11-letter words starting with mi
- middle path — the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.
- middle term — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
- middle west — the region of the United States bounded on the W by the Rocky Mountains, on the S by the Ohio River and the S extremities of Missouri and Kansas, and on the E, variously, by the Allegheny Mountains, the E border of Ohio, or the E border of Illinois.
- middle-aged — being of the age intermediate between youth and old age, roughly between 45 and 65.
- middle-born — neither first nor last in order of birth, especially second in a family of three children.
- middlebrows — Plural form of middlebrow.
- middlemarch — a novel (1871–72) by George Eliot.
- middlescent — the middle-age period of life, especially when considered a difficult time of self-doubt and readjustment.
- middlewoman — The female equivalent of a middleman; a female intermediary.
- middlewomen — Plural form of middlewoman.
- midfielders — Plural form of midfielder.
- midget golf — miniature golf.
- midi system — a complete set of hi-fi sound equipment designed as a single unit that is more compact than the standard equipment
- midlatitude — Any latitude roughly half way between the equator and a pole.
- midlittoral — designating or belonging to that part of a seashore affected by neap tides
- midriff top — a woman's blouse that exposes her midriff
- midsagittal — At the middle of the sagittal plane.
- midsections — Plural form of midsection.
- midsentence — Occurring in the middle of a sentence.
- midshipmite — (nautical,slang,archaic) A little or petty midshipman.
- mig welding — metal inert gas welding: a method of welding in which the filler metal wire supplies the electric current to maintain the arc, which is shielded from the access of air by an inert gas, usually argon
- mignonettes — Plural form of mignonette.
- migrational — the process or act of migrating.
- mike fright — extreme nervousness experienced on speaking into a microphone, as on radio or television.
- milch glass — milk glass.
- mildewproof — able to withstand or repel the effect of mildew.
- mile-marker — a numbered milepost along a highway: used as a way of determining the exact location of a vehicle.
- miliarensis — a silver coin of ancient Rome, introduced by Constantine I as the 14th part of a solidus. Under Justinian it became the 12th part.
- militarised — Simple past tense and past participle of militarise.
- militarisms — Plural form of militarism.
- militarists — Plural form of militarist.
- militarized — Simple past tense and past participle of militarize.
- militarizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of militarize.
- milk bottle — a glass bottle in which milk is sold, esp when it is distributed by a milkman
- milk powder — dry milk.
- milky-white — of a cream or whitish colour similar to the colour of milk
- mill around — walk about
- mill chisel — a woodworking chisel having a blade more than 8 inches (20 cm) long.
- mill valley — a town in W California, NW of San Francisco.
- mill worker — a person who works in a mill, esp a cotton mill
- millefleurs — A pattern of flowers and leaves used in tapestry, on porcelain, or in other decorative items.
- millenarian — of or relating to a thousand, especially the thousand years of the prophesied millennium.
- millenarism — Millenarianism.
- millennials — Plural form of millennial.
- millenniums — Plural form of millennium.
- milliampere — a unit of electric current equal to one thousandth of an ampere. Abbreviation: mA.
- millicuries — Plural form of millicurie.
- millidegree — one thousandth of a degree.
- millifarads — Plural form of millifarad.
- milligramme — Obsolete spelling of milligram.