12-letter words containing n, o, m, r
- misgoverning — Present participle of misgovern.
- misinforming — Present participle of misinform.
- misoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- misorientate — misorient.
- mispronounce — Pronounce (a word) incorrectly.
- misreckoning — Present participle of misreckon.
- misrecognize — (psychology, computing) To recognize in error.
- missionaries — Plural form of missionary.
- missionarize — to undertake missionary work
- misventurous — characterized by a mishap
- mitochondria — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
- 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.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- moderateness — The quality of being moderate.
- modern dance — a form of contemporary theatrical and concert dance employing a special technique for developing the use of the entire body in movements expressive of abstract ideas.
- modern greek — the Greek language since c1500. Abbreviation: ModGk.
- modern latin — the Latin that has come into use since about 1500, chiefly in scientific literature
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- mohenjo-daro — an archaeological site in Pakistan, near the Indus River: six successive ancient cities were built here.
- moisturising — Present participle of moisturise.
- moisturizing — Present participle of moisturize.
- mond process — a process for obtaining nickel by heating the ore in carbon monoxide to produce nickel carbonyl vapour, which is then decomposed at a higher temperature to yield the metal
- money cowrie — the highly polished, usually brightly colored shell of a marine gastropod of the genus Cypraea, as that of C. moneta (money cowrie) used as money in certain parts of Asia and Africa, or that of C. tigris, used for ornament.
- money expert — someone knowledgeable about money, esp ways to save money
- money market — the short-term trade in money, as in the sale and purchase of bonds and certificates.
- money player — a person who performs best under pressure, especially in a competitive situation.
- money spider — any of certain small shiny brownish spiders of the family Linyphiidae
- moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- moneygrubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- moneylenders — Plural form of moneylender.
- mongrelizing — Present participle of mongrelize.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- 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.
- monkeywrench — Alternative form of monkey wrench.
- monochloride — a chloride containing one atom of chlorine with one atom of another element or a group.
- monochromacy — The quality of having only one independent channel for conveying color information in the eye, i.e. total color blindness.
- monochromats — Plural form of monochromat.
- monochromist — An artist working in the monochromatic style.
- monocropping — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- monocultural — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- monocultures — Plural form of monoculture.
- monodisperse — (of a colloid) Having particles of (approximately) the same size.
- monodramatic — Relating to a monodrama.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- monographing — Present participle of monograph.
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- monohydrogen — relating to a molecule in which there is a single hydrogen ion for each combining ion
- monomorphism — a one-to-one homomorphism.