13-letter words containing c, a, s, t, o
- mastoidectomy — the removal of part of a mastoid process, usually for draining an infection.
- mayor's court — a city court presided over by a mayor.
- meat products — foods that consist of or contain meat
- mechanisation — Alternative spelling of mechanization.
- medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
- megaloblastic — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.
- megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- mercerisation — A process of treating cotton with sodium hydroxide in order to make it more lustrous.
- meritocracies — Plural form of meritocracy.
- mescal button — one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.
- metachromasia — A characteristic change in the colour of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes.
- metafunctions — Plural form of metafunction.
- metallic soap — any usually water-insoluble salt formed by the interaction of a fatty acid and a metal, especially lead or aluminum: used chiefly as a drier in paints and varnishes and for waterproofing textiles.
- methodistical — Methodistic.
- microcassette — a very small audio tape cassette smaller than a minicassette, for use with a pocket-size tape recorder.
- microclimates — Plural form of microclimate.
- microcrystals — Plural form of microcrystal.
- microhabitats — Plural form of microhabitat.
- micronisation — The process by which a material is reduced in size, often to micrometer proportions.
- microparasite — a parasitic microorganism.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- microtonalism — The use of microtones in music.
- misallocating — Present participle of misallocate.
- misallocation — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- miscalculator — A person who miscalculates.
- miscategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- miscegenation — marriage or cohabitation between two people from different racial groups, especially, in the U.S., between a black person and a white person: In 1968 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state laws prohibiting miscegenation were unconstitutional.
- miscoordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- modifications — Plural form of modification.
- monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
- monstre sacré — a venerable or popular public figure who is considered above criticism or attack despite eccentricity, controversy, etc.
- monte cassino — a monastery at Cassino, Italy: founded a.d. c530 by St. Benedict and destroyed by Allied bombings in 1944.
- montefiascone — a town in central Italy: wine-growing area.
- montes claros — a city in E Brazil.
- moustache cup — mustache cup.
- movie actress — a female who acts in films or movies
- mucocutaneous — Of or pertaining to the mucous membranes and the skin.
- multiorgasmic — Capable of multiple orgasms without a refractory period.
- multisectoral — Involving multiple sectors.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- mystification — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- nanocomposite — Denoting a composite material that has a grain size measured in nanometers.
- nanoparticles — Plural form of nanoparticle.
- nanostructure — A structure, especially a semiconductor device, that has dimensions of only a few nanometers.
- narrowcasting — Present participle of narrowcast.
- nationalistic — a person devoted to nationalism.
- necessitation — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.