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15-letter words containing m, e, l, i, t

  • metropolitanate — the office or province of a metropolitan
  • metropolitanism — of, noting, or characteristic of a metropolis or its inhabitants, especially in culture, sophistication, or in accepting and combining a wide variety of people, ideas, etc.
  • metropolitanize — to make metropolitan.
  • michaelmas term — the autumn term at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
  • microcontroller — A microcomputer on a single chip, used to control some device such as an automobile engine or a toy.
  • microelectronic — A microelectronic device.
  • micromillimeter — Synonym of nanometer.
  • microsoft excel — (tool)   A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world.
  • microtechnology — technology that uses microelectronics
  • microtunnelling — a technique used to excavate tunnels mechanically for the laying of pipes
  • mid-lent sunday — Laetare Sunday.
  • middelmannetjie — (South Africa) Ridge between ruts made by wheels in a dirt or gravel road.
  • middle distance — Also called middle ground, middle plane. Fine Arts. the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.
  • middle-distance — Also called middle ground, middle plane. Fine Arts. the represented space between the foreground and background in paintings, drawings, etc.
  • military police — soldiers who perform police duties
  • milkweed beetle — any of several small red, black-spotted elongated beetles of the genus Tetraopes, common in eastern North America, that inhabit the milkweed.
  • milliequivalent — a unit of measure, applied to electrolytes, that expresses the combining power of a substance. Abbreviation: mEq.
  • miner's lettuce — winter purslane.
  • mineral spirits — a volatile distillation product of petroleum, used as a thinner for paints and varnishes. Compare naphtha (def 1).
  • minimum tillage — no-tillage.
  • ministerialists — Plural form of ministerialist.
  • minority leader — the party member who directs the activities of the minority party on the floor of a legislative body, as of the U.S. Congress.
  • miscegenational — of or relating to miscegenation
  • misintelligence — incorrect information or intelligence
  • misrecollection — the act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance.
  • mistrustfulness — Quality of being mistrustful.
  • mitotic spindle — spindle (def 11).
  • mitral stenosis — abnormal narrowing of the mitral valve usually resulting from disease, as rheumatic fever, and obstructing the free flow of blood from the atrium to the ventricle.
  • mixture quality — Mixture quality is the degree to which a mixture is an ideal mixture.
  • modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
  • monomethylamine — methylamine.
  • mononucleotides — Plural form of mononucleotide.
  • monthly meeting — (often initial capital letters) a district unit of local congregations of the Society of Friends.
  • montmorillonite — any of a group of clay minerals characterized by the ability to expand when they absorb large quantities of water.
  • monumentalizing — Present participle of monumentalize.
  • moral turpitude — conduct that is regarded as immoral.
  • morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
  • morbidity table — A morbidity table is a statistical table that shows the proportion of people that are expected to become sick or injured at each age.
  • mortality table — an actuarial table showing the percentage of persons who die at any given age, compiled from statistics on selected population groups or on former policyholders.
  • mortgage relief — (formerly) a reduction of tax on income being used to pay off a mortgage
  • mount of olives — a hill to the east of Jerusalem: in New Testament times the village Bethany (Mark 11:11) was on its eastern slope and Gethsemane on its western one
  • mountain laurel — any of various ericaceous shrubs or trees of the genus Kalmia, esp K. latifolia of E North America, which has leathery poisonous leaves and clusters of pink or white flowers
  • mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
  • mules operation — the surgical removal of folds of skin in the breech of a sheep to reduce blowfly strike
  • multi-channeled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
  • multiarticulate — Able to bend or hinge at more than one point.
  • multical system — E-mail: Richard Snodgrass <[email protected]>.
  • multidiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
  • multiflora rose — a climbing or trailing rose, Rosa multiflora, of Japan and Korea, having hooked prickles and fragrant, dense clusters of flowers.
  • multihomed host — A host which has more than one connection to a network. The host may send and receive data over any of the links but will not route traffic for other nodes.
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