14-letter words containing i, l, e, s
- mercantilistic — Relating to, or characteristic of mercantilism.
- merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
- meretriciously — In a meretricious manner.
- merritt island — a town in E Florida.
- mesaticephalic — (anatomy) Having a cranium with a medium ratio of length to breadth.
- mesdemoiselles — a plural of mademoiselle.
- metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
- metalinguistic — Pertaining to metalinguistics.
- metallic glass — glassy alloy.
- metallokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control metals.
- metaphysically — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metaplasticity — Any activity-dependent change to neural function that modulates subsequent synaptic plasticity.
- metastatically — In a metastatic manner.
- meteorologists — Plural form of meteorologist.
- methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
- methodologists — Plural form of methodologist.
- meticulousness — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- metoposcopical — relating to metoposcopy
- metrical psalm — a translation of one of the psalms into rhyming strict-metre verse usually sung as a hymn
- metrosexuality — The quality of being metrosexual.
- microcephalous — Microcephalic.
- microfilaments — Plural form of microfilament.
- micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
- microsatellite — A miniature satellite.
- microspherical — relating to or designating a microsphere
- middle chinese — the Chinese language of the 7th and 8th centuries a.d. Abbreviation: MChin.
- middle eastern — Also called Mideast. (loosely) the area from Libya E to Afghanistan, usually including Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the other countries of the Arabian peninsula.
- middle english — the English language of the period c1150–c1475. Abbreviation: ME.
- middle flemish — the Flemish language of the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
- middle passage — the part of the Atlantic Ocean between the west coast of Africa and the West Indies: the longest part of the journey formerly made by slave ships.
- middle persian — the Persian language at a stage that begins c300 b.c. and includes Pahlavi (attested from the 3rd to the 7th centuries a.d.) as well as the West Iranian literatures (3rd–10th centuries a.d.) of religions carried outside Persia. Abbreviation: MPers.
- middle western — of or relating to the Middle West.
- middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
- midlife crisis — a period of psychological stress occurring in middle age, thought to be triggered by a physical, occupational, or domestic event, as menopause, diminution of physical prowess, job loss, or departure of children from the home.
- millenarianism — a belief in the millennium.
- millennialists — Plural form of millennialist.
- miller's thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
- miller's-thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
- mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
- mineral spring — a spring of water that contains a significant amount of dissolved minerals.
- mineralisation — Alternative spelling of mineralization.
- ministerialist — A supporter of the ministers, or the party in power.
- minucius felix — Marcus, Roman writer of the 2nd century a.d. whose dialogue Octavius is the earliest known work of Latin-Christian literature.
- miraculousness — performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
- miscellanarian — a person who writes miscellanies
- miscorrelation — mutual relation of two or more things, parts, etc.: Studies find a positive correlation between severity of illness and nutritional status of the patients. Synonyms: similarity, correspondence, matching; parallelism, equivalence; interdependence, interrelationship, interconnection.
- miscounselling — the act of giving bad or incorrect counselling
- misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
- mister charlie — a term used to refer to a white person.
- mistletoe bird — a small Australian flower-pecker, Dicaeum hirundinaceum, that feeds on mistletoe berries