9-letter words containing m, a, e, l
- mentalese — the language of thought; thoughts represented in the mind without words, especially complex thoughts built from simpler ones.
- mentalise — Alt form mentalize.
- mentalism — the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
- mentalist — a person who believes in or advocates mentalism.
- mentality — mental capacity or endowment: a person of average mentality.
- mentalize — (usually, in passive) To make mental in nature, rather than physical.
- mentorial — Of or relating to a mentor.
- mercurial — changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
- meritable — Deserving of reward.
- meromelia — A birth defect characterized by the lacking of a part, but not all, of one or more limbs with the presence of a hand or foot, resulting in a shrunken and deformed extremity.
- mesangial — Of or pertaining to the mesangium.
- mescalero — a member of a group of Apache Indians who originally inhabited northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. east of the Rio Grande, have intermarried with the Chiricahua and Lipan, and are presently situated in New Mexico.
- mescaline — a white, water-soluble, crystalline powder, C 1 1 H 1 7 NO 3 , obtained from mescal buttons, that produces hallucinations.
- mescalism — addiction to mescal, an alcoholic spirit
- mesoblast — the mesoderm.
- mesogleal — relating to the mesoglea
- mesogloea — the noncellular, gelatinous material between the inner and outer body walls of a coelenterate or sponge.
- mesoscale — pertaining to meteorological phenomena, such as wind circulation and cloud patterns, that are about 1–100 km (0.6–60 miles) in horizontal extent.
- mess call — a bugle call for mess.
- mess hall — a place in which a group eats regularly, especially a dining hall in a military camp, post, etc.
- messalian — Euchite.
- messalina — Valeria, died a.d. 48, third wife of Claudius I.
- messaline — a thin, soft silk with a twill or satin weave.
- mestranol — an estrogen, C 2 1 H 2 6 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- metabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- metaclass — (programming) The class of a class in an object-oriented programming language. A metaclass is a class whose instances are themselves classes. Typically there will only be one metaclass, called "Class" or similar, which is the class of all classes including itself. In some languages there will be no metaclass. The idea of a metaclass is closely associated with introspection - the ability of a program to access the structure and logic of itself or other programs.
- metalcore — (music) A genre of rock music related to punk and heavy metal.
- metalhead — Slang. a fan of heavy metal music; headbanger.
- metallide — to provide (a metal or alloy) with a diffused coating of a metal or metalloid by electrolysis at high temperature in order to impart a particular surface property to the base metal.
- metalline — metallic.
- metalling — Present participle of metal.
- metallist — a person who works with metals.
- metallize — to make metallic; give the characteristics of metal to.
- metalloid — a nonmetal that in combination with a metal forms an alloy.
- metalmark — any of the small, mostly tropical butterflies of the family Riodinidae, often having metallic-colored flecks on the wings.
- metalogic — the logical analysis of the fundamental concepts of logic.
- metalware — work of metal, especially utensils, flatware, etc.
- metalwork — objects made of metal.
- metapelet — a woman who cares for children, especially on kibbutzim in Israel; foster mother.
- metaplasm — Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- metaxylem — the part of the primary xylem that is the last to be formed, usually having weblike or pitted surfaces.
- methylase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyse methylation
- methylate — Also called methoxide. any derivative of methyl alcohol, as sodium methylate, CH 3 ONa.
- metralgia — pain in the uterus.
- meursault — a dry, white Burgundy wine produced in the district around Meursault in E France.
- mews flat — a flat or apartment situated in a yard or street lined by buildings originally used as stables but now often converted into dwellings
- mezzaluna — a crescent-shaped, single- or double-bladed chopping knife, with a handle on each end or a connecting handle.
- middleman — a person who plays an economic role intermediate between producer and retailer or consumer.
- midlander — a native or inhabitant of the Midlands of England
- milanaise — served with macaroni, or sometimes spaghetti, that has been flavored with tomatoes, mushrooms, shredded meat, etc.: veal cutlets à la milanaise.