11-letter words containing a, l, i, m, e
- meteoroidal — (astronomy) Of or pertaining to meteoroids. (from 19th c.).
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- metharbital — A barbiturate anticonvulsant used in the treatment of epilepsy.
- methimazole — a white crystalline substance, C 4 H 6 N 2 S, that inhibits thyroxin synthesis, used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism.
- methylamine — any of three derivatives of ammonia in which one or all of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by methyl groups, especially a gas, CH 5 N, with an ammonialike odor, the simplest alkyl derivative of ammonia and, like the latter, forming a series of salts.
- methylating — Present participle of methylate.
- methylation — the process of replacing a hydrogen atom with a methyl group.
- metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- middle ages — medieval period
- middle east — Also called Mideast. (loosely) the area from Libya E to Afghanistan, usually including Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the other countries of the Arabian peninsula.
- middle game — the stage between the opening and the end game, characterized by complicated moves by both opponents with pieces at full strength.
- middle name — the part of a person's name occurring between the first and family names, as a second given name or a maternal surname.
- middle path — the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.
- middle-aged — being of the age intermediate between youth and old age, roughly between 45 and 65.
- middlemarch — a novel (1871–72) by George Eliot.
- middlewoman — The female equivalent of a middleman; a female intermediary.
- midlatitude — Any latitude roughly half way between the equator and a pole.
- mile-marker — a numbered milepost along a highway: used as a way of determining the exact location of a vehicle.
- miliarensis — a silver coin of ancient Rome, introduced by Constantine I as the 14th part of a solidus. Under Justinian it became the 12th part.
- militarised — Simple past tense and past participle of militarise.
- militarized — Simple past tense and past participle of militarize.
- militarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of militarize.
- mill valley — a town in W California, NW of San Francisco.
- millenarian — of or relating to a thousand, especially the thousand years of the prophesied millennium.
- millenarism — Millenarianism.
- millennials — Plural form of millennial.
- milliampere — a unit of electric current equal to one thousandth of an ampere. Abbreviation: mA.
- milligramme — Obsolete spelling of milligram.
- millionaire — a person whose wealth amounts to a million or more in some unit of currency, as dollars.
- millstreams — Plural form of millstream.
- milquetoast — a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated: a milquetoast who's afraid to ask for a raise.
- milwaukeean — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- mimetically — In a mimetic manner.
- mimic panel — a panel simulating the geographical layout of a television studio, railway points system, traffic interchange, etc, in which small indicator lamps display the selected state of the lighting circuits, signalling, traffic lights, etc
- mineral oil — a colorless, oily, almost tasteless, water-insoluble liquid, usually of either a standard light density (light mineral oil) or a standard heavy density (heavy mineral oil) consisting of mixtures of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum by distillation: used chiefly as a lubricant, in the manufacture of cosmetics, and in medicine as a laxative.
- mineral tar — bitumen of the consistency of tar; maltha.
- mineral wax — ozocerite.
- mineralised — Simple past tense and past participle of mineralise.
- mineralized — Simple past tense and past participle of mineralize.
- mineralizer — to convert into a mineral substance.
- mineralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mineralize.
- minimalised — to make minimal: to minimalize tax increases.
- minimalized — to make minimal: to minimalize tax increases.
- ministerial — pertaining to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or other member of the clergy.
- minke whale — a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- minneapolis — a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- minor scale — Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.
- miracle man — a person who performs or appears to perform miracles.
- miracle-man — a man who is capable of miraculous feats