12-letter words containing a, r, i, d
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- meat grinder — machine: minces meat
- medal-winner — a person who has won a medal or medals
- media center — a library, usually in school, that contains and encourages the use of audiovisual media and associated equipment as well as books, periodicals, and the like.
- media circus — excessive news coverage
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- media player — Digital Technology. a portable electronic device or a software program that plays and stores digital audio or video files in various formats.
- median nerve — a nerve that carries impulses between a part of the body and the central nervous system
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- medical care — the professional attention of medical practitioners
- medical ward — a hospital ward in which patients are being treated by drugs rather than surgery
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- memorial day — Also called Decoration Day. a day, May 30, set aside in most states of the U.S. for observances in memory of dead members of the armed forces of all wars: now officially observed on the last Monday in May.
- memorialised — Simple past tense and past participle of memorialise.
- memorialized — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of memorialize.
- merchandised — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandiser — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandises — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandized — Simple past tense and past participle of merchandize.
- merchandizer — Alternative spelling of merchandiser.
- meridianally — Along lines of meridian, longitudinally.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- mermaid weed — any of several North American, aquatic plants of the genus Proserpinaca, having pinnately dissected leaves either above or below the water.
- metered mail — mail on which the postage is printed directly on an envelope or label by a machine licensed by the postal service.
- microbicidal — a substance or preparation for killing microbes.
- micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
- microreaders — Plural form of microreader.
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- middle guard — a defensive lineman positioned opposite the offensive center and between the defensive tackles, as in a three- or five-man line.
- mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.
- mind reading — the ability to discern the thoughts of others without the normal means of communication, especially by means of a preternatural power.
- miner's dial — dial (def 6).
- miniaturised — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturise.
- miniaturized — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturize.
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- misaddressed — Simple past tense and past participle of misaddress.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misandristic — Exhibiting misandry; man-hating.
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- misdemeanors — Plural form of misdemeanor.
- misdemeanour — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- misericordia — (legal, obsolete) An amercement.
- mithridatism — the production of immunity against the action of a poison by taking the poison in gradually increased doses.
- mithridatize — to induce a state of mithridatism in (a person).
- mitochondria — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- modern latin — the Latin that has come into use since about 1500, chiefly in scientific literature
- modificatory — modifying.