12-letter words containing m, e, a, d
- median plane — a vertical plane that divides an organism into symmetrical halves.
- median point — centroid (def 2).
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- medical care — the professional attention of medical practitioners
- medical unit — a group of doctors and nurses working as part of a larger organization, such as the armed forces or a prison
- medical ward — a hospital ward in which patients are being treated by drugs rather than surgery
- medicalizing — Present participle of medicalize.
- medicine hat — a city in SE Alberta, in SW Canada.
- medicine man — (among North American Indians and some other aboriginal peoples) a person believed to possess magical or supernatural powers; shaman.
- medico-legal — pertaining to medicine and law or to forensic medicine.
- medievalisms — Plural form of medievalism.
- medievalists — Plural form of medievalist.
- meditational — Of, or pertaining to, meditation.
- meditatively — given to, characterized by, or indicative of meditation; contemplative.
- medium-dated — (of a gilt-edged security) having between five and fifteen years to run before redemption
- medley relay — Track. a relay race in which individual members of a team usually run an unequal portion of the total distance. Compare distance medley, sprint medley.
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- mekong delta — the delta of the Mekong River in Vietnam.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- 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.
- memorialized — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of memorialize.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- mendel's law — law of segregation.
- merchandised — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandiser — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandises — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandized — Simple past tense and past participle of merchandize.
- merchandizer — Alternative spelling of merchandiser.
- meridianally — Along lines of meridian, longitudinally.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- mermaid weed — any of several North American, aquatic plants of the genus Proserpinaca, having pinnately dissected leaves either above or below the water.
- merry-andrew — a clown; buffoon.
- mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
- messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
- metasediment — (petrology) A metamorphosed sedimentary rock.
- metastasised — Pathology. (of malignant cells or disease-producing organisms) to spread to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces.
- metastasized — Simple past tense and past participle of metastasize.
- metathesized — Simple past tense and past participle of metathesize.
- meter reader — a person who visits your house to read a gas or electricity meter
- meter-candle — lux. Abbreviation: mc.
- metered mail — mail on which the postage is printed directly on an envelope or label by a machine licensed by the postal service.
- method actor — actor who follows the Method
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- mexican jade — Mexican onyx artificially colored green.
- micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
- microreaders — Plural form of microreader.
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- middle class — educated and well off