11-letter words containing mi
- chasmogamic — relating or pertaining to chasmogamy
- cheese mite — a white soft-bodied free-living mite, Tyrophagus (or Tyroglyphus) longior, sometimes found in decaying cheese
- chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.
- chemiotaxis — Dated form of chemotaxis.
- chemisettes — Plural form of chemisette.
- chemisorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb.
- chemistries — Plural form of chemistry.
- chernozemic — of or relating to a chernozem
- childminder — A childminder is someone whose job it is to look after children when the children's parents are away or are at work. Childminders usually work in their own homes.
- chimichanga — a savoury deep-fried filled tortilla
- chimichurri — an Argentinian sauce of parsley, oregano, red chilies, lemon zest, vinegar, and olive oil, often served with grilled meat.
- chironomids — Plural form of chironomid.
- chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
- chrominance — the quality of light that causes the sensation of colour. It is determined by comparison with a reference source of the same brightness and of known chromaticity
- chromium 51 — the radioactive isotope of chromium having a mass number 51 and a half-life of 27.8 days: used as a tracer.
- chylomicron — a minute droplet of fat, found in blood and chyle, that is the form in which dietary fat is carried in these fluids
- chymiferous — containing chyme
- coal mining — the act, process, or industry of extracting coal from the earth
- codominance — Ecology. being one of two or more species that are equally dominant in a biotic community: a forest in which oak and hickory are codominant.
- coffee mill — a machine for grinding roasted coffee beans
- cognominate — of or relating to a cognomen
- colectomies — Plural form of colectomy.
- colostomies — Plural form of colostomy.
- comic opera — a play largely set to music, employing comic effects or situations
- comic strip — A comic strip is a series of drawings that tell a story, especially in a newspaper or magazine.
- comic verse — amusing verse
- comic-opera — comically vainglorious; having farcically self-important aspects: a comic-opera army, proud in its ceremonial splendor but inept on the battlefield.
- comicalness — The state or quality of being comical.
- comisserate — Obsolete spelling of commiserate.
- commination — the act or an instance of threatening punishment or vengeance
- comminative — comminatory
- comminatory — Threatening, punitive, or vengeful.
- commingling — Present participle of commingle.
- comminuting — Present participle of comminute.
- comminution — The action of reducing a material, an ore, to minute particles or fragments.
- commis chef — an apprentice chef
- commiserate — If you commiserate with someone, you show them pity or sympathy when something unpleasant has happened to them.
- commissaire — (in professional cycle racing) a referee who travels in an open-topped car with the riders to witness any infringement of the rules
- commissions — Plural form of commission.
- commissural — Of or pertaining to a commissure.
- commissures — Plural form of commissure.
- commitments — the act of committing.
- committable — to give in trust or charge; consign.
- committedly — In a committed manner; with commitment.
- compromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- compromiser — a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands.
- compromises — Plural form of compromise.
- concomitant — Concomitant is used to describe something that happens at the same time as another thing and is connected with it.
- condominium — A condominium is an apartment building in which each apartment is owned by the person who lives there.
- confirmings — confirmations