11-letter words containing m, l, n
- melanterite — a green mineral, FeSO4.7H2O, composed of hydrated ferrous sulphate
- melioration — Historical Linguistics. semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning. Compare pejoration (def 2).
- mellifluent — mellifluous.
- mellophones — Plural form of mellophone.
- melolonthid — any of various scarab beetles whose larvae feed chiefly on roots, including the cockchafers and June bugs
- melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
- melpomenish — Tragic; relating to tragedy in a literary or theatrical work.
- melting pot — a pot in which metals or other substances are melted or fused.
- memory lane — the memory of one's past life likened to a road down which one may travel: The class reunion was a trip down memory lane.
- mendelevium — a transuranic element. Symbol: Md, Mv; atomic number: 101.
- mendelssohn — Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) 1809–47, German composer.
- meningocele — a protrusion of the meninges through an opening in the skull or spinal column, forming a bulge or sac filled with cerebrospinal fluid.
- menstrually — In a menstrual manner; in terms of the menses.
- mental home — a home, hospital, or institution for people who are mentally ill
- mentalising — Present participle of mentalise.
- mentalistic — the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
- mentalities — Plural form of mentality.
- mentholated — saturated with or containing menthol: a mentholated cough drop.
- mentionable — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- mentionless — Without a mention; unmentioned.
- mentoplasty — plastic surgery to correct a functional or cosmetic deformity of the chin.
- mercenarily — In a mercenary way, for selfish reason of profit or gain.
- meridionals — Plural form of meridional.
- mesalliance — a marriage with someone who is considered socially inferior; misalliance.
- mescal bean — an evergreen shrub or small tree, Sophora secundiflora, of the legume family, of the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, having clusters of fragrant, violet-blue flowers and pods containing highly poisonous, bright red seeds.
- mesenchymal — Of or pertaining to the mesenchyme.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- mesocyclone — a small cyclone that arises near a thunderstorm and is sometimes associated with the occurrence of tornadoes.
- mesolimnion — an unfrozen lake's thermocline
- met-english — A Fortran-like language designed at Metropolitan Life in the early 1960s. It had support for variable-length bit fields. Most MetLife DP in the 1960s and 1970s was in Met-English. It was originally developed for Honeywell machines, but many programs still run under IBM MVS via a Honeywell emulator.
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- metalliding — the creation of an alloy coating by an electrolytic process involving the diffusion of atoms from one metal into the surface of a second metal
- metallocene — an organometallic coordination compound consisting of a metal bonded to one or two rings of cyclopentadiene.
- metallogeny — the study of the formation of mineral deposits
- metanalysis — a shift in the division between words in a phrase; misdivision: “A nickname” resulted from metanalysis of “an ekename.”.
- methanolate — Methoxide.
- methicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin antibiotic, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 2 NaO 6 S, used principally in the treatment of severe, penicillin-resistant staphylococci infections.
- methoxsalen — a potent compound, C 1 2 H 8 O 4 , derived from the seeds of the plant Ammi majus: used in combination with certain ultraviolet radiation for the treatment of severe psoriasis.
- methylamine — any of three derivatives of ammonia in which one or all of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by methyl groups, especially a gas, CH 5 N, with an ammonialike odor, the simplest alkyl derivative of ammonia and, like the latter, forming a series of salts.
- methylating — Present participle of methylate.
- methylation — the process of replacing a hydrogen atom with a methyl group.
- methylidene — (organic chemistry) The CH2= radical in which the free valences are part of a double bond.
- metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
- mezlocillin — a wide-spectrum semisynthetic penicillin, C 2 1 H 2 5 N 5 O 8 S 2 , used parenterally in the treatment of infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- microcolony — A microscopic colony of cells (especially of bacteria).
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- microfiling — the process of reproducing the contents of a file on microfilm
- microkernel — (operating system) An approach to operating system design emphasising small modules that implement the basic features of the system kernel and can be flexibly configured.
- microlender — A person or company in the business of microlending.
- microneedle — a very fine needle that is used in the performance of delicate procedures, esp biological ones