13-letter words containing m, i, d, l
- middle temple — an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
- middle-endian — (data, architecture) Neither big-endian nor little-endian. Used of perverse byte orders such as 3-4-1-2 or 2-1-4-3, occasionally found in the packed decimal formats of some minicomputer manufacturers. See -endian.
- middle-income — of or relating to those with an average income within the overall population.
- middleborough — a town in SE Massachusetts.
- middlebreaker — lister1 (def 1).
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- middleweights — Plural form of middleweight.
- midnight blue — Something that is midnight blue is a very dark blue colour, almost black.
- midriff bulge — a roll of fat around your midriff
- midterm blues — the tendency of electorate to grow disillusioned with government around halfway through its term of office
- mild-mannered — If you describe someone as mild-mannered, you approve of them because they are gentle, kind, and polite.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- military band — a musical band, usually made up of players of wind, percussion and some brass instruments, that play at military functions, etc
- milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
- milky disease — a bacterial disease of scarab beetle larvae and grubs, especially the Japanese beetle, which turns the larvae white.
- millau bridge — a road bridge, the highest in the world, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central in SW France; designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened in 2004
- milledgeville — a city in central Georgia: state capital 1807–68.
- mills grenade — a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg).
- milne-edwards — Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1800–85, French zoologist.
- mind-altering — causing marked changes in patterns of mood and behavior, as a hallucinogenic drug.
- mind-boggling — intellectually overwhelming: a mind-boggling puzzle.
- mindblindness — The inability to deduce or make educated guesses about another person's mental state.
- mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
- mis-explained — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- miscalculated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalculate.
- miscalibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalibrate.
- misclassified — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
- miscounselled — having bad or incorrect counselling
- mistranslated — Simple past tense and past participle of mistranslate.
- mitochondrial — (cytology) Of, or relating to mitochondria.
- mixed ability — A mixed ability class or teaching system is one in which pupils of different abilities are taught together in the same class.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- mixed doubles — (in tennis) a doubles match with a man and a woman on each side.
- mobile device — a portable, wireless computing device that is small enough to be used while held in the hand; a handheld: a large selection of smartphones, PDAs, and other mobile devices.
- mobile studio — a van, truck, etc equipped as a recording, broadcasting etc studio
- model railway — a model of a small-scale railway system, often with toy moving trains
- modifiability — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- molding board — a board upon which bread is kneaded, cookies prepared, etc.
- molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
- molluscicidal — relating to a preparation that kills molluscs
- molluscicides — Plural form of molluscicide.
- mollycoddling — Present participle of mollycoddle.
- monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
- monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
- monoglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of one hydroxyl group with a fatty acid.
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
- mound builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
- mound-builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
- much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
- mud wrestling — sport: physical combat in mud