12-letter words containing m, e, t, r
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- melanotropin — MSH.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- memento mori — (italics) Latin. remember that you must die.
- memorability — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- memorialists — Plural form of memorialist.
- memorisation — Alternative spelling of memorization.
- memorization — to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.
- memory farts — (jargon, humour) The flatulent sounds that some MS-DOS box BIOSes (most notably AMI's) make when checking memory at boot time.
- memory stick — computing: flashcard, dongle
- memory trace — engram.
- menai strait — a strait between Anglesey Island and the mainland of NW Wales. 14 miles (23 km) long.
- menstruating — to undergo menstruation.
- menstruation — the periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus, occurring approximately monthly from puberty to menopause in nonpregnant women and females of other primate species.
- mercantilism — mercantile practices or spirit; commercialism.
- mercantilist — Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism.
- merchantable — marketable: merchantable war-surplus goods.
- mercurialist — a person born under the planet Mercury
- mercuriality — Mercurial behaviour.
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- mercy stroke — coup de grâce.
- meretricious — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- mergenthaler — Ottmar [ot-mahr;; German awt-mahr] /ˈɒt mɑr;; German ˈɔt mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1854–99, U.S. inventor of the Linotype, born in Germany.
- meristematic — consisting of or having the properties of meristem.
- meristically — in a meristic manner
- merit system — a system or policy whereby people are promoted or rewarded on the basis of ability and achievement rather than because of seniority, quotas, patronage, or the like.
- meritocratic — an elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth.
- meroplankton — a floating mass of eggs and larvae of organisms that are nektonic or benthic in their adult stage; temporary plankton.
- merrythought — the wishbone or furcula of a fowl.
- mesenteritis — inflammation of the mesentery.
- mesocortical — Of or pertaining to the mesocortex.
- mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
- mesokurtosis — (statistics) The property of having zero normalised kurtosis.
- meta-crystal — (language) A language for transformations of Crystal programs. Implemented in T.
- metabotropic — Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation).
- metacercaria — the encysted larva of a trematode, usually found in or on an aquatic intermediate host.
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metacinnabar — a polymorph of cinnabar, black mercuric sulfide, HgS.
- metacomputer — an interconnected and balanced set of computers that operate as a single unit
- metacultural — Relating to metaculture.
- metal lumber — a brand of sheet metal pressed and welded together to form joists and studding.
- metallograph — a microscope for observing the microstructure of metals.
- metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- metalworkers — Plural form of metalworker.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- metamaterial — (engineering, physics) any material that obtains its electromagnetic properties from its structure rather than from its chemical composition; especially a material engineered to have features of a size less than that of the wavelength of a class of electromagnetic radiation.
- metamorphism — Geology. a change in the structure or constitution of a rock due to natural agencies, as pressure and heat, especially when the rock becomes harder and more completely crystalline.
- metamorphist — a member of a group of 16th century Christians who believed that the humanly body of Jesus Christ metamorphosed into God during the Ascension