12-letter words containing m, o, a, r
- mirror plant — a shrub, Coprosma repens, of the madder family, native to New Zealand and cultivated in warm regions, having glossy, often variegated leaves.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- miscegenator — a person who advocates or engages in miscegenation
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- miscreations — Plural form of miscreation.
- misdemeanors — Plural form of misdemeanor.
- misdemeanour — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- misericordia — (legal, obsolete) An amercement.
- misformation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- misoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- misorientate — misorient.
- misportrayal — the act of portraying.
- missionaries — Plural form of missionary.
- missionarize — to undertake missionary work
- mitochondria — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
- mitteleuropa — Central Europe.
- mixing ratio — the ratio of the mass of water vapor in the air to the mass of the dry air, a measure of atmospheric humidity.
- mixobarbaric — relating to a people who have both Greek and non-Greek ancestry
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- moderateness — The quality of being moderate.
- modern dance — a form of contemporary theatrical and concert dance employing a special technique for developing the use of the entire body in movements expressive of abstract ideas.
- modern latin — the Latin that has come into use since about 1500, chiefly in scientific literature
- modificatory — modifying.
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- mohenjo-daro — an archaeological site in Pakistan, near the Indus River: six successive ancient cities were built here.
- molar volume — the volume occupied by one mole of a gas, liquid, or solid.
- mole-catcher — someone or something who catches, traps, or kills moles
- molecularity — the number of molecules or atoms that participate in an elementary process.
- money market — the short-term trade in money, as in the sale and purchase of bonds and certificates.
- money player — a person who performs best under pressure, especially in a competitive situation.
- moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- monochromacy — The quality of having only one independent channel for conveying color information in the eye, i.e. total color blindness.
- monochromats — Plural form of monochromat.
- monocultural — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- monodramatic — Relating to a monodrama.
- monographing — Present participle of monograph.
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- monostearate — a stearate containing one stearoyl group.
- monotrichate — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- monsignorial — having the ecclesiastical title of a Monsignor
- montebrasite — a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.
- monterey bay — an inlet of the Pacific in W California. 26 miles (42 km) long.
- montessorian — a system for teaching young children, in which the fundamental aim is self-motivated education by the children themselves, as they are encouraged to move freely through individualized instruction and physical exercises, accompanied by special emphasis on the training of the senses and the early development of reading and writing skills.