12-letter words containing m, e
- americanized — If someone is Americanized, they do things in a way that is typical of the United States.
- americanness — of or relating to the United States of America or its inhabitants: an American citizen.
- amethopterin — (now rare) Methotrexate.
- amfebutamone — (former name) The drug bupropion.
- amicableness — The state or quality of being amicable.
- aminobenzene — aniline (def 1).
- aminobenzoic — as in aminobenzoic acid
- aminomethane — (organic compound, often in combination) methylamine (or a derivative of it).
- aminophenols — Plural form of aminophenol.
- amiphenazole — A respiratory stimulant traditionally used as an antidote for barbiturate or opiate overdose, usually in combination with bemegride.
- amnioscopies — Plural form of amnioscopy.
- among others — used to indicate that there are several more people like the one or ones mentioned, but that you do not intend to mention them all
- amor patriae — love of one's country; patriotism
- amortizement — a sloping top on a buttress, pillar, etc.
- amour-propre — self-respect
- amourousness — Rare spelling of amorousness.
- ampelography — the science concerned with the identification and classification of grapevines
- ampere's law — the law that a magnetic field induced by an electric current is, at any point, directly proportional to the product of the current intensity and the length of the current conductor, inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the point and the conductor, and perpendicular to the plane joining the point and the conductor.
- amperometric — relating to or involving the measurement of an electric current
- amphetamines — Plural form of amphetamine.
- amphicoelous — (of the vertebrae of most fishes and some amphibians) concave at the anterior and posterior ends
- amphidentate — (of a ligand) able to coordinate through either of two different atoms, as in CN–
- amphiregulin — (protein) A particular autocrine growth factor.
- amphitheater — An amphitheater is a large open area surrounded by rows of seats sloping upward. Amphitheaters were built mainly in Greek and Roman times for the performance of plays.
- amphitheatre — An amphitheatre is a large open area surrounded by rows of seats sloping upwards. Amphitheatres were built mainly in Greek and Roman times for the performance of plays.
- amphithecium — the outer layer of cells of the sporophyte of mosses and liverworts that develops into the outer parts of the spore-bearing capsule
- amphotericin — an amphoteric antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces nodosus and used in the treatment of fungal infections.
- ampullaceous — shaped like an ampulla or a bladder
- amundsen sea — a part of the South Pacific Ocean, in Antarctica off Byrd Land
- amuse-bouche — an appetizer before a meal
- amuse-gueule — amuse-bouche.
- amyl acetate — banana oil
- amyl nitrite — a yellowish unstable volatile fragrant liquid used in medicine as a vasodilator and in perfumes. Formula: (CH3)2CHCH2CH2NO2
- amyl sulfide — a yellow liquid consisting of a mixture of isomers having the formula (C 5 H 11) 2 S, used chiefly in the preparation of organic sulfur compounds.
- an open mind — If you have an open mind, you avoid forming an opinion or making a decision until you know all the facts.
- anamorphoses — Plural form of anamorphosis.
- anathematise — Alternative spelling of anathematize.
- anathematism — A formula of words used to cast anathema upon heretics etc.
- anathematize — to pronounce an anathema (upon a person, etc); curse
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
- anemochorous — (of a fruit, seed, or spore) adapted for dispersion by wind.
- anemone fish — any of various damselfishes of the genus Amphiprion, such as A. percula (clown anemone fish), that usually live closely associated with sea anemones
- anemophilous — (of flowering plants such as grasses) pollinated by the wind
- anemotropism — orientation in response to a current of air.
- aneurysmatic — (medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal.
- animadverted — Simple past tense and past participle of animadvert.
- animadverter — a person who expresses his or her opinion without fear of criticism or rebuke
- animal lover — a person who feels fondness for animals
- animated gif — (graphics, file format) (GIF89a) A variant of the GIF image format, often used on web pages to provide moving icons and banners. The GIF89a format supports multiple "frames" that give the impression of motion when displayed in sequence, much like a flip book. The animation may repeat continuously or play once. Animated GIFs aren't supported by earlier web browsers, however the first frame of the image is still shown. There are many utilities to create animated GIFs from a sequence of individual GIF files. There are also utilities that will produce animated GIFs automatically from a piece of text or a single image. One problem with this format is the size of the files produced, as they are by definition a sequence of individual images. Apart from minimising the number of frames, the best way to decrease file size is to assist the LZW compression by using blocks of solid colour, avoid dithering, and use fewer colours. If areas of an image don't change from one frame to another, they don't need to be redrawn so make the area a transparent block in the second frame.
- animated oat — an oat, Avena sterilis, of the Mediterranean region, having spikelets that twist or move when exposed to sudden moisture, due to the hygroscopic action of the awns.