11-letter words containing a, r, m, i, l, o
- 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
- 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.