11-letter words containing m, a, n
- micronesian — of or relating to Micronesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- microwaving — Present participle of microwave.
- micturating — Present participle of micturate.
- middenstead — a site of a midden or dunghill
- middle name — the part of a person's name occurring between the first and family names, as a second given name or a maternal surname.
- middlewoman — The female equivalent of a middleman; a female intermediary.
- migrational — the process or act of migrating.
- 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.
- mill around — walk about
- millenarian — of or relating to a thousand, especially the thousand years of the prophesied millennium.
- millenarism — Millenarianism.
- millennials — Plural form of millennial.
- millionaire — a person whose wealth amounts to a million or more in some unit of currency, as dollars.
- milliradian — one thousandth of a radian.
- milwaukeean — a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
- 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
- minangkabau — a member of an Indonesian people native to west-central Sumatra.
- minas basin — a bay in E Canada, the easternmost arm of the Bay of Fundy, in N Nova Scotia: noted for its high tides.
- mind reader — a person professing the ability of mind reading, especially as a professional entertainer.
- mind-reader — a person professing the ability of mind reading, especially as a professional entertainer.
- 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.
- miniaturing — Present participle of miniature.
- miniaturise — (British) alternative spelling of miniaturize.
- miniaturism — Miniature size; tendency towards miniature size.
- miniaturist — an artist whose specialty is small, discrete works.
- miniaturize — to make in extremely small size in order to keep volume or weight to a minimum: to miniaturize electronic equipment.
- minicabbing — the act of driving a minicab
- 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.
- mining area — a place where mining, esp for coal, is a traditional industry
- ministerial — pertaining to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or other member of the clergy.
- ministrants — Plural form of ministrant.
- 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 canon — a canon attached to a cathedral or collegiate church, though not necessarily a member of the chapter.
- minor party — a political party with so little electoral strength that its chance of gaining control of the government is slight.
- 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.
- minor triad — a triad consisting in root position of a root tone with a minor third and a perfect fifth above.
- minoritaire — a member of a minority in a political party
- 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.
- minute hand — the hand that indicates the minutes on a clock or watch, usually longer than the hour hand.
- minute mark — the symbol ′ used for minutes of arc and linear feet