12-letter words containing m, e, c, l, o, n
- lemon cheese — a soft paste made from lemons, sugar, eggs, and butter, used as a spread or filling
- locum tenens — a temporary substitute, especially for a doctor or member of the clergy.
- logocentrism — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- lounge music — a type of popular music often including jazz, swing, and pop elements and played in cocktail lounges, piano bars, etc.
- lower-income — earning less than average
- machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
- machine tool — a power-operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances.
- macromineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
- macronuclear — Of or pertaining to a macronucleus.
- macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
- malcontented — Malcontent.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- meclonazepam — A benzodiazepine derivative, similar in structure to clonazepam, with sedative and anxiolytic effects and antiparasitic activity against Schistosoma mansoni.
- megalomaniac — a person afflicted with megalomania.
- melancholiac — affected with melancholia.
- melancholics — Plural form of melancholic.
- melancholies — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- melanochroic — Melanochroid
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- mental block — inability to recall
- mesocyclones — Plural form of mesocyclone.
- metallogenic — relating to metallogeny
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- metronomical — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
- michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
- michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
- microbalance — a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.
- microelement — Trace element.
- microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- micronucleus — the smaller of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans.
- microplanner — A subset of PLANNER, implemented in Lisp by Gerald Sussman et al at MIT. Its important features were goal-oriented, pattern-directed procedure invocation, an embedded knowledge base, and automatic backtracking. microPLANNER was superseded by Conniver.
- middle congo — former name of the People's Republic of the Congo.
- milliseconds — Plural form of millisecond.
- mnemonically — assisting or intended to assist the memory.
- monkey block — Nautical. a single block that swivels.
- monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
- monocephalic — bearing one flower head, as the dandelion.
- monochloride — a chloride containing one atom of chlorine with one atom of another element or a group.
- monocultures — Plural form of monoculture.
- monometallic — of or using one metal.
- monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
- monticellite — a mineral, silicate of magnesium and calcium, CaMgSiO 4 , belonging to the olivine group and often occurring in contact metamorphosed limestones.
- mount carmel — a mountain ridge in NW Israel, extending from the Samarian Hills to the Mediterranean. Highest point: about 540 m (1800 ft)
- mucopurulent — containing or composed of mucus and pus.
- multipotency — (cytology, developmental biology) The ability of a progenitor cell to develop into a limited number of cell types.
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- noematically — in an intellectual manner
- nomenclative — relating to the act of naming