12-letter words containing m, e, o, r, a
- metropolitan — 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.
- metrorrhagia — nonmenstrual discharge of blood from the uterus; uterine hemorrhage.
- metrosexuals — Plural form of metrosexual.
- michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
- microammeter — an instrument for measuring extremely small electric currents, calibrated in microamperes.
- microamperes — Plural form of microampere.
- microbalance — a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- microcarrier — (biology) Small, beadlike material used to immobilize biocatalysts, or to anchor growing cells.
- microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
- microclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- microfinance — (finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.
- microgranite — an igneous rock with an identical composition and mineral content to granite, but having a finer texture
- micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
- micromanager — One who micromanages.
- micropayment — A very small payment made each time a user accesses an Internet page or service.
- 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 microPLANNER was superseded by Conniver.
- microreaders — Plural form of microreader.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- millionaires — Plural form of millionaire.
- millionnaire — a person whose wealth amounts to a million or more in some unit of currency, as dollars.
- mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.
- mineral wool — a woollike material for heat and sound insulation, made by blowing steam or air through molten slag or rock.
- mineralogies — Plural form of mineralogy.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- mineralogize — (intransitive) To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals.
- minor league — professional non-premier sports association
- minor planet — asteroid (def 1).
- minor tenace — the king and jack of a suit held by one player.
- minor-league — of or relating to a minor league.
- mirror image — an image of an object, plan, person, etc., as it would appear if viewed in a mirror, with right and left reversed.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- miscegenator — a person who advocates or engages in miscegenation
- miscreations — Plural form of miscreation.
- misdemeanors — Plural form of misdemeanor.
- misdemeanour — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- misericordia — (legal, obsolete) An amercement.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- misoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- misorientate — misorient.
- missionaries — Plural form of missionary.
- missionarize — to undertake missionary work
- mitteleuropa — Central Europe.
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- moderateness — The quality of being moderate.
- modern dance — a form of contemporary theatrical and concert dance employing a special technique for developing the use of the entire body in movements expressive of abstract ideas.
- modern latin — the Latin that has come into use since about 1500, chiefly in scientific literature