12-letter words containing orp
- morphography — the scientific description of an external form
- morphologies — Plural form of morphology.
- morphologist — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- morphonology — morphophonemics (def 1).
- morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- morphotropic — of, pertaining to, or displaying morphotropy
- noncorporate — Not corporate.
- noncorporeal — Not corporeal.
- ophiomorphic — snakelike in form, or resembling the form of a snake
- ornithomorph — the artistic representation of a bird
- paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
- paramorphine — thebaine.
- paramorphism — the process by which a paramorph is formed.
- pedomorphism — a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor.
- pleomorphism — existence of an organism in two or more distinct forms during the life cycle; polymorphism.
- pleomorphous — characterized by pleomorphism
- polymorphism — the state or condition of being polymorphous.
- polymorphous — having, assuming, or passing through many or various forms, stages, or the like.
- porphyropsin — a purple pigment occurring in the retina of the eye of certain freshwater fishes
- protomorphic — having a primitive character or structure.
- pyromorphite — a mineral, lead chlorophosphate, Pb 5 P 3 O 1 2 Cl, occurring in crystalline and massive forms, and of a green, yellow, or brown color; green lead ore: a minor ore of lead.
- pythonomorph — any of various large extinct marine reptiles of the former order Pythonomorpha
- reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
- rheomorphism — the liquefaction of rock, which results in its flowing and intruding into surrounding rocks
- scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scorpionfish — any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, especially members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.
- sea scorpion — scorpionfish.
- signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
- the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
- torpedo boat — a small, fast, highly maneuverable boat used for torpedoing enemy shipping.
- torpedo tube — a tube through which a self-propelled torpedo is launched, usually by the explosion of a charge of powder.
- tricorporate — having three bodies
- whipscorpion — any of numerous arachnids of the order Uropygi, of tropical and warm temperate regions, resembling a scorpion but having an abdomen that ends in a slender, nonvenomous whip.