12-letter words containing m, i, t, r, a
- matrimonials — Plural form of matrimonial.
- matrix patch — A matrix patch is an adhesive patch with medicine distributed through the adhesive. The patch is applied to the skin, and the medicine in it is delivered into the skin and into the bloodstream.
- matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- maturational — the act or process of maturating.
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- meat grinder — machine: minces meat
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- media center — a library, usually in school, that contains and encourages the use of audiovisual media and associated equipment as well as books, periodicals, and the like.
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- meeting rail — (in a double-hung window) the rail of each sash that meets a rail of the other when the window is closed.
- melanotropin — MSH.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- memorability — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- memorialists — Plural form of memorialist.
- memorisation — Alternative spelling of memorization.
- memorization — to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.
- menai strait — a strait between Anglesey Island and the mainland of NW Wales. 14 miles (23 km) long.
- menstruating — to undergo menstruation.
- menstruation — the periodic discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the uterus, occurring approximately monthly from puberty to menopause in nonpregnant women and females of other primate species.
- mercantilism — mercantile practices or spirit; commercialism.
- mercantilist — Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism.
- mercurialist — a person born under the planet Mercury
- mercuriality — Mercurial behaviour.
- meristematic — consisting of or having the properties of meristem.
- meristically — in a meristic manner
- meritocratic — an elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth.
- mesocortical — Of or pertaining to the mesocortex.
- mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
- metabotropic — Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation).
- metacercaria — the encysted larva of a trematode, usually found in or on an aquatic intermediate host.
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- metacinnabar — a polymorph of cinnabar, black mercuric sulfide, HgS.
- metallurgist — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- metalworking — the act or technique of making metal objects.
- metamaterial — (engineering, physics) any material that obtains its electromagnetic properties from its structure rather than from its chemical composition; especially a material engineered to have features of a size less than that of the wavelength of a class of electromagnetic radiation.
- metamorphism — Geology. a change in the structure or constitution of a rock due to natural agencies, as pressure and heat, especially when the rock becomes harder and more completely crystalline.
- metamorphist — a member of a group of 16th century Christians who believed that the humanly body of Jesus Christ metamorphosed into God during the Ascension
- metamorphize — (transitive) To transform or change; metamorphose.
- metaphorical — 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).
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- metaphrastic — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- metarteriole — An arterial capillary; a short vessel linking arterioles and venules.
- metatherians — Plural form of metatherian.
- metathoracic — Of or pertaining to the metathorax.
- metempirical — beyond or outside the field of experience.
- meteorically — of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- metered mail — mail on which the postage is printed directly on an envelope or label by a machine licensed by the postal service.
- metric space — a space with a metric defined on it.