13-letter words containing m, o, n, a
- meningococcal — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by meningococci.
- mercerisation — A process of treating cotton with sodium hydroxide in order to make it more lustrous.
- mercerization — to treat (cotton yarns or fabric) with caustic alkali under tension, in order to increase strength, luster, and affinity for dye.
- meridionality — the quality or state of being on the meridian
- merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
- mescal button — one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.
- mesencephalon — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesmerization — to hypnotize.
- metacognition — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
- metacognitive — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
- metaevolution — (philosophy, biology) The evolution of the elements of evolutionary systems.
- metafictional — Of, relating to, or being metafiction.
- metafunctions — Plural form of metafunction.
- metallic bond — the type of chemical bond between atoms in a metallic element, formed by the valence electrons moving freely through the metal lattice.
- metallization — The act or process of metallizing.
- metalloenzyme — (enzyme) Any enzyme that contains a metal atom which is essential for its biological activity.
- metallophones — Plural form of metallophone.
- metatoluidine — a colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 7 H 9 N, the meta isomer of toluidine, used in the manufacture of dyes and other organic compounds.
- metencephalon — the anterior section of the hindbrain, comprising the cerebellum and pons.
- method acting — film, theater: acting approach
- methodization — The act or process of methodizing, or the state of being methodized.
- methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
- metonymically — In a metonymic fashion; using metonymy.
- metrification — metrication.
- metronidazole — a synthetic antimicrobial substance, C 6 H 9 N 3 O 3 , used chiefly in the treatment of infections, such as Trichomonas vaginalis and certain anaerobic bacterial infections.
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- mexican poppy — any tropical American poppy of the genus Argemone, especially A. mexicana (Mexican poppy) having prickly pods and leaves and yellow or white, poppylike flowers.
- mezzo soprano — a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
- mezzo-soprano — a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
- micro-organic — any organism too small to be viewed by the unaided eye, as bacteria, protozoa, and some fungi and algae.
- microanalyses — Plural form of microanalysis.
- microanalysis — Chemistry. the analysis of very small samples of substances.
- microaneurysm — An extremely small aneurysm.
- microbalances — Plural form of microbalance.
- microcracking — microscopic cracking
- microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
- micrognuemacs — (text, tool) (mg) A Public Domain Emacs-style editor modified from MicroEmacs to be more compatible with GNU Emacs. mg is essentially free, it is not associated with the GNU project, and does not have the GNU copyright restrictions. It is a small, fast, portable editor for people who can't run real Emacs thing for one reason or another. It has few if any of the MicroEmacs features that were incompatible with GNU Emacs and adds missing features that seemed essential. MicroGnuEmacs is derived from, and aims to replace, v30 of MicroEmacs, the latest version from the original MicroEmacs author Dave Conroy. The chief contributors were Mike Meyer <[email protected]>, Mic Kaczmarczik <[email protected]>, Bob Larson, and Dave Brower <[email protected]>. mg version 1a of 1986-11-16 works with 4.2BSD, 4.3BSD, Ultrix-32, OS9/68k, VMS, Amiga, System V, Eunice. It is included in base OpenBSD. It should also support MS-DOS, PC-DOS and the Rainbow.
- microgranitic — consisting of, or relating to, microgranite
- micromagnetic — Of or pertaining to micromagnetism.
- micromanaging — Present participle of micromanage.
- micronisation — The process by which a material is reduced in size, often to micrometer proportions.
- micronization — (US) alternative spelling of micronisation.
- micronucleate — having a micronucleus.
- microorganism — any organism too small to be viewed by the unaided eye, as bacteria, protozoa, and some fungi and algae.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- microperation — (processor) An elementary operation performed on data stored in registers or in memory. Microperations are classified as transfer, arithmetic, logic, or shift/rotate.
- microplankton — plankton visible as individual organisms only with the aid of a microscope, which excludes most animal plankton.
- microteaching — a scaled-down teaching procedure with a few students under controlled conditions, often videotaped in order to analyze teaching techniques and develop new teaching skills.
- microtonalism — The use of microtones in music.
- microtonality — any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.