11-letter words containing a, g, s, i
- madrigalist — a composer or singer of madrigals.
- maggotiness — The state of being maggoty.
- magic smoke — (electronics, humour) A substance trapped inside integrated circuit packages that enables them to function (also called "blue smoke"; this is similar to the archaic "phlogiston" hypothesis about combustion). Its existence is demonstrated by what happens when a chip burns up - the magic smoke gets let out, so it doesn't work any more. See Electing a Pope, smoke test. "Once, while hacking on a dedicated Zilog Z80 system, I was testing code by blowing EPROMs and plugging them in the system then seeing what happened. One time, I plugged one in backward. I only discovered that *after* I realised that Intel didn't put power-on lights under the quartz windows on the tops of their EPROMs - the die was glowing white-hot. Amazingly, the EPROM worked fine after I erased it, filled it full of zeros, then erased it again. For all I know, it's still in service. Of course, this is because the magic smoke didn't get let out." Compare the original phrasing of Murphy's Law.
- magic spell — incantation or curse
- magisterial — of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative; weighty; of importance or consequence: a magisterial pronouncement by the director of the board.
- magisterium — the authority and power of the church to teach religious truth.
- magistrally — In a magistral manner; authoritatively; dogmatically.
- magistrates — Plural form of magistrate.
- magistratic — relating to a magistrate
- maglemosian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the first Mesolithic culture of the northern European plain, adapted to forest and waterside habitats and characterized by flint axes, microliths, and bone and antler equipment used in hunting and fishing.
- magnanimous — generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness: to be magnanimous toward one's enemies.
- magnetising — Present participle of magnetise.
- magnificoes — Plural form of magnifico.
- magnisonant — high-sounding.
- mainsprings — Plural form of mainspring.
- makeweights — Plural form of makeweight.
- malignities — Plural form of malignity.
- malingerers — Plural form of malingerer.
- mammalogist — the science dealing with mammals.
- managership — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- manganesian — (chemistry) manganic.
- manganosite — (mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing manganese and oxygen.
- manifesting — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manstealing — the act of kidnapping.
- marginalise — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- marginalism — (economics) The use of marginal analysis to solve large classes of microeconomic problems.
- marginalist — somene who adheres to the theory of marginalism
- margravines — Plural form of margravine.
- marguerites — Plural form of marguerite.
- mariologist — a student of Mariology.
- marshalling — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- martingales — Plural form of martingale.
- martinsburg — a city in NE West Virginia.
- masticating — Present participle of masticate.
- mastigoneme — One of the lateral \"hairs\" found covering the flagella of heterokont and cryptophyte algae, believed to assist in locomotion.
- matronising — to cause to become matronly; cause to act as, or fulfill the role of, matron.
- maunderings — Plural form of maundering.
- maxi single — a music single which contains more than the usual number of tracks
- meanderings — Plural form of meandering.
- meaningless — without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant: a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.
- meaningness — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- megadiverse — Exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity.
- megadontism — macrodontia.
- megalopolis — a very large city.
- megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
- megapolises — Plural form of megapolis.
- megatsunami — (informal, often used by journalists) A very large tsunami.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- meningiomas — Plural form of meningioma.
- mentalising — Present participle of mentalise.