11-letter words containing m, i, n, s
- minas basin — a bay in E Canada, the easternmost arm of the Bay of Fundy, in N Nova Scotia: noted for its high tides.
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- mincingness — Quality of being mincing.
- mindfulness — the state or quality of being mindful or aware of something.
- mineralised — Simple past tense and past participle of mineralise.
- mineralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mineralize.
- minesweeper — a specially equipped ship used for dragging a body of water in order to remove or destroy enemy mines.
- mineworkers — Plural form of mineworker.
- mini-course — a brief intensive course of study
- mini-series — a short series of events or presentations.
- miniaturise — (British) alternative spelling of miniaturize.
- miniaturism — Miniature size; tendency towards miniature size.
- miniaturist — an artist whose specialty is small, discrete works.
- minicourses — Plural form of minicourse.
- minidresses — Plural form of minidress.
- minimalised — to make minimal: to minimalize tax increases.
- minimalists — Plural form of minimalist.
- miniskirted — Wearing a miniskirt.
- ministerial — pertaining to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or other member of the clergy.
- ministering — a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- ministerium — an organization of local ministers or religious leaders who work with other community leaders on social or educational programs.
- ministrants — Plural form of ministrant.
- ministrokes — Plural form of ministroke.
- minneapolis — a city in SE Minnesota, on the Mississippi.
- minnesinger — one of a class of German lyric poets and singers of the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries.
- minor scale — Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.
- minoritised — Simple past tense and past participle of minoritise.
- minus sight — a foresight used in leveling.
- mirror lens — a lens of long focal length in which some of the lens elements are replaced by mirrors in order to shorten its overall length and reduce its weight
- mis-defined — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- mis-selling — the act or an instance of mis-selling
- misadvising — Present participle of misadvise.
- misalliance — an improper or incompatible association, especially in marriage; mésalliance.
- misanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- misanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of misanalyze.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
- misapplying — Present participle of misapply.
- misassigned — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- misbalanced — badly balanced
- misbecoming — Present participle of misbecome.
- misbefallen — Simple past tense and past participle of misbefall.
- misbegotten — unlawfully or irregularly begotten; born of unmarried parents; illegitimate: his misbegotten son.
- misbehaving — to behave badly or improperly: The children misbehaved during our visit.
- miscarrying — Present participle of miscarry.
- miscegenate — (US) to mix or blend.
- miscegenist — advocating miscegenation
- miscegenous — Of, pertaining to, or being miscegenation; interracial (said primarily of marriages and other sexual or romantic relationships).
- miscellanea — Miscellaneous items, especially literary compositions, that have been collected together.
- mischarging — Present participle of mischarge.