11-letter words containing m, a, i, l
- mile-marker — a numbered milepost along a highway: used as a way of determining the exact location of a vehicle.
- miliarensis — a silver coin of ancient Rome, introduced by Constantine I as the 14th part of a solidus. Under Justinian it became the 12th part.
- militarised — Simple past tense and past participle of militarise.
- militarisms — Plural form of militarism.
- militarists — Plural form of militarist.
- militarized — Simple past tense and past participle of militarize.
- militarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of militarize.
- mill around — walk about
- mill valley — a town in W California, NW of San Francisco.
- millenarian — of or relating to a thousand, especially the thousand years of the prophesied millennium.
- millenarism — Millenarianism.
- millennials — Plural form of millennial.
- milliampere — a unit of electric current equal to one thousandth of an ampere. Abbreviation: mA.
- millifarads — Plural form of millifarad.
- milligramme — Obsolete spelling of milligram.
- millionaire — a person whose wealth amounts to a million or more in some unit of currency, as dollars.
- milliradian — one thousandth of a radian.
- millstreams — Plural form of millstream.
- milquetoast — a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated: a milquetoast who's afraid to ask for a raise.
- milwaukeean — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- mimetically — In a mimetic manner.
- mimic panel — a panel simulating the geographical layout of a television studio, railway points system, traffic interchange, etc, in which small indicator lamps display the selected state of the lighting circuits, signalling, traffic lights, etc
- mineral oil — a colorless, oily, almost tasteless, water-insoluble liquid, usually of either a standard light density (light mineral oil) or a standard heavy density (heavy mineral oil) consisting of mixtures of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum by distillation: used chiefly as a lubricant, in the manufacture of cosmetics, and in medicine as a laxative.
- mineral tar — bitumen of the consistency of tar; maltha.
- mineral wax — ozocerite.
- mineralised — Simple past tense and past participle of mineralise.
- mineralized — Simple past tense and past participle of mineralize.
- mineralizer — to convert into a mineral substance.
- mineralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mineralize.
- minimal art — a chiefly American style in painting and sculpture that developed in the 1960s largely in reaction against abstract expressionism, shunning illusion, decorativeness, and emotional subjectivity in favor of impersonality, simplification of form, and the use of often massive, industrially produced materials for sculpture, and extended its influence to architecture, design, dance, theater, and music.
- minimalised — to make minimal: to minimalize tax increases.
- minimalists — Plural form of minimalist.
- minimalized — to make minimal: to minimalize tax increases.
- ministerial — pertaining to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or other member of the clergy.
- minke whale — a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- minneapolis — a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- minor scale — Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.
- mint family — the large plant family Labiatae (or Lamiaceae), characterized by aromatic herbaceous plants having square stems, simple leaves, clusters of two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of small nutlets, and including basil, bee balm, catnip, coleus, lavender, marjoram, oregano, peppermint, rosemary, sage, spearmint, and thyme.
- miracle man — a person who performs or appears to perform miracles.
- miracle-man — a man who is capable of miraculous feats
- mirifically — in a mirific manner
- mirror ball — a large revolving ball covered with small pieces of mirror glass so that it reflects light in changing patterns: used in discos and ballrooms
- misalliance — an improper or incompatible association, especially in marriage; mésalliance.
- misallocate — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- misanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of misanalyze.
- misapplying — Present participle of misapply.
- misassemble — to assemble incorrectly
- misbalanced — badly balanced
- misbefallen — Simple past tense and past participle of misbefall.