11-letter words containing a, i, r, l, o
- migrational — the process or act of migrating.
- mill around — walk about
- millionaire — a person whose wealth amounts to a million or more in some unit of currency, as dollars.
- mineral oil — a colorless, oily, almost tasteless, water-insoluble liquid, usually of either a standard light density (light mineral oil) or a standard heavy density (heavy mineral oil) consisting of mixtures of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum by distillation: used chiefly as a lubricant, in the manufacture of cosmetics, and in medicine as a laxative.
- minor scale — Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals.
- mirror ball — a large revolving ball covered with small pieces of mirror glass so that it reflects light in changing patterns: used in discos and ballrooms
- misrelation — an erroneous or imperfect relation
- modularised — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modularized — having been made modular or relating to the use of modular concepts or forms
- molendinary — a mill
- momentarily — for a moment; briefly: to pause momentarily.
- monarchical — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
- monolatrism — Belief in multiple deities but worship of only one.
- montbéliard — an industrial town in E France: former capital of the duchy of Burgundy. Pop: 27 570 (1999)
- moon pillar — a halo phenomenon in which a vertical streak of light appears above and below the moon, believed to be caused by the reflection of moonlight by ice crystals with vertical axes.
- 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.
- morgan hill — a town in W California.
- moronically — Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment: I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.
- morrill act — an act of Congress (1862) granting each state 30,000 acres (12,000 hectares) of land for each member it had in Congress, 90 percent of the gross proceeds of which were to be used for the endowment and maintenance of colleges and universities teaching agricultural and mechanical arts and other subjects.
- mortal mind — the illusion that mind and life arise from matter and are subject to death. Compare mind (def 19).
- mortalities — Plural form of mortalitie.
- mortalizing — Present participle of mortalize.
- motorically — motor (def 11).
- motorsailer — A boat equipped with both sails and an engine.
- mucociliary — Of or pertaining to the action of cilia in transporting mucus.
- multiauthor — having numerous or many authors
- multicarbon — having several carbon atoms
- multifactor — Of or pertaining to more than one factor.
- multifloral — Of or relating to more than one (variety of) flower.
- multiformat — Accessible in more than one format.
- multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
- mustard oil — oil expressed from the seed of mustard, used chiefly in making soap.
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- narrational — something narrated; an account, story, or narrative.
- naupliiform — shaped like a nauplius larva
- navratilova — Martina, born 1956, U.S. tennis player, born in the former Czechoslovakia.
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- neo-realism — art, cinema: social realist style
- neocortical — the largest and evolutionarily most recent portion of the cerebral cortex, composed of complex, layered tissue, the site of most of the higher brain functions.
- neoliberals — Plural form of neoliberal.
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- neurulation — the formation of a neurula.
- nitro-chalk — a chemical fertilizer containing calcium carbonate and ammonium nitrate
- nominal par — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
- non-arrival — an act of arriving; a coming: His arrival was delayed by traffic.
- non-fragile — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- non-literal — in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical: the literal meaning of a word.
- non-lyrical — (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.