12-letter words containing m, e, r, c, i, l
- heroicomical — blending heroic and comic elements: a heroicomic poem.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- hyperkalemic — Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hyperlipemic — characterized by an excessive level of fat in the blood
- hypermagical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- ian maclaren — James Dewey, born 1928, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.
- impierceable — not able to be pierced
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- inclinometer — Aeronautics. an instrument for measuring the angle an aircraft makes with the horizontal.
- incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informercial — infomercial.
- intermercial — interstitial
- killer micro — [Popularised by Eugene Brooks] A microprocessor-based machine that infringes on mini, mainframe, or supercomputer performance turf. Often heard in "No one will survive the attack of the killer micros!", the battle cry of the downsizers. Used especially of RISC architectures. The popularity of the phrase "attack of the killer micros" is doubtless reinforced by the movie title "Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes" (one of the canonical examples of so-bad-it's-wonderful among hackers). This has even more flavour now that killer micros have gone on the offensive not just individually (in workstations) but in hordes (within massively parallel computers).
- leaf-climber — a plant that climbs by using leaves specialized as tendrils
- like a charm — perfectly; successfully
- lime cordial — a drink made from sweetened lime juice and plain or carbonated water
- 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.
- lower-income — earning less than average
- macroclimate — the general climate of a large area, as of a continent or country.
- macromineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
- magic circle — the British association of magicians, traditionally forbidden to reveal any of the secrets of their art
- mail carrier — a person, usually employed by the post office, who delivers mail.
- majolicaware — goods made from majolica
- malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.
- marcellus ii — (Marcello Cervini) 1501–55, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1555.
- matriculated — Be enrolled at a college or university.
- matriculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of matriculate.
- medical care — the professional attention of medical practitioners
- medical ward — a hospital ward in which patients are being treated by drugs rather than surgery
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- melanochroic — Melanochroid
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- men-children — plural of man-child.
- mercantilism — mercantile practices or spirit; commercialism.
- mercantilist — Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism.
- mercifulness — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- mercurialism — poisoning by mercury.
- mercurialist — a person born under the planet Mercury
- mercuriality — Mercurial behaviour.
- mercurialize — to make mercurial, especially in temperament.
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- meristically — in a meristic manner
- mesmerically — In a mesmeric manner; by, or as if by, hypnotism.
- mesocortical — Of or pertaining to the mesocortex.
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metempirical — beyond or outside the field of experience.
- meteorically — of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.