12-Letter Words Starting with M

Having machicolations.

Plots involving high-speed races

Schemes - plotting

Foul weather gear

""MACROCYTE An abnormally large red blood cell, associated with pernicious anemia.""

An abnormal physiological condition characterized by the presence of macrocytes in the blood.

Macrofossil

Macrogamete

""Pl. macronuclei (-kl - ) The larger of two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans, which controls nonreproductive functions of the cell, such as metabolism.""

""Pl. macronuclei (-kl - ) The larger of two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans, which controls nonreproductive functions of the cell, such as metabolism.""

Having long wings.

Nice girl (wordplay)

Unmarried French woman

French girl; governess

Madreporian

Madreporite

""An automatic instrument for registering, by photography or otherwise, the states and variations of any of the terrestrial magnetic elements.""

Instrument for measuring earth's field

An instrument for measuring the magnitude and direction of a magnetic field.

The outer boundary of the magnetosphere.

Man, long quiet, getting drunk and boastful

Lofty quote naming suspect, criminal finally caught

Based on majority rule: "a naively uncomplicated premise of simple majoritarian democracy" (Saturday Review).

Malacology

One versed in the science of malacology.

Mozart was a child progeny, etc.

'Select words so ingeniously misapplied'

"Mozart was a child progeny," etc.

Malapropist

Malcontent.

Malediction

Malefaction

Malevolence

In a malevolent manner.

Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation; abnormal or wrong conformation or structure.

Stops working for most stag parties

Provided with inadequate sustenance

With oil run out, abandoned after parent became short of food

Starved

Run into Tamil building for lack of food

Lack of adequate nourishment

Severe lack of proper food

Faulty contact between the upper and lower teeth when the jaw is closed.

Malodorous

Malposition

""Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office.""

Mammalogist

MAMMOGRAPH

Mandolinist

Manifesto

Multiplicity.

Osteopath's method

Osteopath's technique

Osteopathic technique

Manipulator

Of or pertaining to manipulation.

Manorialism

Manumission

Maquiladora

Marathoning

Margination

Spongy, gelatin-filled sweets

Toast one of these

Spongy sweets

Soft and yielding

Mastectomy

A touch of genius (wordplay)

Well-timed act

Very clever move

Mastication

Onanism; selfpollution.

Masturbator

MASTURBATOR

""MATURATION The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.""

The act or process of increasing to the highest degree.

Meadowsweet

Hesitant to state facts (2 words)

Smooth tongued - too squeamish

Afraid to speak frankly

Rather inferior people

Quaker place of worship

Quaker church

Quaker building

Megaloblast

Act of controlling by force

Person with delusions of power

One thinking he is great

Megalomania

Megaproject

Megatonnage

""A mental disorder characterized by severe depression, guilt, hopelessness, and withdrawal.""

Melancholia

Melancholic

Melancholy

""MELANIZE to make dark, also MELANISE""

Melanoblast

Melanophore

Melioration

Mellowness

Emotionally overblown (in theatre)

Exaggerated - over-emotional

Exaggerated, over-emotional

Membranous

The quality or state of being memorable.

MEMORIALISE Same as memorialize.

Memorialise

A strict version of six (wordplay)

""MEMORIALIZE To address or petition by a memorial; to present a memorial to; as, to memorialize the legislature. as, to memorialize the legislature.""

Memorialize

Noun (-tion)

In a lying manner

""Pl. meningiomas or meningiomata (-m -t ) A slow-growing tumor of the meninges, occurring most often in adults.""

""Pl. meningococci (-k k s , -k ) A bacterium (Neisseria meningitidis) that causes cerebrospinal meningitis.""

Menorrhagia

""The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating.""

Mensuration

Meprobamate

Mercuration

Courier-Times (anagram) - tacky

Superficially attractive but worthless

In the direction of the meridian.

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

Concentrated on going after funny bone

Wishbone, however, swallowed by slightly drunk head of table

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

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

Metafiction

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

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

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.""

""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

METEORIC resembling a {meteor=n}

METEORITIC

Of the study of weather

Methanation

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

Methodical

METHOTREXATE

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

Methylation

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

Millimicron

Many yacht owners, for example

Airline limos reserved for the rich

Airline's limo is reserved for rich people

Small units of time

Mimeograph

Mineralogy

One studying ores

Expert on ores

Expert on the rocks in one kingdom

Electronic development of the 1960's

Small digital electronic device

Laptop, for example

The act or process of minimizing.

The provision of care

Help

Magically

ALLOCATED allocate

Misallocate

Characters such as Moliere's Alceste

Man-haters

Is smart phone designed for antisocial types (wordplay)