12-letter words containing m, e, t, s
- materialises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of materialise.
- materialists — Plural form of materialist.
- materializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of materialize.
- materialness — The state of being material.
- matriarchies — Plural form of matriarchy.
- matriculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of matriculate.
- matter waves — a hypothetical wave associated with the motion of a particle of atomic or subatomic size that describes effects such as the diffraction of beams of particles by crystals.
- means-tested — A grant or benefit that is means-tested varies in amount depending on a means test.
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- measurements — The action of measuring something.
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- medievalists — Plural form of medievalist.
- mediocrities — the state or quality of being mediocre.
- medium strip — median strip.
- medium-sweet — (esp of wines) fairly sweet
- meeting post — a timber with a chamfer at the outer edge of a lock gate that fits against the meeting post of another lock gate.
- meetinghouse — A Quaker place of worship.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melanoblasts — Plural form of melanoblast.
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- memorialists — Plural form of memorialist.
- memorisation — Alternative spelling of memorization.
- 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
- menai strait — a strait between Anglesey Island and the mainland of NW Wales. 14 miles (23 km) long.
- meniscectomy — the surgical excision of a meniscus, as of the knee joint.
- 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.
- mephibosheth — a son of Jonathan, and the grandson of Saul. II Sam 4:4.
- mercantilism — mercantile practices or spirit; commercialism.
- mercantilist — Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism.
- mercurialist — a person born under the planet Mercury
- mercy stroke — coup de grâce.
- meretricious — alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- 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.
- mesenteritis — inflammation of the mesentery.
- mesocortical — Of or pertaining to the mesocortex.
- mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- mesokurtosis — (statistics) The property of having zero normalised kurtosis.
- mesolecithal — centrolecithal.
- mesoplankton — plankton that live at middle depths.
- mesopotamian — an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.
- mesothelioma — a malignant tumor of the covering of the lung or the lining of the pleural and abdominal cavities, often associated with exposure to asbestos.
- message unit — a measure of the duration of and distance covered by local telephone calls, used by telephone companies as a basis for assessing service charges.
- meta-crystal — (language) A language for transformations of Crystal programs. Implemented in T.