13-letter words containing c, o, s, m, l
- maliciousness — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- maltese cross — a cross having four equal arms that expand in width outward.
- manon lescaut — a novel (1731) by Antoine François Prévost.
- marginal cost — the cost of one additional unit of any item produced or bought in quantity.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- megaloblastic — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.
- megalomaniacs — Plural form of megalomaniac.
- melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- 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.
- mesencephalon — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesi protocol — (processor) Modified, Exclusive, Shared, Invalid. A cache coherency protocol where each cache line is marked with one of the four states. The MESI protocol is used by the Pentium processor.
- mesocephalism — mesocephaly
- mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.
- 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.
- microanalyses — Plural form of microanalysis.
- microanalysis — Chemistry. the analysis of very small samples of substances.
- microbalances — Plural form of microbalance.
- microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- microclimates — Plural form of microclimate.
- microcosmical — Alternative form of microcosmic.
- microcrystals — Plural form of microcrystal.
- microelements — Plural form of microelement.
- microfelsitic — (of a rock) showing evidence of crystallization having begun, but not yet having formed any crystals
- microfloppies — 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.25-inch vanilla or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety. This term may be headed for obsolescence as 5.25-inchers pass out of use, only to be revived if anybody floats a sub-3-inch floppy standard. See stiffy, minifloppies.
- microphyllous — having microphylls
- micropolitics — The use of formal and informal power by individuals and groups to achieve their goals within organizations, as opposed to macropolitics.
- microscopical — so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope: microscopic organisms. Compare macroscopic.
- microsurgical — Of or pertaining to microsurgery.
- microtonalism — The use of microtones in music.
- microvascular — Of or relating to the smallest blood vessels.
- middle course — an option or alternative between more extreme alternatives
- middle school — a school intermediate between elementary school and high school, usually encompassing grades five or six through eight.
- milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
- milos process — The MILOS process is a process that uses an additional riser in the FCC, which gives the refiner options to simultaneously maximize production of diesel and propylene.
- misallocating — Present participle of misallocate.
- misallocation — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- miscalculator — A person who miscalculates.
- miscellaneous — consisting of members or elements of different kinds; of mixed character: a book of miscellaneous essays on American history.
- mischievously — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- miscounselled — having bad or incorrect counselling
- missiological — Of or pertaining to missiology.
- mohr's circle — a graphical construction enabling the stresses in the cross-section of a body to be determined if the principal stresses are known
- molluscicidal — relating to a preparation that kills molluscs
- molluscicides — Plural form of molluscicide.
- mollycoddlers — Plural form of mollycoddler.
- monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.