11-letter words containing p, r, o, m
- madreporian — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- madreporite — a sievelike plate in certain echinoderms, through which water passes into the vascular system.
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- major party — a political party with enough electoral strength to periodically gain control of the government or to effectively oppose the party in power.
- major piece — a queen or rook.
- make up for — compensate
- malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- mammography — x-ray photography of a breast, especially for detection of tumors.
- mancipatory — relating to mancipation
- manila rope — rope made from Manila hemp.
- manipulator — a person who manipulates.
- maple grove — a town in SE Minnesota.
- marksperson — A marksman or markswoman.
- master copy — an original copy, stencil, tape, etc, from which duplicates are made
- mecopterans — Plural form of mecopteran.
- mecopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Mecoptera, comprising the scorpionflies and hangingflies.
- media group — an association of companies involved with the means of mass communication
- megaproject — A very large public investment project, especially one costing more than one billion US dollars.
- melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
- memory chip — In a computer, the memory chip is the microchip in which information is stored.
- memory dump — (programming, operating system, jargon) (Or "core dump") A file on hard disk (traditionally called "core") containing a copy of the contents of a process's memory, produced when a process is aborted by certain kinds of internal error or signal.
- memory span — the capacity of short-term memory, usually between 5 and 10 items
- meprobamate — a white powder, C 9 H 1 8 N 2 O 4 , used in medicine chiefly as a tranquilizer for treating anxiety, tension, and skeletal muscle spasm.
- meromorphic — of or relating to a function that is analytic, except for poles, in a given domain.
- meroterpene — (organic chemistry) Any compound, including many natural products, having a partial terpenoid structure.
- mesomorphic — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
- 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.
- mesonephros — 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.
- mesospheric — Of or pertaining to the mesosphere.
- mesotherapy — a cosmetic procedure in which minute doses of medication, vitamins, etc, are injected repeatedly into the mesodermal tissue under the skin to promote fat loss
- mesotrophic — (of freshwater lakes) containing medium levels of nutrients
- metamorphic — pertaining to or characterized by change of form, or metamorphosis.
- metanephroi — Plural form of metanephros.
- metanephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metaphorist — a creator or user of metaphors
- metaphorize — To describe something using metaphors.
- metaprogram — A program which modifies or generates other programs. A compiler is an example of a metaprogram: it takes a program as input and produces another (compiled) one as output.
- metaprotein — a hydrolytic derivative of protein, insoluble in water but soluble in dilute acids or alkalis.
- metatrophic — requiring dead organic matter for food.
- micro-party — a small political party, esp one focusing on a single issue
- microampere — a unit of electric current, equal to one millionth of an ampere. Symbol: μA.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- microfloppy — Alternative spelling of micro-floppy.
- micrographs — Plural form of micrograph.
- micrography — the description or delineation of microscopic objects.
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- microphonic — of, relating to, or in the nature of a microphone.
- microphylls — Plural form of microphyll.