13-letter words containing i, s, o, m, e
- millionairess — a woman who is a millionaire.
- 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.
- milton keynes — a residential district in S England, near London, established in the 1960s.
- mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
- minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- minor premise — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
- minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
- 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.
- 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.
- miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
- misconceiving — Present participle of misconceive.
- misconception — an erroneous conception; mistaken notion.
- misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
- misconjecture — the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
- misconnecting — Present participle of misconnect.
- misconnection — the act or state of connecting.
- miscoordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- miscorrection — a wrong correction
- miscounselled — having bad or incorrect counselling
- misdemeanours — Plural form of misdemeanour.
- misemployment — Wrong or mistaken employment.
- misery memoir — A misery memoir is a book that someone has written about their own life in which they describe many sad things that happened when they were a child.
- misevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- misgovernance — to govern or manage badly.
- misgovernment — to govern or manage badly.
- misimpression — a faulty or incorrect impression; a misconception or misapprehension.
- misobservance — a failure to observe thoroughly or properly
- misperception — to understand or perceive incorrectly; misunderstand.
- mispersuasion — a false or mistaken persuasion
- mispositioned — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- mispronounced — Said wrongly.
- mispronounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mispronounce.
- misrecognized — Simple past tense and past participle of misrecognize.
- misrecognizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misrecognize.
- misredemption — illegal or fraudulent traffic in consumer product coupons, including mail theft and counterfeiting.
- miss the boat — a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- mission creep — the tendency for a task, esp a military operation, to become unintentionally wider in scope than its initial objectives
- mission viejo — a city in SW California.
- misunderstood — improperly understood or interpreted.
- mixed doubles — (in tennis) a doubles match with a man and a woman on each side.
- mnemotechnics — the process or technique of improving or developing the memory.
- moabite stone — a slab of black basalt bearing an inscription recording the victory of Mesha, the king of Moab, over the Israelites, about 860 b.c.
- mobile studio — a van, truck, etc equipped as a recording, broadcasting etc studio
- modem session — a period of time during which a computer is connected to another through a modem.
- moderationist — a person who favors, supports, or promotes moderation.
- moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
- modernisation — Alternative spelling of modernization.
- modus vivendi — manner of living; way of life; lifestyle.