11-letter words containing m, o, r, e, t
- microinject — to inject into a single cell or cell part.
- micrometers — Plural form of micrometer.
- micromethod — the use of magnification, usually by using a microscope, for study or for performing mechanical operations on a very small scale.
- micrometric — Of or pertaining to micrometry.
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.
- microstress — a stress in the microstructure of a metal, as one caused by the distortion of space lattices.
- microsystem — A microscopic system, especially a system using microscopic electromechanical components.
- microtremor — microearthquake.
- microtubule — a hollow cylindrical structure in the cytoplasm of most cells, involved in intracellular shape and transport.
- microwriter — a small device with six keys for creating text that can be printed or displayed on a visual display unit
- ministrokes — Plural form of ministroke.
- minoritaire — a member of a minority in a political party
- minoritised — Simple past tense and past participle of minoritise.
- mirror site — (networking) An archive site or website which keeps a copy of some or all files at another site so as to make them more quickly available and to reduce the load on the source site. It is generally best to use the mirror that is physically closest to you as this will usually give the fastest download. Such mirroring is usually done for specific whole directories or files on a specific remote server as opposed to a cache or proxy server which keeps copies of everything that is requested via it. For example, src.doc.ic.ac.uk is the main UK mirror for the GNU archive at gnu.org.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- miscreation — miscreated.
- misfortuned — (archaic) unlucky, unfortunate.
- misfortunes — adverse fortune; bad luck.
- misrelation — an erroneous or imperfect relation
- misreported — Simple past tense and past participle of misreport.
- miter joint — a joint, especially a butt joint, between two pieces of wood or the like, meeting at an angle in which each of the butting surfaces is cut to an angle equal to half the angle of junction.
- mitre block — a block of wood with slots for cutting mitre joints with a saw
- mitre joint — a corner joint formed between two pieces of material, esp wood, by cutting bevels of equal angles at the ends of each piece
- moderations — the quality of being moderate; restraint; avoidance of extremes or excesses; temperance.
- modernistic — modern.
- modernities — Plural form of modernity.
- moisturiser — (British) alternative spelling of moisturizer.
- moisturized — Simple past tense and past participle of moisturize.
- moisturizer — a cosmetic preparation, as a cream or lotion, used to restore moisture to the skin, especially of the face and neck.
- moisturizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moisturize.
- mole-hunter — a person who hunts for moles
- momentarily — for a moment; briefly: to pause momentarily.
- monasteries — Plural form of monastery.
- monergistic — the doctrine that the Holy Ghost acts independently of the human will in the work of regeneration. Compare synergism (def 3).
- monkey sort — bogo-sort
- monocentric — Having a single centre.
- monoculture — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- monoestrous — monestrous.
- monohydrate — a hydrate that contains one molecule of water, as ammonium carbonate, (NH 4) 2 CO 3 ·H 2 O.
- monostrophe — a poem in which all the strophes or stanzas are of the same metrical form.
- monoterpene — (organic chemistry) any terpene formed from two isoprene units, and having ten carbon atoms; either hydrocarbons such as pinene, or compounds with functional groups such as camphor.
- monotherapy — (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself.
- monstrances — Plural form of monstrance.
- mont cervin — Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of the Matterhorn.
- montbéliard — an industrial town in E France: former capital of the duchy of Burgundy. Pop: 27 570 (1999)
- monte carlo — a town in Monaco principality, in SE France: gambling resort.
- monte corno — a mountain in central Italy: highest peak in the Apennines, 9585 feet (2922 meters).
- montefeltro — an Italian noble family who ruled Urbino from the 13th to the 16th century. Federigo Montefeltro, duke of Urbino (1422–82), was a noted patron of the arts and military leader
- montenegrin — a republic in S Europe since 2006: formerly a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, in the SW part (1918–2006); an independent kingdom 1878–1918. 6333 sq. mi. (13,812 sq. km). Capital: Podgorica.