11-letter words containing n, i, m, p, o
- mesonephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- metanephroi — Plural form of metanephros.
- metaprotein — a hydrolytic derivative of protein, insoluble in water but soluble in dilute acids or alkalis.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- microphonic — of, relating to, or in the nature of a microphone.
- minneapolis — a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- minor party — a political party with so little electoral strength that its chance of gaining control of the government is slight.
- minor piece — a bishop or knight.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
- misocapnist — (rare) One who hates tobacco smoke.
- misposition — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- monitorship — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- monoblepsis — a condition of the eyesight in which there is no problem with vision when one eye is involved but there is impairment to vision that uses both eyes
- monodelphic — having a sole set of reproductive organs
- monographic — a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
- monomorphic — Biology. having only one form.
- monophysite — a person who maintains that Christ has one nature, partly divine and partly human.
- monopolised — Simple past tense and past participle of monopolise.
- monopolises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of monopolise.
- monopolists — Plural form of monopolist.
- monopolized — Simple past tense and past participle of monopolize.
- monopolizer — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
- monopolizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of monopolize.
- monopsonies — Plural form of monopsony.
- monopsonist — the sole buyer in a monopsony
- montpellier — a department in S France. 2403 sq. mi. (6225 sq. km). Capital: Montpellier.
- moon pillar — a halo phenomenon in which a vertical streak of light appears above and below the moon, believed to be caused by the reflection of moonlight by ice crystals with vertical axes.
- mopani worm — an edible caterpillar that feeds on mopani leaves
- morphogenic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- most-lupine — pertaining to or resembling the wolf.
- most-pontic — pertaining to the Pontus Euxinus or to Pontus.
- motion jpeg — Moving JPEG
- mount siple — a mountain in Antarctica, on the coast of Byrd Land. Height: 3100 m (10 171 ft)
- mountaintop — The summit or top part of a mountain.
- moving jpeg — (graphics, compression) (M-JPEG) A compression technique for moving images which applies JPEG still image compression to each frame of a moving picture sequence. Play-back requires a machine capable of decompressing and displaying each JPEG image quickly enough to sustain the required frame rate of the picture sequence. There is no standard for Moving JPEG as with JPEG, but there are JPEG compression chips (for example see Zoran) which are designed to work at television frame rates and resolutions. See also MPEG and MPEG2.
- moving part — a part in a machine that has power to move
- mpls domain — (networking) A portion of a network that contains devices that understand MPLS.
- mucoprotein — a protein that yields carbohydrates as well as amino acids on hydrolysis.
- multiperson — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- multiphoton — involving several photons
- multipiston — having more than one piston
- multipotent — having power to produce or influence several effects or results.
- mycoprotein — A food product derived from fungus, the basis of Quorn.
- naupliiform — shaped like a nauplius larva
- nemophilist — (rare) One who is fond of forests or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.
- neopaganism — a 20th-century revival of interest in the worship of nature, fertility, etc., as represented by various deities.
- neopopulism — pertaining to a revival of populism, especially a sophisticated form appealing to commonplace values and prejudices.
- neuropodium — (zoology) The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.
- nicol prism — one of a pair of prisms used to produce and analyze plane-polarized light in a polarizing microscope. Also called Nicol. Compare polarizer (def 1).