11-letter words containing a, y, o
- misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
- mitotically — the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.
- mob oratory — oratory designed to appeal to and inflame the emotions of a crowd, as for example Hitler's oratory
- moholy-nagy — László [las-loh;; Hungarian lahs-loh] /ˈlæs loʊ;; Hungarian ˈlɑs loʊ/ (Show IPA), or Ladislaus [lah-dis-lous] /ˈlɑ dɪsˌlaʊs/ (Show IPA), 1895–1946, Hungarian painter, designer, and photographer, in the U.S. after 1936.
- moldability — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- 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.
- monadically — Biology. any simple, single-celled organism. any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- monday club — (in Britain) a club made up of right-wing Conservatives who originally met together for lunch on Monday: founded in 1961
- money talks — If you say that money talks, you mean that if someone has a lot of money, they also have a lot of power.
- money wages — wages evaluated with reference to the money paid rather than the equivalent purchasing power
- money-maker — a person engaged in or successful at acquiring much money.
- moneymakers — Plural form of moneymaker.
- moneymaking — profitable: a moneymaking scheme.
- monkey bars — children's climbing frame
- monkey tail — any of various light or short ropes or lines.
- monocrystal — A single crystal.
- monocularly — In a monocular manner.
- monodactyly — having only one digit or claw.
- 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.
- montego bay — a city in NW Jamaica: seaside resort.
- 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.
- moshe dayan — Moshe [maw-she;; English moh-shuh] /mɔˈʃɛ;; English ˈmoʊ ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1915–81, Israeli politician and military leader: defense minister 1967–74, foreign minister 1977–79.
- motorically — motor (def 11).
- mount kenya — an extinct volcano in central Kenya: the second highest mountain in Africa; girth at 2400 m (8000 ft) is about 150 km (95 miles). The regions above 3200 m (10 500 ft) constitute Mount Kenya National Park. Height: 5199 m (17 058 ft)
- moveability — Alternative form of movability.
- mucociliary — Of or pertaining to the action of cilia in transporting mucus.
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- mycological — Of or pertaining to mycology.
- mycophagist — a fungus-eating organism.
- mycophagous — feeding on fungi.
- mycoplasmal — Of or pertaining to mycoplasma.
- mycoplasmas — Plural form of mycoplasma.
- mycorrhizae — Plural form of mycorrhiza.
- mycorrhizas — Plural form of mycorrhiza.
- myelination — the formation of a myelin sheath.
- myeloblasts — Plural form of myeloblast.
- myelography — the production of myelograms.
- myelomatous — Relating to a myeloma.
- myelopathic — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- myocarditis — inflammation of the myocardium.
- myofilament — a threadlike filament of actin or myosin that is a component of a myofibril.
- myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles