13-letter words containing m, o, n, r
- monostrophics — monostrophic verses
- monosymmetric — zygomorphic.
- monoterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C10 skeleton.
- monotherapies — Plural form of monotherapy.
- monotrematous — of or relating to a monotreme.
- mons serratus — a mountain in NE Spain, northwest of Barcelona: famous Benedictine monastery. Height: 1235 m (4054 ft)
- monsoon rains — the heavy rains that accompany the seasonal wind of S Asia that blows from the southwest in summer
- monster truck — a pick-up truck with extremely large tyres, often used for racing over rough terrain
- monstre sacré — a venerable or popular public figure who is considered above criticism or attack despite eccentricity, controversy, etc.
- monstrosities — Plural form of monstrosity.
- monstrousness — frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
- monte cervino — a mountain on the border between Italy and Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. Height: 4477 m (14 688 ft)
- monte perdido — a mountain in NE Spain, in the central Pyrenees. Height: 3352 m (10 997 ft)
- monterey jack — a mild, light-yellow, semisoft cheese
- monterey park — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- monterey pine — a pine tree, Pinus radiata, native to coastal California, having cones that open to germinate only in the heat of a forest fire, used for reforestation and as a timber tree.
- montes claros — a city in E Brazil.
- mood enhancer — something, esp a drug, that has the effect of lifting a person's mood
- mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
- mooring screw — a broad, augerlike anchor used for securing buoys in soft-bottomed lakes, rivers, etc.
- mooring tower — a mast or tower to which a balloon or airship may be moored
- moravian gate — a mountain pass between the Sudeten Mountains and the Tatra range of the Carpathians, leading from S Poland into N Moravia in the NE Czech Republic.
- mordant rouge — a solution of aluminum acetate in acetic acid, used in dyeing and calico printing.
- more and more — in greater quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: I need more money.
- more hands on — characterized by or involved in active personal participation in an activity; individual and direct: a workshop to give children hands-on experience with computers.
- moreno valley — city in S Calif.: pop. 142,000
- morgan le fay — the fairy sister of King Arthur.
- morning after — a period, as in the morning, when the aftereffects of excessive self-indulgence during the previous evening are felt, especially the aftereffects of excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.
- morning dress — formal daytime apparel for men, including striped pants, a cutaway, and a silk hat.
- morning glory — any of various plants, especially of the genera Ipomoea and Convolvulus, as I. purpurea, a twining plant having cordate leaves and funnel-shaped flowers of various colors, often opening only in the morning.
- morning paper — a paper published the night before for distribution in the morning (as opposed to an evening paper)
- morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
- morning-glory — any of various plants, especially of the genera Ipomoea and Convolvulus, as I. purpurea, a twining plant having cordate leaves and funnel-shaped flowers of various colors, often opening only in the morning.
- morphinomania — an addiction to morphine or opium in which the addict secretly injects the substance
- morpho-syntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- morphogenesis — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- morphogenetic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- morphophoneme — an abstract phonological unit representing corresponding phonemes in different allomorphs of one morpheme. In English the symbol F may be used to represent a morphophoneme occurring in two related allomorphs, as f in leaf, but v in the plural leaves.
- morris dancer — A morris dancer is a person who takes part in morris dancing.
- morse signals — signals encoded using the Morse Code
- mortgage bond — a bond secured by a mortgage on real estate or other property.
- mortification — a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one's pride or self-respect.
- mortise joint — any of various joints between two pieces of timber or the like in which a tenon is housed in or secured to a mortise.
- most reverend — title of high-ranking church minister
- mother nature — a personification of the forces of nature as a controlling and regulating maternal being, sometimes creative and caring.
- mother tongue — the language first learned by a person; native language.
- mother-in-law — the mother of one's husband or wife.
- motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- motion sensor — device that detects movement
- mound builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.