12-letter words containing m, e, s, a, t
- metasilicate — a salt or mineral containing the anion SiO32-
- metasomatism — the series of metamorphic processes whereby chemical changes occur in minerals or rocks as a result of the introduction of material, often in hot aqueous solutions, from external sources.
- metastasised — Pathology. (of malignant cells or disease-producing organisms) to spread to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces.
- metastasized — Simple past tense and past participle of metastasize.
- metastasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metastasize.
- metatherians — Plural form of metatherian.
- metathesized — Simple past tense and past participle of metathesize.
- meteor swarm — any large number of meteoroids moving in parallel paths.
- metric space — a space with a metric defined on it.
- metro-sexual — a heterosexual, usually urban male who pays much attention to his personal appearance and cultivates an upscale lifestyle.
- metrosexuals — Plural form of metrosexual.
- midlatitudes — Areas lying between 35 and 55 (or more broadly, between 30 and 60) degrees north or south of the equator.
- milquetoasts — Plural form of milquetoast.
- milquetoasty — Meek, timid.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- miniaturised — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturise.
- miniaturizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miniaturize.
- minicassette — a small cassette enclosing a length of audiotape for use with a pocket-size tape recorder, especially one used for dictating.
- ministrative — Serving to aid; ministering.
- minute steak — a thin slice of beefsteak that is prepared by sautéeing quickly on each side.
- mis-adjusted — to change (something) so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate: to adjust expenses to income.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misalignment — improperly aligned.
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misallocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misallocate.
- misallotment — improper or wrong allotment
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misattribute — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- miscalculate — Calculate (an amount, distance, or measurement) wrongly.
- miscalibrate — To calibrate poorly or wrongly.
- miscegenator — a person who advocates or engages in miscegenation
- miscellanist — a person who writes, compiles, or edits miscellanies.
- misconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- miscreations — Plural form of miscreation.
- misdemeanant — a person who is guilty of misbehavior.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- miserabilist — One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue; a philosopher of pessimism.
- misestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of misestimate.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- mismatchment — an inappropriate match
- misoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- misorientate — misorient.
- misplacement — to put in a wrong place.
- mispunctuate — to punctuate incorrectly.
- misstatement — to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
- mistakenness — The state or condition of being mistaken.
- mistranslate — Translate (something) incorrectly.
- mistreatment — to treat badly or abusively.
- miter square — an instrument for laying out miter joints, consisting of two straightedges joined at a 45° angle.