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14-letter words starting with m

  • modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
  • moisturization — The act or process of moisturizing.
  • molded breadth — the extreme breadth of the framing of a vessel, excluding the thickness of the plating or planking.
  • molecular beam — a stream of molecules freed from a substance, usually a salt, by evaporation and then passed through a narrow slit for focusing, for investigating the properties of nuclei, atoms, and molecules.
  • molecular film — a film or layer one molecule thick.
  • molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
  • moment of sail — the product of a given area of sail, taken as the maximum safe area, and the vertical distance from the center of effort and the center of lateral resistance.
  • mommy makeover — a cosmetic surgical procedure designed to reverse physical changes in a woman after childbirth
  • money changing — the business of exchanging one currency for another, with the deduction of a commission for the service.
  • money-changing — the business or act of exchanging currency, usually of different countries, esp. at a set rate
  • money-grubbing — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
  • money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
  • mongolian fold — epicanthus.
  • mongrelization — to subject (a breed, group, etc.) to crossbreeding, especially with one considered inferior.
  • monocarboxylic — containing one carboxyl group.
  • monocarpellary — consisting of a single carpel.
  • monochromatism — the quality of having one color: the monochromatism of Picasso's Blue Period.
  • monocotyledons — Plural form of monocotyledon.
  • monocratically — In a monocratic manner.
  • monodispersive — Monodisperse.
  • monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
  • monolingualism — knowing or able to use only one language; monoglot.
  • monolithically — of or relating to a monolith.
  • monomaniacally — In a monomaniacal manner.
  • mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
  • mononucleotide — (genetics) A single nucleotide.
  • monophonically — In a monophonic manner.
  • monophthongise — Alternative spelling of monophthongize.
  • monophthongize — to change into or pronounce as a monophthong.
  • monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
  • monopolisation — Alternative spelling of monopolization.
  • monopolization — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
  • monopoly money — fake money used to play Monopoly
  • monoprionidian — having cells or sacs only on one half of the axis
  • monopropellant — a substance for propelling rockets that is a mixture of fuel and oxidizer.
  • monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
  • monotheletical — like a monothelete
  • monotonousness — The property of being monotonous.
  • monotransitive — In grammar, pertaining to a transitive verb that takes a single mandatory object, either a direct object or a primary object depending on the language.
  • monounsaturate — a monounsaturated fat or fatty acid, as olive oil.
  • mont-de-marsan — a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
  • mont-st-michel — islet just off the NW coast of France, noted for its fortified abbey
  • montes veneris — mons veneris
  • month by month — each month
  • montreal canoe — a large freight canoe having a raised gunwale at the bow and stern.
  • montreal north — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, N of Montreal.
  • monumentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of monumentalize.
  • moon blindness — a disease of horses in which the eyes suffer from recurring attacks of inflammation, eventually resulting in opacity and blindness.
  • moon jellyfish — a coelenterate, Aurelia aurita, inhabiting all seas, having a luminescent milky-pink or milky-orange, umbrellalike disk 3–9 inches (8–23 cm) in diameter.
  • moonlight flit — a hurried departure at night, esp from rented accommodation to avoid payment of rent owed
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