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13-letter words containing m, i, c, r, o, d

  • mine detector — an electromagnetic device for locating buried or concealed land mines.
  • miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
  • misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
  • miscoordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
  • mispronounced — Said wrongly.
  • misrecognized — Simple past tense and past participle of misrecognize.
  • mitochondrial — (cytology) Of, or relating to mitochondria.
  • mitochondrion — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
  • mock whipbird — an Australian bird, Pachycephala rufiventris, which is not of the whipbird family
  • monkey orchid — a European orchid, Orchis simia, rare in Britain, having a short dense flower spike that opens from the top downwards. The flowers are white streaked with pink or violet and have five spurs thought to resemble a monkey's arms, legs, and tail
  • monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
  • monoglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of one hydroxyl group with a fatty acid.
  • morris dancer — A morris dancer is a person who takes part in morris dancing.
  • multi-product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
  • multicoloured — Alternative spelling of multicolored.
  • myocardiogram — the graphic record produced by a myocardiograph.
  • nondemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • obiter dictum — an incidental or passing remark, opinion, etc.
  • orchid family — the plant family Orchidaceae, characterized by terrestrial or epiphytic herbaceous plants having simple, parallel-veined, usually alternate leaves, complex and often large and showy flowers pollinated primarily by insects, and fruit in the form of a capsule containing numerous minute seeds, and including calypso, fringed orchis, lady's-slipper, pogonia, rattlesnake plantain, vanilla, as well as numerous tropical orchids such as those of the genera Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, and Vanda.
  • orchidomaniac — a person who is obsessed with or has a passion for orchids
  • overcommitted — to commit more than is feasible, desirable, or necessary.
  • overdominance — excessive dominance
  • perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
  • plasmodiocarp — a fruiting body of certain myxomycetes.
  • pre-committed — to give in trust or charge; consign.
  • premedication — any drugs administered to sedate and otherwise prepare a patient for general anaesthesia
  • quartodeciman — one of a group of early Christians who observed Easter on the day of the Jewish Passover regardless of whether or not it was Sunday
  • radio compass — a radio receiver with a directional antenna for determining the bearing of the receiver from a radio transmitter.
  • radioactinium — the radioactive isotope of thorium having a mass number 227 and a half-life of 18.8 days. Symbol: RdAc, Th 227.
  • radiochemical — pertaining to or involving radiochemistry.
  • richmond hill — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, N of Toronto.
  • ring compound — a compound whose structural formula contains a closed chain or ring of atoms; a cyclic compound. Compare cyclic (def 3).
  • rock-fill dam — a dam built mainly of rocks of various sizes fitted compactly together.
  • romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
  • sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
  • sclerodermite — the hard covering of a section or segment of the body of an insect
  • second empire — the empire established in France (1852–70) by Louis Napoleon: the successor to the Second Republic.
  • semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
  • sociodramatic — a method of group psychotherapy in which each patient assumes and dramatizes a variety of roles, usually focusing on problems and conflicts arising in group situations.
  • thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
  • thiocarbamide — thiourea.
  • thyroidectomy — excision of all or a part of the thyroid gland.
  • uncompromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
  • victory medal — a round bronze medal awarded to all those who served in the armed forces of the U.S. during World War I.
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