Can i create an account by using user-defined mnemonics?

OK, enter it. I do not see, why should you generate your own mnemonics words. It has different purpose: to restore an already generated account.

Of course, you can enter 24 words of the mnemonics, and compute the private key from it.
See the folllowing article: What's the rationale behind the bespoke 25-word mnemonic standard?