12-letter words containing m, o, r, a, t
- migrationist — a person who considers it important for species of animals and plants to migrate for the purposes of distribution and evolution
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- ministration — the act of ministering care, aid, religious service, etc.
- minor planet — asteroid (def 1).
- minor tenace — the king and jack of a suit held by one player.
- 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.
- miscegenator — a person who advocates or engages in miscegenation
- misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- miscreations — Plural form of miscreation.
- 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.
- 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.
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- moderateness — The quality of being moderate.
- modern latin — the Latin that has come into use since about 1500, chiefly in scientific literature
- modificatory — modifying.
- 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.
- 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.
- monochromats — Plural form of monochromat.
- monocultural — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- monodramatic — Relating to a monodrama.
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- monostearate — a stearate containing one stearoyl group.
- monotrichate — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- 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.
- montparnasse — a district in S Paris, France, on the left bank of the Seine: noted for its cafés and the artists and writers who have frequented and lived in the area.
- mooring mast — the mast or tower to which a dirigible is moored.
- moralisation — Standard spelling of moralization.
- moralization — to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- morigeration — (obsolete) obsequiousness; obedience.
- morning coat — a man's cutaway for wear as part of morning dress.
- morning star — a bright planet, especially Venus, seen in the east immediately before sunrise.
- morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- morro castle — a historic fort at the entrance to the harbor of Havana, Cuba.
- mortar board — A mortar board is a stiff black cap which has a flat square top with a bunch of threads attached to it. In Britain, mortar boards are sometimes worn on formal occasions by university students and teachers. In the United States, mortar boards are worn by students at graduation ceremonies at high schools, colleges, and universities.
- mortarboards — Plural form of mortarboard.
- mother craft — a spaceship providing facilities and supplies for a number of smaller craft, or for astronauts
- mother earth — the earth regarded as the source of all animate and inanimate things.