11-letter words containing m, d, l
- mendelssohn — Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) 1809–47, German composer.
- mentholated — saturated with or containing menthol: a mentholated cough drop.
- meridionals — Plural form of meridional.
- metabolised — Simple past tense and past participle of metabolise.
- metabolized — Simple past tense and past participle of metabolize.
- metaldehyde — a chemical, (CH3CHO)4, that is a polymer of acetaldehyde, used to kill slugs and snails and also as a fuel for portable stoves
- metalliding — the creation of an alloy coating by an electrolytic process involving the diffusion of atoms from one metal into the surface of a second metal
- metalloidal — metalloid
- metapodials — Plural form of metapodial.
- meteoroidal — (astronomy) Of or pertaining to meteoroids. (from 19th c.).
- methodology — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- methylidene — (organic chemistry) The CH2= radical in which the free valences are part of a double bond.
- microfilmed — Simple past tense and past participle of microfilm.
- microlender — A person or company in the business of microlending.
- microneedle — a very fine needle that is used in the performance of delicate procedures, esp biological ones
- middle ages — medieval period
- middle east — Also called Mideast. (loosely) the area from Libya E to Afghanistan, usually including Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the other countries of the Arabian peninsula.
- middle game — the stage between the opening and the end game, characterized by complicated moves by both opponents with pieces at full strength.
- middle loup — a river in central Nebraska, flowing E and SE to join the North Loup and South Loup rivers in forming the Loup River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- 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.
- middle path — the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.
- middle term — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
- middle west — the region of the United States bounded on the W by the Rocky Mountains, on the S by the Ohio River and the S extremities of Missouri and Kansas, and on the E, variously, by the Allegheny Mountains, the E border of Ohio, or the E border of Illinois.
- middle-aged — being of the age intermediate between youth and old age, roughly between 45 and 65.
- middle-born — neither first nor last in order of birth, especially second in a family of three children.
- middlebrows — Plural form of middlebrow.
- middlemarch — a novel (1871–72) by George Eliot.
- middlescent — the middle-age period of life, especially when considered a difficult time of self-doubt and readjustment.
- middlewoman — The female equivalent of a middleman; a female intermediary.
- middlewomen — Plural form of middlewoman.
- midfielders — Plural form of midfielder.
- midget golf — miniature golf.
- midlatitude — Any latitude roughly half way between the equator and a pole.
- midlittoral — designating or belonging to that part of a seashore affected by neap tides
- midsagittal — At the middle of the sagittal plane.
- mig welding — metal inert gas welding: a method of welding in which the filler metal wire supplies the electric current to maintain the arc, which is shielded from the access of air by an inert gas, usually argon
- mildewproof — able to withstand or repel the effect of mildew.
- militarised — Simple past tense and past participle of militarise.
- militarized — Simple past tense and past participle of militarize.
- milk powder — dry milk.
- mill around — walk about
- millidegree — one thousandth of a degree.
- millifarads — Plural form of millifarad.
- millionfold — comprising a million parts or members.
- milliradian — one thousandth of a radian.
- millisecond — one thousandth of a second. Abbreviation: msec.
- mind-blower — a hallucinogenic drug.
- mindblowing — Alternative spelling of mind-blowing.
- mindfulness — the state or quality of being mindful or aware of something.
- mineralised — Simple past tense and past participle of mineralise.