10-letter words containing ap
- mercaptide — a metallic salt of a mercaptan.
- mesoscaphe — a mid-20th century vessel lowered into the sea to a moderate depth for the purpose of underwater exploration
- metal tape — a high-performance recording tape having a magnetic metal-particle coating that is not an oxide.
- metaphasic — Relating to metaphase.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaphrase — a literal translation.
- metaphrast — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- metaphysic — metaphysics.
- metaphysis — (anatomy) The part of a long bone that grows during development.
- metaplasia — the transformation of one type of tissue into another.
- metaplasis — the second of three stages of ontogenetic development proposed by Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, in which the development of the individual is complete
- metapodial — (anatomy, zoology) Of or pertaining to the human metacarpal bones (between the wrist and fingers) or the metatarsal bones (between the ankle and toes); of or pertaining to the equivalent bones in animals.
- metapontum — an ancient Greek city in SE Italy, on the Gulf of Taranto: home of Pythagoras in exile.
- micrograph — an instrument for executing extremely minute writing or engraving.
- mimeograph — a printing machine with an ink-fed drum, around which a cut waxed stencil is placed and which rotates as successive sheets of paper are fed into it.
- mimography — the representation of sign language in writing
- mindscapes — Plural form of mindscape.
- mis-shaped — to shape badly or wrongly; deform.
- misapplied — mistakenly applied; used wrongly.
- misapplies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misapply.
- misappoint — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- miscaption — to provide with an incorrect caption
- misocapnic — having a dislike or hate of tobacco smoke
- misshaping — Present participle of misshape.
- monographs — Plural form of monograph.
- monography — A monograph.
- moonscapes — Plural form of moonscape.
- mosaic map — a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
- mousetraps — Plural form of mousetrap.
- mudcapping — the process or act of blasting a rock surface with explosives
- myotherapy — A form of manual medicine focusing on the diagnosis, treatment and management of musculoskeletal pain.
- naperville — a city in NE Illinois.
- naphtalite — a member of the tribe of Naphtali.
- naphthenes — any of a group of hydrocarbon ring compounds of the general formula, C n H 2n , derivatives of cyclopentane and cyclohexane, found in certain petroleums.
- naphthenic — any of a group of hydrocarbon ring compounds of the general formula, C n H 2n , derivatives of cyclopentane and cyclohexane, found in certain petroleums.
- napoleon i — (Napoleon Bonaparte"the Little Corporal") 1769–1821, French general born in Corsica: emperor of France 1804–15.
- napoleonic — pertaining to, resembling, or suggestive of Napoleon I, or, less often, Napoleon III, or their dynasty: the Napoleonic era; a Napoleonic attitude toward one's employees.
- nappy rash — If a baby has nappy rash, the skin under its nappy is red and sore.
- naprapathy — a system or method of treating disease that employs no medications but uses manipulation of muscles, joints, ligaments, etc., to stimulate the natural healing process.
- neapolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of Naples: a Neapolitan love song.
- nephograph — an instrument for photographing clouds
- nevirapine — A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat HIV and AIDS.
- newspapers — Plural form of newspaper.
- nightscape — a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.
- noctograph — a frame used to aid the blind in writing.
- nomographs — Plural form of nomograph.
- nomography — the art of or a treatise on drawing up laws.
- noncapital — (of an offense) not punishable by death.
- nonsapient — Not sapient.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.