12-letter words containing m, a, o, t, i
- militiawoman — A female member of a militia.
- militiawomen — Plural form of militiawoman.
- milquetoasts — Plural form of milquetoast.
- milquetoasty — Meek, timid.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- minification — The reduction in apparent size of objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens.
- minimisation — Alternative spelling of minimization.
- minimization — to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- ministration — the act of ministering care, aid, religious service, etc.
- minor planet — asteroid (def 1).
- minor tenace — the king and jack of a suit held by one player.
- mirror plant — a shrub, Coprosma repens, of the madder family, native to New Zealand and cultivated in warm regions, having glossy, often variegated leaves.
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misallocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misallocate.
- misallotment — improper or wrong allotment
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- miscegenator — a person who advocates or engages in miscegenation
- misconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- miscreations — Plural form of miscreation.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- misformation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- misoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- misorientate — misorient.
- misportrayal — the act of portraying.
- misquotation — the act of misquoting.
- missummation — an incorrect summation
- mitochondria — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
- mitteleuropa — Central Europe.
- mixing ratio — the ratio of the mass of water vapor in the air to the mass of the dry air, a measure of atmospheric humidity.
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- mobilisation — The act of mobilising.
- mobilization — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- modern latin — the Latin that has come into use since about 1500, chiefly in scientific literature
- modification — an act or instance of modifying.
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- modificatory — modifying.
- molecularity — the number of molecules or atoms that participate in an elementary process.
- momification — the transition of a successful career woman into one who is chiefly concerned with homemaking and raising children
- monastically — In a monastic manner.
- monetisation — Alternative spelling of monetization.
- monetization — to legalize as money.
- monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- monodramatic — Relating to a monodrama.
- monofilament — Also, monofil [mon-uh-fil] /ˈmɒn əˌfɪl/ (Show IPA). a single, generally large filament of synthetic fiber. Compare multifilament (def 2).
- monometallic — of or using one metal.
- monosynaptic — having or relating to a sole synapse
- monothalamic — having a sole cavity or compartment