12-letter words containing s, i, a, m
- metasequoias — Plural form of metasequoia.
- metasilicate — a salt or mineral containing the anion SiO32-
- metasomatism — the series of metamorphic processes whereby chemical changes occur in minerals or rocks as a result of the introduction of material, often in hot aqueous solutions, from external sources.
- metastasised — Pathology. (of malignant cells or disease-producing organisms) to spread to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces.
- metastasized — Simple past tense and past participle of metastasize.
- metastasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metastasize.
- metatherians — Plural form of metatherian.
- metathesized — Simple past tense and past participle of metathesize.
- metric space — a space with a metric defined on it.
- microamperes — Plural form of microampere.
- microanalyst — One who carries out microanalysis.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- microcrystal — a microscopic crystal.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- microreaders — Plural form of microreader.
- microstation — (application) A full-featured 2-D and 3-D CAD program for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, and Unix workstations from Bentley Systems, Inc. Created in 1984, MicroStation is a high-end package used worldwide in environments where many designers work on large, complex projects. MicroStation Modeler is a superset of MicroStation that provides solid modelling, and MasterPiece is MicroStation's rendering and animation program.
- middle class — educated and well off
- middle-class — of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle class; bourgeois: middle-class taste; middle-class morality.
- midlatitudes — Areas lying between 35 and 55 (or more broadly, between 30 and 60) degrees north or south of the equator.
- migrationist — a person who considers it important for species of animals and plants to migrate for the purposes of distribution and evolution
- militaristic — a person imbued with militarism.
- milk parsley — a wetland plant belonging to the family Apiaceae
- millesimally — in a millesimal manner
- milliamperes — Plural form of milliampere.
- millilampson — /mil'*-lamp"sn/ A unit of talking speed, abbreviated mL. Most people run about 200 milliLampsons. The eponymous Butler Lampson (a CS theorist and systems implementor highly regarded among hackers) goes at 1000. A few people speak faster. This unit is sometimes used to compare the (sometimes widely disparate) rates at which people can generate ideas and actually emit them in speech. For example, noted computer architect C. Gordon Bell (designer of the PDP-11) is said, with some awe, to think at about 1200 mL but only talk at about 300; he is frequently reduced to fragments of sentences as his mouth tries to keep up with his speeding brain.
- millionaires — Plural form of millionaire.
- milquetoasts — Plural form of milquetoast.
- milquetoasty — Meek, timid.
- minas gerais — a state in E Brazil. 224,701 sq. mi. (581,975 sq. km). Capital: Belo Horizonte.
- miner's dial — dial (def 6).
- mineralogies — Plural form of mineralogy.
- mineralogist — the science or study of minerals.
- ming dynasty — the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644
- miniaturised — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturise.
- miniaturists — Plural form of miniaturist.
- miniaturizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miniaturize.
- minicassette — a small cassette enclosing a length of audiotape for use with a pocket-size tape recorder, especially one used for dictating.
- minimalising — to make minimal: to minimalize tax increases.
- minimalistic — Pertaining to minimalism.
- minimisation — Alternative spelling of minimization.
- ministration — the act of ministering care, aid, religious service, etc.
- ministrative — Serving to aid; ministering.
- minute steak — a thin slice of beefsteak that is prepared by sautéeing quickly on each side.
- miraculously — In a miraculous manner.
- mis-adjusted — to change (something) so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate: to adjust expenses to income.
- mis-analysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- misaddressed — Simple past tense and past participle of misaddress.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misadvisedly — ill-advisedly