12-letter words containing m, o, n, a
- mastoid bone — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- masturbation — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- matinée coat — a short coat for a baby
- matinee idol — a male actor, usually a leading man, idolized especially by female audiences.
- matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
- matrimonials — Plural form of matrimonial.
- 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.
- maundy money — the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor, especially commemorating Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet on Maundy Thursday.
- maximisation — Alternative spelling of maximization.
- maximization — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
- mean anomaly — the anomaly of a mean planet; the angular distance of the planet from perihelion or aphelion.
- 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.
- meclonazepam — A benzodiazepine derivative, similar in structure to clonazepam, with sedative and anxiolytic effects and antiparasitic activity against Schistosoma mansoni.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- median point — centroid (def 2).
- meditational — Of, or pertaining to, meditation.
- megalomaniac — a person afflicted with megalomania.
- megamillions — Plural form of megamillion.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- mekong delta — the delta of the Mekong River in Vietnam.
- melancholiac — affected with melancholia.
- melancholics — Plural form of melancholic.
- melancholies — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- melanization — the process of melanizing, or the state of being melanized
- melanoblasts — Plural form of melanoblast.
- melanochroic — Melanochroid
- melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
- melanophores — Plural form of melanophore.
- melanotropin — MSH.
- melon baller — a small cooking utensil with a handle and a rounded scoop, which you insert into a melon and twist to extract a ball of flesh
- memorisation — Alternative spelling of memorization.
- memorization — to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- 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.
- mental block — inability to recall
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- meroplankton — a floating mass of eggs and larvae of organisms that are nektonic or benthic in their adult stage; temporary plankton.
- mesoamerican — Alternative form of Mesoamerican.
- mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- mesoplankton — plankton that live at middle depths.
- mesopotamian — an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq.
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- metabolizing — Present participle of metabolize.
- metabonomics — (biochemistry, genetics) metabolomics.
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metafictions — Plural form of metafiction.
- metafunction — (computing, programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.