11-letter words containing a, i, r, l, o
- low-calorie — containing relatively fewer calories than comparable foods, diets, etc
- lower apsis — See under apsis (def 1).
- lubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lucubration — laborious work, study, thought, etc., especially at night.
- lunar orbit — path or movement of the moon around the earth
- luxuriation — The act of enjoying or experiencing luxury.
- macrocyclic — having a ring structure consisting of more than 12 atoms.
- macrofossil — a fossil large enough to be studied and identified without the use of a microscope.
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- mail orders — goods that have been ordered by mail order
- mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
- maladroitly — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- malariology — the study of malaria.
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- malt liquor — beer having a relatively high alcohol content, usually 5 to 8 percent.
- maltotriose — (carbohydrate) A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units.
- mamilliform — shaped like a nipple
- mandatorily — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
- manila rope — rope made from Manila hemp.
- manipulator — a person who manipulates.
- manorialism — the manorial organization, or its principles and practices in the Middle Ages.
- manorialize — to bring under manorialism.
- maquiladora — a factory run by a U.S. company in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax regulation.
- mariologist — a student of Mariology.
- mars violet — a dark grayish-purple color.
- matrimonial — of or relating to matrimony; marital; nuptial; connubial; conjugal.
- maxilliform — Having the form, or structure, of a maxilla.
- mayoralties — Plural form of mayoralty.
- mediatorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a mediator.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- melioration — Historical Linguistics. semantic change in a word to a more approved or more respectable meaning. Compare pejoration (def 2).
- meliorative — That meliorates; curative, salutary.
- memorabilia — Objects kept or collected because of their historical interest, especially those associated with memorable people or events.
- memorialise — (British) alternative spelling of memorialize.
- memorialist — a person who writes memorials.
- memorialize — to commemorate.
- memorizable — to commit to memory; learn by heart: to memorize a poem.
- meridionals — Plural form of meridional.
- meroblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing partial cleavage, resulting in unequal blastomeres.
- merthiolate — thimerosal
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- meteoroidal — (astronomy) Of or pertaining to meteoroids. (from 19th c.).
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- micrococcal — Of, pertaining to, or caused by a micrococcus.
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- microfloral — Of or pertaining to microflora.
- microvillar — Of or pertaining to a microvillus.
- midlittoral — designating or belonging to that part of a seashore affected by neap tides