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13-letter words containing m, o, t, i, n, e

  • mid wicket on — mid on.
  • milliroentgen — a unit of radiation equal to one thousandth of a roentgen. Abbreviation: mR, mr.
  • milton keynes — a residential district in S England, near London, established in the 1960s.
  • mine detector — an electromagnetic device for locating buried or concealed land mines.
  • minicomponent — a hi-fi component considerably smaller than a standard-size component and larger than a microcomponent.
  • minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
  • minor element — Geology. any chemical element found in small quantities in the rocks of the earth's crust. Compare major element.
  • minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
  • minor prophet — any of a group of Old Testament prophets, including Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
  • minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
  • 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.
  • misconception — an erroneous conception; mistaken notion.
  • misconjecture — the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
  • misconnecting — Present participle of misconnect.
  • misconnection — the act or state of connecting.
  • miscoordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
  • miscorrection — a wrong correction
  • misemployment — Wrong or mistaken employment.
  • misevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • misgovernment — to govern or manage badly.
  • misperception — to understand or perceive incorrectly; misunderstand.
  • mispositioned — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
  • misredemption — illegal or fraudulent traffic in consumer product coupons, including mail theft and counterfeiting.
  • misunderstood — improperly understood or interpreted.
  • mnemotechnics — the process or technique of improving or developing the memory.
  • 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.
  • mobile triton — (processor)   (Official name 82430MX) A version of Intel's Triton I processor chip set intended for mobile computers. Mobile Triton consists of one 82437MX and two 82438MX.
  • moderationist — a person who favors, supports, or promotes moderation.
  • modernisation — Alternative spelling of modernization.
  • modernization — to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize one's ideas; to modernize a kitchen.
  • mole fraction — the ratio of the number of moles of a given component of a mixture to the total number of moles of all the components.
  • momentariness — The property of being momentary.
  • monetary unit — the standard unit of value of the currency of a country, as the dollar in the U.S. and the franc in France.
  • monkey tricks — mischievous behaviour or acts, such as practical jokes
  • monkey's fist — a ball-like knot used as an ornament or as a throwing weight at the end of a line.
  • monmouthshire — a historic county in E Wales, now part of Gwent, Mid Glamorgan, and South Glamorgan.
  • monofilaments — Plural form of monofilament.
  • monometallism — the use of one metal only, as gold or silver, as a monetary standard.
  • monosymmetric — zygomorphic.
  • monoterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C10 skeleton.
  • monotheletism — the 7th-century religious doctrine that stated that Christ has only one divine will but both a divine and a human nature
  • monothelitism — a person who maintains that Christ has a single theanthropic will.
  • monotherapies — Plural form of monotherapy.
  • monstrosities — Plural form of monstrosity.
  • mont-de-piete — a public pawnbroking establishment that lends money on reasonable terms, especially to the poor.
  • monte cassino — a monastery at Cassino, Italy: founded a.d. c530 by St. Benedict and destroyed by Allied bombings in 1944.
  • monte cenisio — a pass over the Graian Alps in SE France, between Lanslebourg (France) and Susa (Italy): nearby tunnel, opened in 1871. Highest point: 2082 m (6831 ft)
  • 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)
  • montefiascone — a town in central Italy: wine-growing area.
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