11-letter words containing m, e, n, s
- millisecond — one thousandth of a second. Abbreviation: msec.
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- mincingness — Quality of being mincing.
- mindfulness — the state or quality of being mindful or aware of something.
- mineralised — Simple past tense and past participle of mineralise.
- mineralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mineralize.
- minesweeper — a specially equipped ship used for dragging a body of water in order to remove or destroy enemy mines.
- mineworkers — Plural form of mineworker.
- mini-course — a brief intensive course of study
- mini-series — a short series of events or presentations.
- miniaturise — (British) alternative spelling of miniaturize.
- minicourses — Plural form of minicourse.
- minidresses — Plural form of minidress.
- minimalised — to make minimal: to minimalize tax increases.
- miniskirted — Wearing a miniskirt.
- ministerial — pertaining to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or other member of the clergy.
- ministering — a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- ministerium — an organization of local ministers or religious leaders who work with other community leaders on social or educational programs.
- ministrokes — Plural form of ministroke.
- minneapolis — a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- minnesinger — one of a class of German lyric poets and singers of the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries.
- minor scale — Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.
- minoritised — Simple past tense and past participle of minoritise.
- mirror lens — a lens of long focal length in which some of the lens elements are replaced by mirrors in order to shorten its overall length and reduce its weight
- mis-defined — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- mis-selling — the act or an instance of mis-selling
- misalliance — an improper or incompatible association, especially in marriage; mésalliance.
- misanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of misanalyze.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- misassigned — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- misbalanced — badly balanced
- misbecoming — Present participle of misbecome.
- misbefallen — Simple past tense and past participle of misbefall.
- misbegotten — unlawfully or irregularly begotten; born of unmarried parents; illegitimate: his misbegotten son.
- misbehaving — to behave badly or improperly: The children misbehaved during our visit.
- miscegenate — (US) to mix or blend.
- miscegenist — advocating miscegenation
- miscegenous — Of, pertaining to, or being miscegenation; interracial (said primarily of marriages and other sexual or romantic relationships).
- miscellanea — Miscellaneous items, especially literary compositions, that have been collected together.
- mischieving — (now Scotland) The causing of damage or terror; rampaging. (from 15th c.).
- misconceive — Fail to understand correctly.
- misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- miscreation — miscreated.
- misdealings — Plural form of misdealing.
- misdemeanor — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- misdevotion — mistaken devotion
- misdiagnose — to make an incorrect diagnosis.
- miserliness — of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly.
- misfeasance — a wrong, actual or alleged, arising from or consisting of affirmative action.
- misfortuned — (archaic) unlucky, unfortunate.