12-letter words containing l, i, a, t, r
- matriculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of matriculate.
- matriculator — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
- matrilateral — related through the mother, as to a maternal uncle.
- matrilineage — lineal descent traced through the female line.
- matrimonials — Plural form of matrimonial.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- maturational — the act or process of maturating.
- meeting rail — (in a double-hung window) the rail of each sash that meets a rail of the other when the window is closed.
- melanotropin — MSH.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- memorability — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- memorialists — Plural form of memorialist.
- mercantilism — mercantile practices or spirit; commercialism.
- mercantilist — Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism.
- mercurialist — a person born under the planet Mercury
- mercuriality — Mercurial behaviour.
- meristically — in a meristic manner
- mesocortical — Of or pertaining to the mesocortex.
- metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- metamaterial — (engineering, physics) any material that obtains its electromagnetic properties from its structure rather than from its chemical composition; especially a material engineered to have features of a size less than that of the wavelength of a class of electromagnetic radiation.
- metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metarteriole — An arterial capillary; a short vessel linking arterioles and venules.
- metempirical — beyond or outside the field of experience.
- meteorically — of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- metered mail — mail on which the postage is printed directly on an envelope or label by a machine licensed by the postal service.
- metrological — the science of weights and measures.
- metronomical — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
- metropolitan — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
- microanalyst — One who carries out microanalysis.
- microclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- microcrystal — a microscopic crystal.
- microtonally — In a microtonal manner.
- microtubular — Of or pertaining to microtubules.
- militaristic — a person imbued with militarism.
- militarizing — Present participle of militarize.
- military law — the body of laws relating to the government of the armed forces; rules and regulations for the conduct of military personnel.
- milliammeter — an instrument for measuring small electric currents, calibrated in milliamperes.
- millilambert — a unit of luminance equal to one thousandth of a lambert. Abbreviation: mL.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- minor planet — asteroid (def 1).
- mirror plant — a shrub, Coprosma repens, of the madder family, native to New Zealand and cultivated in warm regions, having glossy, often variegated leaves.
- miscalibrate — To calibrate poorly or wrongly.
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- miserabilist — One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue; a philosopher of pessimism.
- misportrayal — the act of portraying.
- mistranslate — Translate (something) incorrectly.
- mitrailleuse — a machine gun.
- mitral valve — the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart, consisting of two triangular flaps of tissue, that prevents the blood from flowing back into the atrium.