12-Letter Words Starting with M

MERCIFUL full of mercy

Mercuration

Courier-Times (anagram) - tacky

Superficially attractive but worthless

In the direction of the meridian.

MERISTEM formative plant tissue

MERISTIC made up of segments

""Of or pertaining to meritocracy; as, meritocratic society.as, meritocratic society.""

Merrymaking

Concentrated on going after funny bone

Wishbone, however, swallowed by slightly drunk head of table

Mesalliance

English word

Meshuggener

Mesmerical

Mesocyclone

Mesomorphy

MESOPHYLL

""Pl. mesotheliomata (-m -t ) or mesotheliomas A usually malignant tumor of mesothelial tissue, especially that of the pleura or peritoneum.""

""Pl. mesothoraxes or mesothoraces (-thôr -s z , -th r -) The middle of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the middle pair of legs and the first pair of wings.""

Of or pertaining to the mesothorax.

Mesothorax

Plural of Monseigneur .

Messiahship

METABOLIZE To change by a metabolic process. See Metabolism. Metabolism.

Metacentric

English word

Metafiction

Adjective (-ic)

Metagalaxy

Any language that can be used to describe another language or system of symbols.

Iron Lady confused new pound for old penny according to their content

""An instrument like a pianoforte, but having metal bars instead of strings.""

Metallurgy

Studier of certain elements or alloys

Expert in smelting, refining, etc.

Shockingly ill-treat smug scientist

METALWORKER metalwork

Metalwork

""The state or quality of being metamorphic; the process by which the material of rock masses has been more or less recrystallized by heat, pressure, etc., as in the change of sedimentary limestone to marble.""

Undergo drastic change

Develop into another form

Change completely

Like a figure of speech

Symbolic of something else

Figurative

A cheat simply becomes abstruse

Very abstract.

Metasequoia

""An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization. metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization.""

""METASTASIZE to spread from one part of the body to other parts, and grow there; to spread by metastasis{3}; -- said of cancer cells.""

Metastasize

Of or pertaining to metathesis.

""Pl. metathoraxes or metathoraces (-thôr -s z , -th r -) The hindmost of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the third pair of legs and the second pair of wings.""

Of or pertaining to the metathorax.

Metathorax

""Pl. metencephala (-l ) The anterior part of the embryonic hindbrain, which gives rise to the cerebellum and pons.""

METEORIC resembling a {meteor=n}

METEORITIC

Of the study of weather

METHACRYLATE

Methanation

""A potentially habit-forming drug, C 16 H 14 N 2 O, formerly used as a sedative and hypnotic.""

Methenamine

Methicillin

Methodical

METHOTREXATE

""A white crystalline compound, Cl 3 CCH(C 6 H 4 OCH 3 ) 2 , used as an insecticide.""

Methylamine

Methylation

English word

Strict attention to minute details; the quality of being meticulous.

Meticulous

Metrication

Of or pertaining to metrology.

Metrologist

METRONOMIC

Areas in insets

Primatial line (wordplay)

Relating to a city

'50s U.K.-built Nash & Hudson model

""Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period.""

Microampere

Pl. microanalyses (-s z ) The chemical identification and analysis of extremely small quantities of matter.

Histology.

""A balance designed to weigh very small loads, up to 0.1 gram.""

""The branch of biology studying minute organisms, or microbes, such as the bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa.""

MICROBREWER microbrew

Small beer producer

Independently owned suds producer (and the suds in question)

Microbrew

""A small, sometimes microscopic capsule designed to release its contents when broken by pressure, dissolved, or melted.""

MICROCEPHAL

Chip component

Computer component with extremely small perimeter

Weather conditions in a local area

Distinct conditions of small area

Weather of a small area

Having a crystalline structure visible only under a microscope.

""Biology A small-scale culture of organisms, cells, or tissues.""

A trace element.

Microfibril

The minute larval form of a filarial worm [n -RIAE] : MICROFILARIAL

MICROFILMER microfilm

Microfilm

Microfossil

Microgamete

Micrograph

Of or pertaining to micrography.

""A condition in which there is very little net gravitational force, as of a free-falling object, an orbit, or interstellar space.""

Microgroove

""A very small, specialized habitat, such as a clump of grass or a space between rocks.""

Microinject

Had problems with one's delegation (wordplay)

MICROMANAGE

Micromanage

Micromethod

Pl. micronuclei (-kl - ) or micronucleuses The smaller of two nuclei in ciliate protozoans that contains genetic material and functions in reproduction.

""The science which treats of the means of increasing the intensity of low or weak sounds, or of the microphone.""

""(used with a sing. verb) The physics of molecular, atomic, nuclear, and subnuclear systems.""

A very small pipette used in microinjection.

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing a sequence of microinstructions that controls the operation of an arithmetic and logic unit so that machine code instructions are executed

Microreader

Microscopy

""One skilled in, or given to, microscopy.""

Won't take long as half the microwaves have been used before

Copy, including rewritten score, is of a small movement

Microsphere

""MICROSPORE One of the exceedingly minute spores found in certain flowerless plants, as Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear two kinds of spores, one very much smaller than the other. Cf. Macrospore. Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear two kinds of spores, one very much smaller than the other. Cf. Macrospore.""

Grimy scourer (anagram)

Small cuts to be made in this theatrical performance (wordplay)

Medical intervention a conflation of mercy and rigours (wordplay)

Adjective (-ic)

Microtonal

""Any of the proteinaceous cylindrical hollow structures that are distributed throughout the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells, providing structural support and assisting in cellular locomotion and transport.""

Microtubule

Adjective (-ous)

MICROWAVE

Micturition

Roy Jones, Jr. for one

Hurricane Carter, for one

Power boxing oddly wielded for boxer

Midlatitude

Mightiness

MILITANT a person who takes active part in a struggle

MILITARISE

Warlike

""MILITARIZE to lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force.""

Millenarian

Millesimal

Milliampere

Millidegree

Millihenry

English word

Millimicron

Many yacht owners, for example

Airline limos reserved for the rich

Airline's limo is reserved for rich people

Milliradian

Small units of time

Mimeograph

Mindedness

MINDLESS lacking intelligence

MINERALISE

Mineralizer

MINERALIZE To transform into a mineral.

Mineralogy

One studying ores

Expert on ores

Expert on the rocks in one kingdom

Minesweeper

The activity of detecting and disposing of marine mines.

Miniaturist

MINIATURIZE To design or construct on a smaller scale.

Miniaturize

Electronic development of the 1960's

Small digital electronic device

Laptop, for example

The act or process of minimizing.

The provision of care

Help

Small German bards

Minstrelsy

Minuteness

Magically

MIRTHFUL full of mirth

Likely to be returned

Misaddress

Misadjust

Bad luck; accidental killing

Tortuous drive meant us having accident

Unfortunate incident

Incorrect relative positioning

Forged metals, mining being out (wordplay)

Incorrect positioning

Misalliance

ALLOCATED allocate

Misallocate

Characters such as Moliere's Alceste

Man-haters

Is smart phone designed for antisocial types (wordplay)

Having a dislike of humankind

Disliking all mankind

Right! I can stop him, with manipulation, having a hatred of mankind

APPRAISAL A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement.

Get the wrong idea

Get the wrong idea about tailored denim perhaps

Opens manacles in stockade to take prisoner by mistake

ASSEMBLED assemble

Misassemble

""ATTRIBUTE To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to). to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to).""

BALANCING balance

Misbegin

Misbehavior

Misbeliever

BELIEVING believe

Misbutton

What a bad summer will do (wordplay)

Judge incorrectly

Miscaption

Miscarriage

Miscatalog

Miscellany

A writer of miscellanies; miscellanarian.

Mischannel

Miscitation

COMPUTING compute

CONCEIVED conceive

One who misconceives.

Misconceive

Misconduct

Misconnect

Interpreted wrongly

Strange documents sir interpreted wrongly

Consider smut could have been taken the wrong way

Misconstrue

Miscreation

One guilty of a misdemeanor.

"No-spitting" violations, for example

No-spitting violations, for example

Last word of Article II of the U.S. Constitution