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11-letter words containing a, m, r, y

  • masticatory — of, relating to, or used in or for mastication.
  • materiality — material nature or quality.
  • matronymics — Plural form of matronymic.
  • mayfair tan — suntan (def 2).
  • mayoralties — Plural form of mayoralty.
  • mccarthyism — the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.
  • mcgillivray — Alexander, 1759?–93, Native American chief of the Creek nation.
  • medley race — a relay race in which each contestant must cover a different distance
  • memory bank — the complete records, archives, or the like of an organization, country, etc.
  • memory card — a very small, portable electronic device for flash-memory data storage, as in a digital camera, cell phone, or digital media player.
  • memory foam — a polyurethane-containing material that adapts to the contours of the body, making it useful in supportive pillows, mattresses, soles and so on
  • memory lane — the memory of one's past life likened to a road down which one may travel: The class reunion was a trip down memory lane.
  • memory leak — (programming)   A leak in a program's dynamic store allocation logic that causes it to fail to reclaim memory in the heap after it has finished using it, eventually causing the program to fail due to lack of memory. These problems were severe on older machines with small, fixed-size address spaces, and special "leak detection" tools were written to diagnose them. The introduction of virtual memory made memory leaks a less serious problem, although if you run out of virtual memory, it means you've got a *real* leak! See aliasing bug.
  • memory span — the capacity of short-term memory, usually between 5 and 10 items
  • menstrually — In a menstrual manner; in terms of the menses.
  • mercenarily — In a mercenary way, for selfish reason of profit or gain.
  • mercurially — In a mercurial manner.
  • mercury arc — a bluish-green electric arc that has passed through a mercury-vapor cathode.
  • meritocracy — an elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth.
  • merrymakers — Plural form of merrymaker.
  • merrymaking — the act of taking part gaily or enthusiastically in some festive or merry celebration.
  • mersey beat — the characteristic pop music of the Beatles and other groups from Liverpool in the 1960s
  • mesotherapy — a cosmetic procedure in which minute doses of medication, vitamins, etc, are injected repeatedly into the mesodermal tissue under the skin to promote fat loss
  • methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
  • micro-party — a small political party, esp one focusing on a single issue
  • microarrays — Plural form of microarray.
  • micrography — the description or delineation of microscopic objects.
  • minor party — a political party with so little electoral strength that its chance of gaining control of the government is slight.
  • mirifically — in a mirific manner
  • misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
  • miscarrying — Present participle of miscarry.
  • mithramycin — A particular antibiotic drug.
  • mixed layer — the surface layer of water, seasonally varying in thickness, that is at almost uniform temperature owing to agitation by waves and wind.
  • mob oratory — oratory designed to appeal to and inflame the emotions of a crowd, as for example Hitler's oratory
  • molecularly — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
  • molendinary — a mill
  • molly-guard — /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment.
  • momentarily — for a moment; briefly: to pause momentarily.
  • mommy track — a career path for women who are willing to forgo promotions, raises, etc., so as to spend more time with their children.
  • money-maker — a person engaged in or successful at acquiring much money.
  • moneymakers — Plural form of moneymaker.
  • monkey bars — children's climbing frame
  • monocrystal — A single crystal.
  • monocularly — In a monocular manner.
  • monohydrate — a hydrate that contains one molecule of water, as ammonium carbonate, (NH 4) 2 CO 3 ·H 2 O.
  • monomyarian — any bivalve mollusc of the group Monomyaria (or Monomya) that have a single posterior adductor muscle
  • monotherapy — (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself.
  • moray firth — an arm of the North Sea projecting into the NE coast of Scotland. Inland portion about 30 miles (48 km) long.
  • morgan city — a city in S Louisiana: headquarters for offshore oil drilling and base for shrimp fleet.
  • moronically — Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment: I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.
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