13-letter words containing m, o, s, t, a
- micronisation — The process by which a material is reduced in size, often to micrometer proportions.
- microparasite — a parasitic microorganism.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- microtonalism — The use of microtones in music.
- ministrations — the act of ministering care, aid, religious service, etc.
- misallocating — Present participle of misallocate.
- misallocation — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misanthropist — a hater of humankind.
- misassumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- miscalculator — A person who miscalculates.
- miscategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- miscegenation — marriage or cohabitation between two people from different racial groups, especially, in the U.S., between a black person and a white person: In 1968 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state laws prohibiting miscegenation were unconstitutional.
- miscoordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- misevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- miss the boat — a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- moabite stone — a slab of black basalt bearing an inscription recording the victory of Mesha, the king of Moab, over the Israelites, about 860 b.c.
- mobilizations — Plural form of mobilization.
- moderationist — a person who favors, supports, or promotes moderation.
- moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
- modern greats — (at Oxford University) the Honour School of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
- modernisation — Alternative spelling of modernization.
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- modifications — Plural form of modification.
- mohave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- mojave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- momentariness — The property of being momentary.
- money matters — issues concerning finances or money, esp your own finances or money
- monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
- monofilaments — Plural form of monofilament.
- monometallism — the use of one metal only, as gold or silver, as a monetary standard.
- monophosphate — a salt containing only one phosphate group.
- monopotassium — (chemistry) monatomic potassium.
- monosaturated — (organic chemistry, of a glyceride) Having one saturated fatty acid.
- 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)
- monstre sacré — a venerable or popular public figure who is considered above criticism or attack despite eccentricity, controversy, etc.
- monte cassino — a monastery at Cassino, Italy: founded a.d. c530 by St. Benedict and destroyed by Allied bombings in 1944.
- montefiascone — a town in central Italy: wine-growing area.
- montes claros — a city in E Brazil.
- monumentalise — Alt form monumentalize.
- monumentalism — resembling a monument; massive or imposing.
- moose pasture — land considered to be worthless, esp when lacking in extractable mineral deposits
- moral support — emotional assistance, encouragement
- morpho-syntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- mosquito boat — PT boat.
- mosquito hawk — nighthawk (def 1).
- most mainline — a fashionable residential district west of Philadelphia.
- mother abbess — the female head of a religious house of nuns
- mother teresa — Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.