11-letter words containing r, i, t, e, o
- luteotropic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- luteotropin — prolactin.
- madreporite — a sievelike plate in certain echinoderms, through which water passes into the vascular system.
- majoretting — the practice of performing as majorettes
- majoritaire — a member of the majority faction in a political party
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- maltotriose — (carbohydrate) A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units.
- mandatories — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
- marionettes — Plural form of marionette.
- mars violet — a dark grayish-purple color.
- mayoralties — Plural form of mayoralty.
- mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
- mediatorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a mediator.
- 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.
- memorialist — a person who writes memorials.
- mensuration — the branch of geometry that deals with the measurement of length, area, or volume.
- mentonniere — any of various plate pieces for protecting the lower part of the face, as a beaver.
- 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
- mesothorium — one of two radioactive decay products of thorium, an isotope of radium or actinium.
- mesotrophic — (of freshwater lakes) containing medium levels of nutrients
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- metamorphic — pertaining to or characterized by change of form, or metamorphosis.
- metanephroi — Plural form of metanephros.
- metaphorist — a creator or user of metaphors
- metaphorize — To describe something using metaphors.
- metaprotein — a hydrolytic derivative of protein, insoluble in water but soluble in dilute acids or alkalis.
- metatrophic — requiring dead organic matter for food.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.