11-letter words containing o, t, l, i
- melioration — Historical Linguistics. semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning. Compare pejoration (def 2).
- meliorative — That meliorates; curative, salutary.
- melioristic — the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort.
- melolonthid — any of various scarab beetles whose larvae feed chiefly on roots, including the cockchafers and June bugs
- melting pot — a pot in which metals or other substances are melted or fused.
- memorialist — a person who writes memorials.
- mentionable — to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of: Don't forget to mention her contribution to the project.
- mentionless — Without a mention; unmentioned.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- merthiolate — thimerosal
- mesoblastic — (biology) of, relating to, or resembling the mesoblast.
- mesothelial — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mesothelium.
- mesothelium — epithelium of mesodermal origin, which lines the body cavities.
- metabolical — Alternative form of metabolic.
- metabolised — Simple past tense and past participle of metabolise.
- metabolises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metabolise.
- metabolisms — Plural form of metabolism.
- metabolites — Plural form of metabolite.
- metabolized — Simple past tense and past participle of metabolize.
- metabolizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metabolize.
- metalloidal — metalloid
- metapodials — Plural form of metapodial.
- meteoroidal — (astronomy) Of or pertaining to meteoroids. (from 19th c.).
- meteorolite — A meteoric stone; an aerolite or meteorite.
- methimazole — a white crystalline substance, C 4 H 6 N 2 S, that inhibits thyroxin synthesis, used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism.
- methylation — the process of replacing a hydrogen atom with a methyl group.
- metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
- metrologies — Plural form of metrology.
- metrologist — the science of weights and measures.
- microfilter — a device plugged into a phone socket to separate the phone line from the broadband line
- microlights — Plural form of microlight.
- microlithic — pertaining to or characterized by the use of microliths, as a people or culture.
- microtubule — a hollow cylindrical structure in the cytoplasm of most cells, involved in intracellular shape and transport.
- midget golf — miniature golf.
- midlittoral — designating or belonging to that part of a seashore affected by neap tides
- migrational — the process or act of migrating.
- milk bottle — a glass bottle in which milk is sold, esp when it is distributed by a milkman
- milquetoast — a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated: a milquetoast who's afraid to ask for a raise.
- misallocate — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misbestowal — a wrong or improper bestowal
- misdoubtful — doubting; distrustful
- mislocation — to misplace.
- misoprostol — A drug used for various purposes including the prevention of drug-induced gastric ulcers and the inducement of abortions, having the chemical formula C22H38O5.
- misrelation — an erroneous or imperfect relation
- mitotically — the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.
- mitre block — a block of wood with slots for cutting mitre joints with a saw
- mitropoulos — Dimitri [dih-mee-tree;; Greek th ee-mee-tree] /dɪˈmi tri;; Greek ðiˈmi tri/ (Show IPA), 1897–1960, Greek symphony orchestra conductor in the U.S.
- mixologists — Plural form of mixologist.
- mobile unit — a vehicle supplied with the basic equipment or materials necessary for a particular purpose, as for televising on location or being used as an x-ray or inoculation clinic.
- modulations — Plural form of modulation.