10-letter words containing m, i, e, t, c
- masticated — Simple past tense and past participle of masticate.
- mathematic — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
- matricides — Plural form of matricide.
- mechanists — Plural form of mechanist.
- medicament — a healing substance; medicine; remedy.
- medicaster — A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.
- medicating — Present participle of medicate.
- medication — the use or application of medicine.
- medicative — medicinal.
- mediocrity — the state or quality of being mediocre.
- megacities — Plural form of megacity.
- megalithic — a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction work, as the Cyclopean masonry, or in prehistoric Neolithic remains, as dolmens or menhirs.
- melaconite — the massive variety of tenorite
- melanistic — Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- melismatic — an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
- mendicants — Plural form of mendicant.
- mendicated — Simple past tense and past participle of mendicate.
- meningitic — Of or pertaining to the meninges or to meningitis.
- mephitical — Alternative form of mephitic.
- mercantile — of or relating to merchants or trade; commercial.
- mercaptide — a metallic salt of a mercaptan.
- meritocrat — a member of a meritocracy.
- mesenteric — the membrane, consisting of a double layer of peritoneum, that invests the intestines, attaching them to the posterior wall of the abdomen, maintaining them in position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics, especially the part of this membrane investing the jejunum and ileum.
- mesocratic — (of an igneous rock) composed of light and dark minerals in nearly equal amounts.
- mesokurtic — (of a frequency distribution or its graphical representation) having the same kurtosis as the normal distribution.
- mesolithic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a transitional period of the Stone Age intermediate between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, characterized by adaptation to a hunting, collecting, and fishing economy based on the use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments; Epipaleolithic.
- mesophytic — Relating to a mesophyte.
- met office — (in Britain) a national weather-forecasting service
- metabiotic — a mode of living in which one organism is dependent on another for preparation of an environment in which it can live.
- metaethics — the philosophy of ethics dealing with the meaning of ethical terms, the nature of moral discourse, and the foundations of moral principles.
- metaleptic — the use of metonymy to replace a word already used figuratively.
- metaphasic — Relating to metaphase.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaphysic — metaphysics.
- metastatic — Pathology. the transference of disease-producing organisms or of malignant or cancerous cells to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces. the condition produced by this.
- metathetic — the transposition of letters, syllables, or sounds in a word, as in the pronunciation [kuhmf-ter-buh l] /ˈkʌmf tər bəl/ (Show IPA) for comfortable or [aks] /æks/ (Show IPA) for ask.
- metecdysis — the period following the moult (ecdysis) of an arthropod, when the new cuticle is forming
- metempiric — Of or relating to metempirics.
- meteoritic — (astronomy) Of or pertaining to meteorites.
- methacetin — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 9 H 1 1 NO 2 , used for relieving pain and reducing or preventing fever.
- methanolic — Submersed or dissolved in, or obtained with the use of methanol.
- methiocarb — a crystalline compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 2 S, used as a nonsystemic insecticide and miticide.
- methodical — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- meticulous — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- metrestick — a measuring stick one metre long
- metric ton — a unit of 1000 kilograms, equivalent to 2204.62 avoirdupois pounds.
- metrically — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- metricated — Simple past tense and past participle of metricate.
- metricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metricate.
- metricized — Simple past tense and past participle of metricize.