12-letter words containing m, a, l, e, i
- melancholics — Plural form of melancholic.
- melancholies — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- melanization — the process of melanizing, or the state of being melanized
- melanochroic — Melanochroid
- melanotropin — MSH.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- memorability — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- memorial day — Also called Decoration Day. a day, May 30, set aside in most states of the U.S. for observances in memory of dead members of the armed forces of all wars: now officially observed on the last Monday in May.
- memorialised — Simple past tense and past participle of memorialise.
- memorialists — Plural form of memorialist.
- memorialized — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of memorialize.
- memorializer — One who petitions by a memorial.
- memorializes — (US) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of memorialize.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- mental image — sth imagined
- mentally ill — having a mental illness.
- mercantilism — mercantile practices or spirit; commercialism.
- mercantilist — Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism.
- mercurialism — poisoning by mercury.
- mercurialist — a person born under the planet Mercury
- mercuriality — Mercurial behaviour.
- mercurialize — to make mercurial, especially in temperament.
- meridianally — Along lines of meridian, longitudinally.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- meristically — in a meristic manner
- mesmerically — In a mesmeric manner; by, or as if by, hypnotism.
- mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
- mesocortical — Of or pertaining to the mesocortex.
- mesolecithal — centrolecithal.
- mesothelioma — a malignant tumor of the covering of the lung or the lining of the pleural and abdominal cavities, often associated with exposure to asbestos.
- metaanalysis — Alternative spelling of meta-analysis.
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- metabolizing — Present participle of metabolize.
- metabolomics — the study of all the metabolites present in cells, tissues, and organs
- metal polish — cleaning fluid designed to clean, polish or add shine to metal
- metaleptical — metaleptic
- metallically — of, relating to, or consisting of metal.
- metallogenic — relating to metallogeny
- 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).
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metapolitics — political theory: often used derogatorily
- metarteriole — An arterial capillary; a short vessel linking arterioles and venules.
- metasilicate — a salt or mineral containing the anion SiO32-
- metathetical — (linguistics) exhibiting metathesis.
- metempirical — beyond or outside the field of experience.