13-letter words containing a, l, m, d
- mean latitude — the latitude of the point that is midway between two parallels on the same side of the equator.
- medical audit — a review of the professional standards of doctors, usually within a hospital, conducted by a medical committee
- medical board — a group of people qualified to give opinions on medical matters
- medicine ball — a large, solid, heavy, leather-covered ball, thrown from one person to another for exercise.
- medullary ray — (in the stems of woody plants) one of the vertical bands or plates of unspecialized tissue that radiate between the pith and the bark.
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- melodramatist — A writer of melodramas.
- melodramatize — to make melodramatic.
- mendel's laws — law of segregation.
- mercer island — a city in W central Washington, on Mercer Island in Lake Washington, east of Seattle.
- mercurialized — Simple past tense and past participle of mercurialize.
- meridionality — the quality or state of being on the meridian
- metallic bond — the type of chemical bond between atoms in a metallic element, formed by the valence electrons moving freely through the metal lattice.
- metatoluidine — a colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 7 H 9 N, the meta isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes and other organic compounds.
- methodistical — Methodistic.
- metronidazole — a synthetic antimicrobial substance, C 6 H 9 N 3 O 3 , used chiefly in the treatment of infections, such as Trichomonas vaginalis and certain anaerobic bacterial infections.
- mid glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 393 sq. mi. (1019 sq. km).
- middle states — those eastern states between the New England states and the South; New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland
- middle-endian — (data, architecture) Neither big-endian nor little-endian. Used of perverse byte orders such as 3-4-1-2 or 2-1-4-3, occasionally found in the packed decimal formats of some minicomputer manufacturers. See -endian.
- middlebreaker — lister1 (def 1).
- mild-mannered — If you describe someone as mild-mannered, you approve of them because they are gentle, kind, and polite.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- military band — a musical band, usually made up of players of wind, percussion and some brass instruments, that play at military functions, etc
- milky disease — a bacterial disease of scarab beetle larvae and grubs, especially the Japanese beetle, which turns the larvae white.
- millau bridge — a road bridge, the highest in the world, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central in SW France; designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004
- mills grenade — a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg).
- milne-edwards — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1800–85, French zoologist.
- mind-altering — causing marked changes in patterns of mood and behavior, as a hallucinogenic drug.
- mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
- mis-explained — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- miscalculated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalculate.
- miscalibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalibrate.
- misclassified — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
- mistranslated — Simple past tense and past participle of mistranslate.
- mitochondrial — (cytology) Of, or relating to mitochondria.
- mixed ability — A mixed ability class or teaching system is one in which pupils of different abilities are taught together in the same class.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- model railway — a model of a small-scale railway system, often with toy moving trains
- moderate gale — a wind of 32–38 miles per hour (14–17 m/sec).
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- modifiability — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- modula-prolog — Adds a Prolog layer to Modula-2. "Modula-Prolog: A Software Development Tool", C. Muller IEEE Software pp.39-45 (Nov 1986).
- molding board — a board upon which bread is kneaded, cookies prepared, etc.
- molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
- moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
- molluscicidal — relating to a preparation that kills molluscs
- monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
- monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
- mononucleated — having a single nucleus
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.