12-letter words containing m, o, l, d
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- microbicidal — a substance or preparation for killing microbes.
- microfluidic — Of, pertaining to, or using microfluidics.
- microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- middle congo — former name of the People's Republic of the Congo.
- middle voice — the voice or form used when the subject of a verb performs an action on itself (often the reflexive form)
- middle youth — the period of life between about 30 and 50
- middlebrowed — midway between highbrow and lowbrow
- middy blouse — any of various loose blouses with a sailor collar, often extending below the waistline to terminate in a broad band or fold, as worn by sailors, women, or children.
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- milliseconds — Plural form of millisecond.
- milne method — a numerical method, involving Simpson's rule, for solving a linear differential equation.
- mind-blowing — overwhelming; astounding: Spending a week in the jungle was a mind-blowing experience.
- mindboggling — That causes the mind to boggle; that is beyond one's ability to understand or figure out; bewildering; mystifying.
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misknowledge — a misunderstanding or misconception
- model theory — the branch of logic that deals with the properties of models; the semantic study of formal systems
- modern latin — the Latin that has come into use since about 1500, chiefly in scientific literature
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- mohammed ali — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- molded depth — the depth of a vessel at the broadest transverse section from the top of the keel to the upper side of the main deck beam at the side.
- molluscicide — A substance that kills molluscs.
- mollycoddled — Simple past tense and past participle of mollycoddle.
- mollycoddler — One who mollycoddles.
- mollycoddles — Plural form of mollycoddle.
- molybdenosis — a disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by dietary intake of excessive molybdenum with resultant copper deficiency, characterized by persistent diarrhea and, especially around the eyes, a fading of coat pigment.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- moneylenders — Plural form of moneylender.
- moneylending — The action of lending money.
- monkey gland — the testicle of an ape or monkey, said to have a revitalizing effect on humans when administered by grafting or adding the essence to the bloodstream
- monochloride — a chloride containing one atom of chlorine with one atom of another element or a group.
- monodelphian — any placental mammal that is a member of the group Monodelphia
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- moon landing — the act of landing on the moon
- moorish idol — a black, white, and yellow fish, Zanclus cornutus (or canescens), inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans, having a long snout and an elongated dorsal fin.
- moral hazard — Insurance. an insurance company's risk as to the insured's trustworthiness and honesty.
- mouldability — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- muddle along — If you muddle along, you live or exist without a proper plan or purpose in your life.
- multi-voiced — having a voice of a specified kind (usually used in combination): shrill-voiced.
- multicolored — of several or many colors.
- multinodular — of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- multiproduct — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- multistoried — Multi-storey.
- multitowered — comprising several towers
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- muzzleloader — a firearm that is loaded through the muzzle.
- mythologized — Simple past tense and past participle of mythologize.
- nasal demons — Recognised shorthand on the Usenet group comp.std.c for any unexpected behaviour of a C compiler on encountering an undefined construct. During a discussion on that group in early 1992, a regular remarked "When the compiler encounters [a given undefined construct] it is legal for it to make demons fly out of your nose" (the implication is that the compiler may choose any arbitrarily bizarre way to interpret the code without violating the ANSI C standard). Someone else followed up with a reference to "nasal demons", which quickly became established.