13-letter words containing n, o, c, r, i, m
- micropuncture — the puncture of a cell, renal tubule, etc., by a laser beam or micropipette
- microteaching — a scaled-down teaching procedure with a few students under controlled conditions, often videotaped in order to analyze teaching techniques and develop new teaching skills.
- microtonalism — The use of microtones in music.
- microtonality — any musical interval smaller than a semitone, specifically, a quarter tone.
- mid-victorian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle portion (about 1850 to 1890) of the reign of Queen Victoria (reigned 1837–1901) in England: mid-Victorian writers.
- mine detector — an electromagnetic device for locating buried or concealed land mines.
- mineralogical — Relating to mineralogy.
- minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
- misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
- misconjecture — the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
- misconstruing — Present participle of misconstrue.
- miscoordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- miscorrection — a wrong correction
- misgovernance — to govern or manage badly.
- misobservance — a failure to observe thoroughly or properly
- misperception — to understand or perceive incorrectly; misunderstand.
- mispronounced — Said wrongly.
- mispronounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mispronounce.
- misrecognized — Simple past tense and past participle of misrecognize.
- misrecognizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misrecognize.
- mission creep — the tendency for a task, esp a military operation, to become unintentionally wider in scope than its initial objectives
- mitochondrial — (cytology) Of, or relating to mitochondria.
- mitochondrion — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
- 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.
- monarchianism — any of several doctrines of the Christian church in the 2nd and 3rd centuries a.d., emphasizing the unity of God by maintaining that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are three manifestations or aspects of God.
- monarchically — In a monarchic or monarchical fashion.
- monkey orchid — a European orchid, Orchis simia, rare in Britain, having a short dense flower spike that opens from the top downwards. The flowers are white streaked with pink or violet and have five spurs thought to resemble a monkey's arms, legs, and tail
- monkey tricks — mischievous behaviour or acts, such as practical jokes
- monoaminergic — (of a neuron or neural pathway) transmitting messages by means of a monoamine
- monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
- monochorionic — Sharing one foetal membrane, or chorion. Typically used of identical twins.
- monochromatic — of or having one color.
- monoglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of one hydroxyl group with a fatty acid.
- monogrammatic — a design consisting of two or more alphabetic letters combined or interlaced, commonly one's initials, often printed on stationery, embroidered on clothing, etc.
- monomorphemic — containing only one morpheme, as the words wait and gorilla.
- monostrophics — monostrophic verses
- monosymmetric — zygomorphic.
- monte cervino — a mountain on the border between Italy and Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. Height: 4477 m (14 688 ft)
- mooring screw — a broad, augerlike anchor used for securing buoys in soft-bottomed lakes, rivers, etc.
- morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
- morphogenetic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- morris dancer — A morris dancer is a person who takes part in morris dancing.
- mortification — a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one's pride or self-respect.
- motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- necromantical — Alternative form of necromantic.
- nephelometric — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
- nephrectomize — to perform a nephrectomy upon.