12-letter words containing d, e, n, s
- mastoid bone — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- means-tested — A grant or benefit that is means-tested varies in amount depending on a means test.
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- mendel's law — law of segregation.
- 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.
- mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
- metasediment — (petrology) A metamorphosed sedimentary rock.
- microseconds — Plural form of microsecond.
- mid-sentence — in the middle of a sentence or utterance
- middlescence — the middle-age period of life, especially when considered a difficult time of self-doubt and readjustment.
- middlingness — Quality of being middling.
- midwesterner — Middle West.
- milking shed — a building in which a herd of cows is milked
- milliseconds — Plural form of millisecond.
- mindlessness — without intelligence; senseless: a mindless creature.
- miner's dial — dial (def 6).
- miniaturised — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturise.
- minidiskette — Alternative spelling of mini-diskette.
- minor orders — the degree or grade of acolyte, exorcist, lector, or ostiary.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- misconceived — Simple past tense and past participle of misconceive.
- misconducted — Simple past tense and past participle of misconduct.
- misconnected — to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind: to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misdemeanant — a person who is guilty of misbehavior.
- misdemeaning — to misbehave (oneself).
- misdemeanors — Plural form of misdemeanor.
- misdemeanour — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- misdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of misdiagnose.
- misdiagnoses — to make an incorrect diagnosis.
- misdirecting — Present participle of misdirect.
- misdirection — a wrong or incorrect direction, guidance, or instruction.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- misery index — an unofficial indication of a nation's economic health, derived by adding the percentage rate of inflation to the percentage of unemployed workers: With inflation running at 15 percent and unemployment at 8 percent, the misery index is 23 percent.
- misfashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of misfashion.
- misjudgement — Alternative form of misjudgment.
- misjudgments — Plural form of misjudgment.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- mispleadings — Plural form of mispleading.
- moderateness — The quality of being moderate.
- modus ponens — the principle that whenever a conditional statement and its antecedent are given to be true its consequent may be validly inferred, as in if it's Tuesday this must be Belgium and it's Tuesday so this must be Belgium
- molybdenosis — a disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by dietary intake of excessive molybdenum with resultant copper deficiency, characterized by persistent diarrhea and, especially around the eyes, a fading of coat pigment.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.