13-letter words containing m, e, r, c, i, l
- komi republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia: annexed by the princes of Moscow in the 14th century. Capital: Syktyvkar. Pop: 1 019 000 (2002). Area: 415 900 sq km (160 540 sq miles)
- lacrimal bone — a small, thin, membrane bone forming the front part of the inner wall of each orbit.
- lamellibranch — bivalve.
- latin america — the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.
- lectisternium — (in ancient Rome) a religious rite in which the images of the gods were placed upon couches around a table, upon which was set a feast
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
- lucid dreamer — a person who has lucid dreams, either naturally or as a result of training
- lucifer match — friction match.
- lucretia mott — John Raleigh, 1865–1955, U.S. religious leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- macro-mineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
- macrocephalic — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- macroclimates — Plural form of macroclimate.
- macrolecithal — megalecithal.
- magic lantern — a device having an enclosed lamp and a lenslike opening, formerly used for projecting and magnifying images mounted on slides or films.
- magic realism — a style of painting and literature in which fantastic or imaginary and often unsettling images or events are depicted in a sharply detailed, realistic manner.
- major medical — insurance designed to compensate for particularly large medical expenses due to a severe or prolonged illness, usually by paying a high percentage of medical bills above a certain amount.
- mariage blanc — unconsummated marriage
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- materialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- maternalistic — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- medical board — a group of people qualified to give opinions on medical matters
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- mercer island — a city in W central Washington, on Mercer Island in Lake Washington, east of Seattle.
- mercilessness — without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
- mercurialized — Simple past tense and past participle of mercurialize.
- mercurialness — Quality of being mercurial; mercuriality.
- mercy killing — euthanasia (def 1).
- mesi protocol — (processor) Modified, Exclusive, Shared, Invalid. A cache coherency protocol where each cache line is marked with one of the four states. The MESI protocol is used by the Pentium processor.
- metacercarial — relating to, involving, or caused by a metacercaria or metacercariae
- metalcrafting — metalworking.
- metallurgical — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metamerically — In a metameric manner.
- metrical mile — (in track and swimming) a race of 1500 meters, nearly equivalent to a mile.
- michelin star — a mark of distinction awarded by the Michelin travel guides to a restaurant in recognition of the high quality of its cooking. A restaurant may receive one, two, or three stars, representing very good, exceptional, or exquisite cuisine, respectively
- microanalyses — Plural form of microanalysis.
- microbalances — Plural form of microbalance.
- microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
- microcephalia — Microcephaly.
- microcephalic — having a head with a small braincase.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- microclimates — Plural form of microclimate.
- microelements — Plural form of microelement.
- microfelsitic — (of a rock) showing evidence of crystallization having begun, but not yet having formed any crystals
- microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
- microfilariae — the embryonic larva of the nematode parasite Filaria or of related genera, especially of those species that cause heartworm in dogs and elephantiasis in humans.
- microfilmable — Suitable for storage on microfilm.
- microfloppies — 3.5-inch floppies, as opposed to 5.25-inch vanilla or mini-floppies and the now-obsolete 8-inch variety. This term may be headed for obsolescence as 5.25-inchers pass out of use, only to be revived if anybody floats a sub-3-inch floppy standard. See stiffy, minifloppies.
- microlecithal — having a small amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- micrometrical — Micrometric; relating to micrometry or a micrometer.