13-letter words containing o, n, s, m, e
- millionairess — a woman who is a millionaire.
- milton keynes — a residential district in S England, near London, established in the 1960s.
- mine disposal — the removal, disarming, or destruction of explosive mines
- minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- minor premise — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
- 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.
- miscellaneous — consisting of members or elements of different kinds; of mixed character: a book of miscellaneous essays on American history.
- miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
- misconceiving — Present participle of misconceive.
- misconception — an erroneous conception; mistaken notion.
- misconfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of misconfigure.
- 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
- miscounselled — having bad or incorrect counselling
- misdemeanours — Plural form of misdemeanour.
- misemployment — Wrong or mistaken employment.
- misevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- misgovernance — to govern or manage badly.
- misgovernment — to govern or manage badly.
- misimpression — a faulty or incorrect impression; a misconception or misapprehension.
- misobservance — a failure to observe thoroughly or properly
- misperception — to understand or perceive incorrectly; misunderstand.
- mispersuasion — a false or mistaken persuasion
- mispositioned — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- 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.
- misredemption — illegal or fraudulent traffic in consumer product coupons, including mail theft and counterfeiting.
- mission creep — the tendency for a task, esp a military operation, to become unintentionally wider in scope than its initial objectives
- mission viejo — a city in SW California.
- 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.
- modem session — a period of time during which a computer is connected to another through a modem.
- moderationist — a person who favors, supports, or promotes moderation.
- 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.
- modus tollens — the principle that whenever a conditional statement and the negation of its consequent are given to be true, the negation of its antecedent may be validly inferred, as in if it's Tuesday this must be Belgium and this isn't Belgium so it's not Tuesday
- modus vivendi — manner of living; way of life; lifestyle.
- mohammedanism — Muhammadanism; Islam.
- moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
- momentariness — The property of being momentary.
- momentousness — of great or far-reaching importance or consequence: a momentous day.
- money matters — issues concerning finances or money, esp your own finances or money