stump — If politicians are on the stump, they are campaigning for an election.
  • 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.
  • optometrists — Plural form of optometrist.
  • osmoreceptor — A sensory receptor, primarily found in the hypothalamus of most homeothermic organisms, that detects changes in osmotic pressure.
  • 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.
  • paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
  • palimpsestic — a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
  • panspermatic — relating to panspermia
  • parameterise — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
  • parasitaemia — the condition of having parasites in the blood
  • pastry cream — a creamy custard, often flavoured, used as a filling for éclairs, flans, etc
  • periostracum — the external, chitinlike covering of the shell of certain mollusks that protects the limy portion from acids.
  • peristomatic — surrounding a leaf's stoma or stomata
  • permissivist — lenience toward or indulgence of a wide variety of social behavior.
  • perpetualism — a belief in the permanence of a given thing; the belief that a given thing (e.g. the world, a political system) will last forever
  • petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
  • phillumenist — a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.
  • phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
  • phonesthemic — (of a speech sound) shared by a set of echoic or symbolic words, as the sn- of sneer, snarl, snatch, snide, snitch, snoop, etc.
  • photocompose — to set (type) on a photocomposer.
  • photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
  • planetesimal — one of the small celestial bodies that, according to one theory (planetesimal hypothesis) were fused together to form the planets of the solar system.
  • pleiotropism — the condition of a gene affecting more than one characteristic of the phenotype
  • pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
  • pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
  • pocket mouse — any of numerous burrowing rodents, especially of the genus Perognathus, chiefly inhabiting arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, having fur-lined cheek pouches and a long tail.
  • point system — Printing. a system for grading the sizes of type bodies, leads, etc., that employs the point as a unit of measurement. Compare point (def 48a).
  • polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
  • port moresby — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near-lying islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and Bougainville and Buka in the Solomon Islands: a former Australian Trusteeship Territory; independent since 1975; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 178,260 sq. mi. (461,693 sq. km). Capital: Port Moresby.
  • postal meter — a postal franking machine
  • postconsumer — noting or pertaining to a product after it has been used and recycled: a chair made of postconsumer plastic.
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