meningococcal
nounHow to pronounce meningococcal:
Definition of meningococcal:
- meningococcal (noun):
- the bacterium (neisseria meningitidis) that causes cerebrospinal meningitis
Here are some other common 5-syllable words.
- mendelevium
- memorialised
- mechanization
- maximilian
- mauritania
- masculinity
- manufacturing
- manipulator
- manipulation
- magniloquence
- macedonia
- macadamia
- licentiousness
- liabilities
- leptospirosis
- lasciviously
- lactobacillus
- lacertilian
- keratogenic
- kabaragoya
- judiciary
- judiciable
- judicatory
- iteratively
- isocoria
- irrelevantly
- interrogatives
- interposition
- interpersonal
- interminably
- interlocutors
- intentional
- insidiously
- innocuously
- infraspinatus
- infertility
- infedility
- inexcusably
- inequality
- incredulity
- incredibleness
- incongruity
- incomprehensive
- incendiary
- incarceration
- inauguration
- inadequacy
- inadequacies
- imponderable
- implementation
- … more
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