12-letter words containing m, i, f, e
- mauvaise foi — (in the philosophy of Sartre) the expression usually rendered as bad faith
- meaningfully — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- mercifulness — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- metafictions — Plural form of metafiction.
- metafunction — (computing, programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
- microfinance — (finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.
- microforceps — (surgery) A very small forceps.
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- midwife toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans (family Discoglossidae), noted for its unusual breeding habits, in which mating occurs on land and the male broods the egg strings by wrapping them around his legs.
- mifepristone — an antigestational drug, C 29 H 35 NO 2 , that prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall by blocking the action of progesterone.
- millefeuille — napoleon (def 1).
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- mischanceful — unlucky
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misfashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of misfashion.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- misinference — Incorrect inference.
- misreference — to reference (an academic work, a publication, etc) inaccurately or incorrectly
- misspecified — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- mixed forest — a forest filling the transition from natural coniferous to deciduous forest, and containing both types of tree
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- moire effect — the appearance, when two regularly spaced sets of lines are superimposed, of a new set of lines (moiré pattern) passing through the points where the original lines cross at small angles.
- monofilament — Also, monofil [mon-uh-fil] /ˈmɒn əˌfɪl/ (Show IPA). a single, generally large filament of synthetic fiber. Compare multifilament (def 2).
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- monospecific — having or comprising a single species
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- mud filtrate — Mud filtrate is the liquid part of the mud which can pass through a medium and become separated from the mudcake.
- multifaceted — Having many facets.
- multifoliate — having many leaves or leaflets.
- multifurcate — forked; branching.
- munificently — In a munificent manner.
- muscle fiber — one of the structural cells of a muscle.
- muscle fibre — any of the numerous elongated contractile cells that make up striated muscle
- mutessarifat — a province governed by a mutessarif
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- neoformation — a new and abnormal growth of tissue; tumor; neoplasm.
- neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- nick of time — moment before sth is too late
- nitrate film — film stock using a base of cellulose nitrate: extremely flammable and tending to erode at a relatively early age.
- non-feminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
- nondeforming — not causing deformity
- olive family — the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.
- overfamiliar — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- oversimplify — make too simple
- pacific time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- performative — (of an expression or statement) performing an act by the very fact of being uttered, as with the expression “I promise,” that performs the act of promising.