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13-letter words containing m, i, n, e, c, l

  • microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
  • micronucleate — having a micronucleus.
  • middle french — the French language of the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. Abbreviation: MF.
  • middle-income — of or relating to those with an average income within the overall population.
  • milk saucepan — a type of small saucepan often used for heating milk
  • milk sickness — a disease of humans, formerly common in some parts of the Middle West, caused by consuming milk from cattle that have been poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot.
  • mine-clearing — the process of disarming and removing explosive mines from an area
  • mineral pitch — asphalt.
  • mineralogical — Relating to mineralogy.
  • miscellaneous — consisting of members or elements of different kinds; of mixed character: a book of miscellaneous essays on American history.
  • miscounselled — having bad or incorrect counselling
  • mise en place — (in a restaurant kitchen) the preparation of equipment and food before service begins
  • mole fraction — the ratio of the number of moles of a given component of a mixture to the total number of moles of all the components.
  • monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
  • monogenically — In a monogenic manner.
  • monoglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of one hydroxyl group with a fatty acid.
  • monogynoecial — (of a fruit) developing from a single pistil.
  • mononucleosis — the presence of an abnormally large number of mononuclear leukocytes, or monocytes, in the blood.
  • 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.
  • multi-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
  • multibranched — Having more than one branch.
  • multicurrency — Involving more than one currency.
  • multicylinder — having more than one cylinder, as an internal-combustion or steam engine.
  • multiloquence — the quality of being excessively talkative; loquaciousness
  • multinucleate — having a nucleus.
  • multipresence — the quality or state of being multipresent
  • municipalized — Simple past tense and past participle of municipalize.
  • mutagenically — in a mutagenic manner
  • nautical mile — a unit of distance used chiefly in navigation, equal to 6080.20 feet (1853.25 meters) in the U.S., now replaced by the international nautical mile.
  • necromantical — Alternative form of necromantic.
  • nematological — of or pertaining to nematology
  • neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
  • neoclassicism — (often initial capital letter) Architecture. the trend or movement prevailing in the architecture of Europe, America, and various European colonies at various periods during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, characterized by the introduction and widespread use of Greek orders and decorative motifs, the subordination of detail to simple, strongly geometric overall compositions, the presence of light colors or shades, frequent shallowness of relief in ornamental treatment of façades, and the absence of textural effects.
  • neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
  • nephelometric — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
  • neurochemical — of or relating to neurochemistry.
  • nice-nellyism — excessive modesty; prudishness.
  • nominal scale — a discrete classification of data, in which data are neither measured nor ordered but subjects are merely allocated to distinct categories: for example, a record of students' course choices constitutes nominal data which could be correlated with school results
  • non-claimable — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
  • non-empirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
  • non-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • non-medicinal — of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances.
  • noncommercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
  • noncompatible — Not compatible.
  • noncompletion — Lack of completion; failure to finish.
  • noncompliance — failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
  • noncumulative — of or relating to preferred stock the dividends of which are skipped and not accrued.
  • nonhaemolytic — relating to a transfusion reaction in which the red blood cells survive
  • nonmechanical — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
  • norc compiler — Early system on NORC machine. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
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