11-letter words containing m, i, e, l
- mercenarily — In a mercenary way, for selfish reason of profit or gain.
- mercilessly — without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
- mercurially — In a mercurial manner.
- meridionals — Plural form of meridional.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- merthiolate — thimerosal
- merveilleux — (historical) Contemporary names for the extravagantly dressed French fops and \u2018fine ladies\u2019 of the period of the Directory, who affected a revival of the classical costume of ancient Greece.
- mesalliance — a marriage with someone who is considered socially inferior; misalliance.
- mesoblastic — (biology) of, relating to, or resembling the mesoblast.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- mesolimnion — an unfrozen lake's thermocline
- mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
- mesophilous — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- mesophyllic — (botany) Of or pertaining to the mesophyll of a leaf.
- mesothelial — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mesothelium.
- mesothelium — epithelium of mesodermal origin, which lines the body cavities.
- met-english — A Fortran-like language designed at Metropolitan Life in the early 1960s. It had support for variable-length bit fields. Most MetLife DP in the 1960s and 1970s was in Met-English. It was originally developed for Honeywell machines, but many programs still run under IBM MVS via a Honeywell emulator.
- metabolical — Alternative form of metabolic.
- metabolised — Simple past tense and past participle of metabolise.
- metabolises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metabolise.
- metabolisms — Plural form of metabolism.
- metabolites — Plural form of metabolite.
- metabolized — Simple past tense and past participle of metabolize.
- metabolizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metabolize.
- metaethical — (ethics) Of or pertaining to metaethics.
- metalithium — A heavy isotope of the simplest alkali metal, (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3 and containing 8 neutrons. Metalithium is an artificial isotope produced by bombarding Lithium 7 with neutrons. It is radioactive, with a half-life of 0.84 seconds.
- metallicize — Electricity. to make (a circuit) thoroughly metallic, as by replacing a ground return with another wire.
- metalliding — the creation of an alloy coating by an electrolytic process involving the diffusion of atoms from one metal into the surface of a second metal
- metalloidal — metalloid
- metallurgic — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metalsmiths — Plural form of metalsmith.
- metanalysis — a shift in the division between words in a phrase; misdivision: “A nickname” resulted from metanalysis of “an ekename.”.
- metaplasmic — Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- metaplastic — the transformation of one type of tissue into another.
- metapodials — Plural form of metapodial.
- meteoroidal — (astronomy) Of or pertaining to meteoroids. (from 19th c.).
- meteorolite — A meteoric stone; an aerolite or meteorite.
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- metharbital — A barbiturate anticonvulsant used in the treatment of epilepsy.
- methicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin antibiotic, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 2 NaO 6 S, used principally in the treatment of severe, penicillin-resistant staphylococci infections.
- methimazole — a white crystalline substance, C 4 H 6 N 2 S, that inhibits thyroxin synthesis, used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism.
- methylamine — any of three derivatives of ammonia in which one or all of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by methyl groups, especially a gas, CH 5 N, with an ammonialike odor, the simplest alkyl derivative of ammonia and, like the latter, forming a series of salts.
- methylating — Present participle of methylate.
- methylation — the process of replacing a hydrogen atom with a methyl group.
- methylidene — (organic chemistry) The CH2= radical in which the free valences are part of a double bond.
- metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
- metric mile — a measure of distance equal to 1,500 meters
- metrologies — Plural form of metrology.
- metrologist — the science of weights and measures.
- mezlocillin — a wide-spectrum semisynthetic penicillin, C 2 1 H 2 5 N 5 O 8 S 2 , used parenterally in the treatment of infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa.