13-letter words containing l, a, m, e, r, o
- melrose abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey in Melrose in Scottish Borders: founded in 1136 and sacked by the English in 1385 and 1547: repaired in 1822 by Sir Walter Scott
- memorabiliast — a person who collects mementos or souvenirs, as postcards or playbills.
- memorableness — Memorability.
- memorial park — cemetery.
- memorialising — Present participle of memorialise.
- memorializing — Present participle of memorialize.
- mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
- meridionality — the quality or state of being on the meridian
- merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
- metagrobolize — to mystify or puzzle
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
- methocarbamol — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 5 , used as a muscle relaxant in combination with other drugs in the treatment of acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions.
- methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
- metronidazole — a synthetic antimicrobial substance, C 6 H 9 N 3 O 3 , used chiefly in the treatment of infections, such as Trichomonas vaginalis and certain anaerobic bacterial infections.
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- microanalyses — Plural form of microanalysis.
- microbalances — Plural form of microbalance.
- microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
- microcephalia — Microcephaly.
- microcephalic — having a head with a small braincase.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- microclimates — Plural form of microclimate.
- microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
- microfilariae — the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, especially of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans.
- microfilmable — Suitable for storage on microfilm.
- microlecithal — having a small amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- micrometrical — Micrometric; relating to micrometry or a micrometer.
- micronucleate — having a micronucleus.
- microparticle — An extremely small particle.
- microwaveable — Alternative spelling of microwavable.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- millionairess — a woman who is a millionaire.
- mineralogical — Relating to mineralogy.
- minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- minor-leaguer — a member of a minor-league team.
- model railway — a model of a small-scale railway system, often with toy moving trains
- moderate gale — a wind of 32–38 miles per hour (14–17 m/sec).
- mole fraction — the ratio of the number of moles of a given component of a mixture to the total number of moles of all the components.
- moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
- molly maguire — Irish History. a member of a secret terrorist society organized in Ireland in 1843 to prevent evictions by the government: so called because the members disguised themselves as women.
- monomolecular — noting or pertaining to a thickness of one molecule.
- montes claros — a city in E Brazil.
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
- moreno valley — city in S Calif.: pop. 142,000
- morgan le fay — the fairy sister of King Arthur.
- morphemically — By means of, or in terms, of morphemes.
- morse signals — signals encoded using the Morse Code
- mother of all — a female parent.
- mother-in-law — the mother of one's husband or wife.