13-letter words containing m, i, r, o, e, d
- maladroitness — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- mandatoriness — The quality or state of being mandatory.
- material mode — the normal use of language that refers to extra-linguistic subjects without explicit mention of the words themselves. Fido is a dog is in the material mode, while "Fido" is a dog's name is in the formal mode
- measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
- medical board — a group of people qualified to give opinions on medical matters
- medium bomber — a moderately large airplane capable of carrying large bomb loads for moderate distances at medium altitudes, especially one having a gross loaded weight of 100,000 to 250,000 pounds (45,000 to 113,000 kg).
- medium quarto — a size of book, about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: medium 4to.
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- melodramatist — A writer of melodramas.
- melodramatize — to make melodramatic.
- meridionality — the quality or state of being on the meridian
- metronidazole — a synthetic antimicrobial substance, C 6 H 9 N 3 O 3 , used chiefly in the treatment of infections, such as Trichomonas vaginalis and certain anaerobic bacterial infections.
- micr encoding — The MICR encoding of a check is the magnetic ink pattern at the bottom that can be scanned and that contains information about the check.
- microdetector — an instrument measuring small quantities or changes.
- microdiskette — Alternative spelling of micro-diskette.
- middle course — an option or alternative between more extreme alternatives
- middle ground — an intermediate position, area, or recourse between two opposites or extremes; a halfway or neutral standpoint.
- middleborough — a town in SE Massachusetts.
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- mine detector — an electromagnetic device for locating buried or concealed land mines.
- minimum order — A minimum order is the smallest amount or number that may be ordered in one delivery, usually to spread delivery costs over an economical number of units.
- miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
- misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
- miscoordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- misdemeanours — Plural form of misdemeanour.
- mispronounced — Said wrongly.
- misrecognized — Simple past tense and past participle of misrecognize.
- misredemption — illegal or fraudulent traffic in consumer product coupons, including mail theft and counterfeiting.
- misunderstood — improperly understood or interpreted.
- model railway — a model of a small-scale railway system, often with toy moving trains
- moderationist — a person who favors, supports, or promotes moderation.
- moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
- modernisation — Alternative spelling of modernization.
- modernization — to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize one's ideas; to modernize a kitchen.
- monkey bridge — flying bridge.
- monkey orchid — a European orchid, Orchis simia, rare in Britain, having a short dense flower spike that opens from the top downwards. The flowers are white streaked with pink or violet and have five spurs thought to resemble a monkey's arms, legs, and tail
- monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
- monoglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of one hydroxyl group with a fatty acid.
- monoterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C10 skeleton.
- monte perdido — a mountain in NE Spain, in the central Pyrenees. Height: 3352 m (10 997 ft)
- mood disorder — any mental disorder, as depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, or cyclothymia, in which a major disturbance of feelings or emotions is predominant.
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
- morning dress — formal daytime apparel for men, including striped pants, a cutaway, and a silk hat.
- morris dancer — A morris dancer is a person who takes part in morris dancing.
- mound builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
- mound-builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
- mourning dove — variety of pigeon
- multicoloured — Alternative spelling of multicolored.
- name-dropping — the introduction into one's conversation, letters, etc., of the names of famous or important people as alleged friends or associates in order to impress others.