10-letter words containing m, a, i, l
- megalopsia — macropsia.
- megapixels — Plural form of megapixel.
- meiofaunal — Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a meiofauna.
- melaconite — the massive variety of tenorite
- melanaemia — an abnormal condition in which melanin is present in the blood
- melanesian — of or relating to Melanesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- melanippus — a Theban who killed Tydeus in the battle of the Seven against Thebes and who was, in turn, slain by Amphiaraus.
- melanising — Present participle of melanise.
- melanistic — Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- melburnian — 2nd Viscount, William Lamb.
- melchiades — Saint, died a.d. 314, pope 310–314.
- meliaceous — belonging to the Meliaceae, the mahogany family of plants.
- meliorated — Made better; improved.
- melismatic — an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
- melomaniac — One with an abnormal fondness of music.
- melvindale — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- memorially — By means of, or in terms of, memory.
- menacingly — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- mephitical — Alternative form of mephitic.
- mercantile — of or relating to merchants or trade; commercial.
- mercurials — Plural form of mercurial.
- meridional — of, relating to, or resembling a meridian.
- mesmerical — Alternative form of mesmeric.
- mesothelia — Plural form of mesothelium.
- meta-vlisp — (language) An innovative Lisp dialect by E. St.James of IBP, France.
- metabolise — Alternative spelling of metabolize.
- metabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- metabolite — a product of metabolic action.
- metabolize — (of a body or organ) process (a substance) by metabolism.
- metalepsis — the use of metonymy to replace a word already used figuratively.
- metaleptic — the use of metonymy to replace a word already used figuratively.
- metallings — road metals
- metallized — Simple past tense and past participle of metallize.
- metalloids — Plural form of metalloid.
- metalsmith — a person skilled in making articles of metal.
- metaplasia — the transformation of one type of tissue into another.
- metaplasis — the second of three stages of ontogenetic development proposed by Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, in which the development of the individual is complete
- metapodial — (anatomy, zoology) Of or pertaining to the human metacarpal bones (between the wrist and fingers) or the metatarsal bones (between the ankle and toes); of or pertaining to the equivalent bones in animals.
- methanolic — Submersed or dissolved in, or obtained with the use of methanol.
- methodical — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- metrically — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- miarolitic — (of an igneous rock) having irregular cavities into which crystals protrude
- michaelmas — a festival celebrated on September 29 in honor of the archangel Michael.
- microalgal — Of, or pertaining to, microalga.
- microblade — bladelet.
- microflora — Biology. microscopic plants.
- microglial — Of or pertaining to microglia.
- microlenat — /mi:"-kroh-len"-*t/ The unit of bogosity, written uL; the consensus is that this is the largest unit practical for everyday use. The microLenat, originally invented by David Jefferson, was promulgated as an attack against noted computer scientist Doug Lenat by a tenured graduate student at CMU. Doug had failed the student on an important exam for giving only "AI is bogus" as his answer to the questions. The slur is generally considered unmerited, but it has become a running gag nevertheless. Some of Doug's friends argue that *of course* a microLenat is bogus, since it is only one millionth of a Lenat. Others have suggested that the unit should be redesignated after the grad student, as the microReid.
- microloans — Plural form of microloan.
- micromolar — designating an amount of substance of the order of micromoles