12-letter words containing t, o, n, i, p
- isoteniscope — an instrument used to measure vapour pressure
- job printing — commercial printing of such items as letterheads, circulars, invitations, etc.
- joking apart — seriously: said to recall a discussion to seriousness after there has been joking
- jumpstations — Plural form of jumpstation.
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- lambda point — the temperature of approximately 2.186 K, at which the transition from helium I to superfluid helium II occurs.
- lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
- leontopodium — any plant of the Eurasian alpine genus Leontopodium, esp L. alpinum
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- lepidopteron — any lepidopterous insect.
- lipoproteina — a plasma lipoprotein containing protein and cholesterol, high levels of which are associated with atherosclerosis.
- lipoproteins — Plural form of lipoprotein.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- loan capital — borrowed capital
- local option — a right of choice exercised by a minor political division, as a county, especially as to allowing the sale of liquor.
- longipennate — (of birds) having long slender wings or feathers
- lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- magnetooptic — pertaining to the effect of magnetism upon the propagation of light.
- main-topmast — the mast next above the main lower mast.
- main-topsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- malapportion — to apportion improperly or unfairly (voting districts, a legislature, etc.)
- malpositions — Plural form of malposition.
- manipulation — the act of manipulating.
- manipulators — Plural form of manipulator.
- manipulatory — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- master point — a point awarded to a bridge player who has won or placed in an officially recognized tournament.
- median point — centroid (def 2).
- 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.
- melanotropin — MSH.
- mesopotamian — an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.
- metropolitan — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- micropayment — A very small payment made each time a user accesses an Internet page or service.
- microprinted — printed in microprint
- 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.
- minicomputer — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- minor planet — asteroid (def 1).
- mirror plant — a shrub, Coprosma repens, of the madder family, native to New Zealand and cultivated in warm regions, having glossy, often variegated leaves.
- mis-position — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- misoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
- monophysites — Plural form of monophysite.
- monophysitic — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- monopolistic — a person who has a monopoly.