11-letter words containing r, e, t, i, m
- memorialist — a person who writes memorials.
- mensuration — the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
- mensurative — adapted for or concerned with measuring.
- mentonniere — any of various plate pieces for protecting the lower part of the face, as a beaver.
- merchanting — the act of selling commodities
- merit badge — an insignia or device granted by the Boy Scouts, worn especially on a uniform to indicate special achievement.
- meritocracy — an elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth.
- meritorious — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- merogenetic — of or relating to schizogony
- merthiolate — thimerosal
- mesenteries — Plural form of mesentery.
- mesothorium — one of two radioactive decay products of thorium, an isotope of radium or actinium.
- mesotrophic — (of freshwater lakes) containing medium levels of nutrients
- metacentric — Naval Architecture. of or relating to a metacenter.
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- metallurgic — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metamorphic — pertaining to or characterized by change of form, or metamorphosis.
- metanephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metanephroi — Plural form of metanephros.
- metaphorist — a creator or user of metaphors
- metaphorize — To describe something using metaphors.
- metaphrasis — a metaphrase
- metaprotein — a hydrolytic derivative of protein, insoluble in water but soluble in dilute acids or alkalis.
- metatherian — belonging or pertaining to the group Metatheria, comprising the marsupial mammals.
- metatrophic — requiring dead organic matter for food.
- metempirics — the philosophy dealing with the existence of things outside, or beyond, experience.
- meteoritics — the science that deals with meteors.
- meteoroidal — (astronomy) Of or pertaining to meteoroids. (from 19th c.).
- meteorolite — A meteoric stone; an aerolite or meteorite.
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- metharbital — A barbiturate anticonvulsant used in the treatment of epilepsy.
- metric mile — a measure of distance equal to 1,500 meters
- metrication — the act, process, or result of establishing the metric system as the standard system of measurement.
- metrifonate — an organophosphorus compound, C 4 H 8 Cl 3 O 4 P, used as an insecticide and anthelmintic.
- metrologies — Plural form of metrology.
- metrologist — the science of weights and measures.
- metternichs — Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von [kley-mens ven-tsuh l ney-paw-moo k loh-tahr fuh n,, loh-tahr] /ˈkleɪ mɛns ˈvɛn tsəl ˈneɪ pɔ mʊk ˈloʊ tɑr fən,, loʊˈtɑr/ (Show IPA), 1773–1859, Austrian statesman and diplomat.
- microcredit — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- microfilter — a device plugged into a phone socket to separate the phone line from the broadband line
- microgamete — (in heterogamous reproduction) the smaller and, usually, the male of two conjugating gametes.
- microinject — to inject into a single cell or cell part.
- micrometers — Plural form of micrometer.
- micromethod — the use of magnification, usually by using a microscope, for study or for performing mechanical operations on a very small scale.
- micrometric — Of or pertaining to micrometry.
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.
- microstress — a stress in the microstructure of a metal, as one caused by the distortion of space lattices.
- microsystem — A microscopic system, especially a system using microscopic electromechanical components.
- microtremor — microearthquake.
- microtubule — a hollow cylindrical structure in the cytoplasm of most cells, involved in intracellular shape and transport.