10-letter words containing i, y, e
- mesitylene — a colorless, liquid, aromatic hydrocarbon, C 9 H 1 2 , occurring naturally in coal tar and prepared from acetone: used chiefly as a chemical intermediate.
- mesophytic — Relating to a mesophyte.
- metaphysic — metaphysics.
- metaphysis — (anatomy) The part of a long bone that grows during development.
- metecdysis — the period following the moult (ecdysis) of an arthropod, when the new cuticle is forming
- metonymies — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.
- metrically — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- metrifying — Present participle of metrify.
- metronymic — derived from the name of a mother or other female ancestor.
- microcytes — Pathology. an abnormally small red blood cell.
- micrometry — the act or process of taking measurements with a micrometer.
- microphyte — a microscopic plant.
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- midcentury — Occurring around the center or middle of the century.
- miles away — If you say that someone is miles away, you mean that they are unaware of what is happening around them because they are thinking about something else.
- millihenry — a unit of inductance equal to one thousandth of a henry. Abbreviation: mH, mh.
- mimeticity — (rare) The quality or state of being mimetic, or the degree to which one is mimetic.
- mind's eye — the hypothetical site of visual recollection or imagination: In her mind's eye she saw the city as it had been in Caesar's time.
- mindlessly — without intelligence; senseless: a mindless creature.
- mindszenty — Joseph (Joseph Pehm) 1892–1975, Hungarian Roman Catholic clergyman: primate of Hungary 1945–74.
- minelayers — Plural form of minelayer.
- minelaying — the activity of laying explosive mines
- mineralogy — the science or study of minerals.
- minisystem — a set of hi-fi equipment in which the components are smaller than standard size
- minivolley — a version of volleyball played with fewer players per team than the standard number of six
- minstrelsy — the art or practice of a minstrel.
- mint jelly — a jelly (or sauce) flavored with mint leaves, served esp. with lamb
- misanalyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- miscellany — a miscellaneous collection or group of various or somewhat unrelated items.
- miscreancy — the state or condition of a miscreant; villainy.
- mispayment — Incorrect payment.
- mistakenly — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- mistrayned — deluded or incorrectly trained
- mistressly — relating to a female who is skilled or expert in a particular area
- misty-eyed — on the verge of tears.
- mittyesque — Walter Mitty.
- mizzy maze — dialect expression meaning state of confusion
- mobile bay — a bay of the Gulf of Mexico, in SW Alabama: Civil War naval battle 1864. 36 miles (58 km) long; 8–18 miles (13–29 km) wide.
- monetarily — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- monkeylike — Similar to a monkey.
- mosquitoey — Swarming with mosquitoes.
- muliebrity — womanly nature or qualities.
- multi-year — a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
- multicycle — a pedalled cycle with four or more wheels
- multilayer — multilayered.
- myasthenia — muscle weakness.
- myasthenic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia.
- myelinated — (of a nerve) having a myelin sheath; medullated.
- myelocytic — Of or pertaining to myelocytes.
- myelogenic — produced in the bone marrow.