13-letter words containing o, s, e, t, i
- matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
- matt emulsion — a water-based paint which is not shiny when it dries
- mechanisation — Alternative spelling of mechanization.
- medicamentous — of or relating to medicaments
- meeting house — a house or building for religious worship.
- meeting-house — a house or building for religious worship.
- meetinghouses — Plural form of meetinghouse.
- megaloblastic — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- melodramatist — A writer of melodramas.
- memorabiliast — a person who collects mementos or souvenirs, as postcards or playbills.
- mercerisation — A process of treating cotton with sodium hydroxide in order to make it more lustrous.
- meritocracies — Plural form of meritocracy.
- meritoriously — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- mesi protocol — (processor) Modified, Exclusive, Shared, Invalid. A cache coherency protocol where each cache line is marked with one of the four states. The MESI protocol is used by the Pentium processor.
- mesityl oxide — an oily, colorless liquid, C 6 H 1 0 O, having a honeylike odor: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of synthetic organic compounds.
- mesmerization — to hypnotize.
- mesne profits — rents or profits accruing during the rightful owner's exclusion from his land
- mesotheliomas — Plural form of mesothelioma.
- metachromasia — A characteristic change in the colour of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes.
- metafunctions — Plural form of metafunction.
- metallic soap — any usually water-insoluble salt formed by the interaction of a fatty acid and a metal, especially lead or aluminum: used chiefly as a drier in paints and varnishes and for waterproofing textiles.
- metalliferous — containing or yielding metal.
- metamorphosis — Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis.
- meteorologist — the science dealing with the atmosphere and its phenomena, including weather and climate.
- methodistical — Methodistic.
- methodologies — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- methodologist — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- metoposcopist — someone who practises metoposcopy
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
- micro-scooter — a foldable lightweight aluminium foot-propelled scooter, used by both adults and children
- microcassette — a very small audio tape cassette smaller than a minicassette, for use with a pocket-size tape recorder.
- microclimates — Plural form of microclimate.
- microdiskette — Alternative spelling of micro-diskette.
- microeinstein — The unit equal to one millionth of an einstein.
- microelements — Plural form of microelement.
- microfelsitic — (of a rock) showing evidence of crystallization having begun, but not yet having formed any crystals
- microparasite — a parasitic microorganism.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- micropipettes — Plural form of micropipette.
- microswitches — Plural form of microswitch.
- milton keynes — a residential district in S England, near London, established in the 1960s.
- minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.