11-letter words containing a, f, l, m
- mailed fist — superior force, especially military force, when presented as a threat: The country showed its mailed fist in negotiations.
- malefaction — an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.
- malefactors — Plural form of malefactor.
- malefactory — villainous
- malefically — in a malefic manner
- maleficence — the doing of evil or harm: the maleficence of thieves.
- maleficient — Doing evil, harm, or mischief.
- malfeasance — the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def 2), nonfeasance.
- malfunction — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- mallee fowl — an Australian bird, Leipoa ocellata, of variegated gray, brown, white, and black plumage, that lays up to 35 eggs in an incubating mound.
- malta fever — brucellosis.
- mamilliform — shaped like a nipple
- mantelshelf — mantel (def 2).
- marine life — plants and animals of the sea
- master file — Computers. a permanent file, periodically updated, that serves as an authoritative source of data.
- masterfully — dominating; self-willed; imperious.
- maxilliform — Having the form, or structure, of a maxilla.
- metafemales — Plural form of metafemale.
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- microfloral — Of or pertaining to microflora.
- millifarads — Plural form of millifarad.
- mint family — the large plant family Labiatae (or Lamiaceae), characterized by aromatic herbaceous plants having square stems, simple leaves, clusters of two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of small nutlets, and including basil, bee balm, catnip, coleus, lavender, marjoram, oregano, peppermint, rosemary, sage, spearmint, and thyme.
- mirifically — in a mirific manner
- misbefallen — Simple past tense and past participle of misbefall.
- misclassify — To classify incorrectly.
- moral fiber — Moral fiber is the quality of being determined to do what you think is right.
- moral fibre — Moral fibre is the quality of being determined to do what you think is right.
- most of all — above all else
- multi-faced — having a specified kind of face or number of faces (usually used in combination): a sweet-faced child; the two-faced god.
- multifactor — Of or pertaining to more than one factor.
- multifamily — designed or suitable for the use of several or many families: multifamily apartment buildings.
- multifloral — Of or relating to more than one (variety of) flower.
- multifocals — multifocal spectacles
- multiformat — Accessible in more than one format.
- mutual fund — an investment company that issues shares continuously and is obligated to repurchase them from shareholders on demand.
- myofilament — a threadlike filament of actin or myosin that is a component of a myofibril.
- myriad-leaf — an aquatic plant, Myriophyllum verticillatum, of the North Temperate Zone, having hairlike, submerged leaves.
- naupliiform — shaped like a nauplius larva
- no-platform — to deny (a person) the opportunity to speak in a political debate or forum
- nonfamilial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a family: familial ties.
- normal form — 1. (reduction) In reduction systems, the state of a term which contains no reducible expressions. Variants include head normal form, weak head normal form. 2. (database) See database normalisation.
- of all time — If you say that someone or something is, for example, the best writer of all time, or the most successful film of all time, you mean that they are the best or most successful that there has ever been.
- officialdom — the class or entire body of officials; officials as a whole.
- officialism — excessive attention to official regulations and routines.
- palm family — the plant family Palmae (or Arecaceae; formerly, Palmaceae), characterized by chiefly tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having large compound leaves in featherlike or fanlike fronds, large clusters of small flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the palmettos, ornamental palms, and palms that are the source of carnauba wax, coconuts, dates, raffia, rattan, sago, and various oils.
- papilliform — resembling a papilla.
- patelliform — having the form of a patella; shaped like a saucer, kneecap, or limpet shell.
- performable — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- pine family — the plant family Pinaceae, characterized by mostly evergreen, resinous trees having narrow, often needlelike leaves, male flowers in catkinlike clusters, and scaly female flowers that develop into fruit in the form of a woody cone, and including cedar (genus Cedrus), fir, hemlock, larch, pine, and spruce.
- pink family — the plant family Caryophyllaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having opposite leaves, usually swollen-jointed stems, flowers with petals notched at the tips, and fruit generally in the form of a many-seeded capsule, and including baby's-breath, carnation, chickweed, pink, and sweet william.