11-letter words containing m, i, e, l
- microbubble — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- microfilmed — Simple past tense and past participle of microfilm.
- microfilmer — a person who microfilms
- microfilter — a device plugged into a phone socket to separate the phone line from the broadband line
- microkernel — (operating system) An approach to operating system design emphasising small modules that implement the basic features of the system kernel and can be flexibly configured.
- microlender — A person or company in the business of microlending.
- microneedle — a very fine needle that is used in the performance of delicate procedures, esp biological ones
- micronuclei — Plural form of micronucleus.
- microrelief — surface features of the earth of small dimensions, commonly less than 50 feet (15 meters).
- microtubule — a hollow cylindrical structure in the cytoplasm of most cells, involved in intracellular shape and transport.
- microvessel — (medicine) A very small blood vessel, such as a capillary or arteriole.
- middle ages — medieval period
- middle east — Also called Mideast. (loosely) the area from Libya E to Afghanistan, usually including Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the other countries of the Arabian peninsula.
- middle game — the stage between the opening and the end game, characterized by complicated moves by both opponents with pieces at full strength.
- middle loup — a river in central Nebraska, flowing E and SE to join the North Loup and South Loup rivers in forming the Loup River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- middle name — the part of a person's name occurring between the first and family names, as a second given name or a maternal surname.
- middle path — the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.
- middle term — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
- middle west — the region of the United States bounded on the W by the Rocky Mountains, on the S by the Ohio River and the S extremities of Missouri and Kansas, and on the E, variously, by the Allegheny Mountains, the E border of Ohio, or the E border of Illinois.
- middle-aged — being of the age intermediate between youth and old age, roughly between 45 and 65.
- middle-born — neither first nor last in order of birth, especially second in a family of three children.
- middlebrows — Plural form of middlebrow.
- middlemarch — a novel (1871–72) by George Eliot.
- middlescent — the middle-age period of life, especially when considered a difficult time of self-doubt and readjustment.
- middlewoman — The female equivalent of a middleman; a female intermediary.
- middlewomen — Plural form of middlewoman.
- midfielders — Plural form of midfielder.
- midget golf — miniature golf.
- midlatitude — Any latitude roughly half way between the equator and a pole.
- mig welding — metal inert gas welding: a method of welding in which the filler metal wire supplies the electric current to maintain the arc, which is shielded from the access of air by an inert gas, usually argon
- mildewproof — able to withstand or repel the effect of mildew.
- mile-marker — a numbered milepost along a highway: used as a way of determining the exact location of a vehicle.
- miliarensis — a silver coin of ancient Rome, introduced by Constantine I as the 14th part of a solidus. Under Justinian it became the 12th part.
- militarised — Simple past tense and past participle of militarise.
- militarized — Simple past tense and past participle of militarize.
- militarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of militarize.
- milk bottle — a glass bottle in which milk is sold, esp when it is distributed by a milkman
- milk powder — dry milk.
- milky-white — of a cream or whitish colour similar to the colour of milk
- mill chisel — a woodworking chisel having a blade more than 8 inches (20 cm) long.
- mill valley — a town in W California, NW of San Francisco.
- mill worker — a person who works in a mill, esp a cotton mill
- millefleurs — A pattern of flowers and leaves used in tapestry, on porcelain, or in other decorative items.
- millenarian — of or relating to a thousand, especially the thousand years of the prophesied millennium.
- millenarism — Millenarianism.
- millennials — Plural form of millennial.
- millenniums — Plural form of millennium.
- milliampere — a unit of electric current equal to one thousandth of an ampere. Abbreviation: mA.
- millicuries — Plural form of millicurie.