11-letter words containing c, a, n, i, e, l
- machineable — Alternative form of machinable.
- machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- main clause — a clause that can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb, as I was there in the sentence I was there when he arrived.
- maledicting — Present participle of maledict.
- malediction — a curse; imprecation.
- malefaction — an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.
- maleficence — the doing of evil or harm: the maleficence of thieves.
- maleficient — Doing evil, harm, or mischief.
- manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
- mantelpiece — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantlepiece — mantel.
- marcellinus — Saint, died a.d. 304, pope 296–304.
- masculinely — In a masculine manner.
- masculinize — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
- mechanicals — (US) mechanical fixtures and fittings.
- medical man — a doctor of medicine
- medicinable — medicinal.
- medicinally — of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances.
- megalomanic — Afflicted by megalomania.
- melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
- melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- melanocytic — Of or pertaining to melanocytes.
- mentalistic — the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
- mercenarily — In a mercenary way, for selfish reason of profit or gain.
- mesalliance — a marriage with someone who is considered socially inferior; misalliance.
- mesocranial — mesocephalic
- metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
- mimic panel — a panel simulating the geographical layout of a television studio, railway points system, traffic interchange, etc, in which small indicator lamps display the selected state of the lighting circuits, signalling, traffic lights, etc
- 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.
- miracle man — a person who performs or appears to perform miracles.
- miracle-man — a man who is capable of miraculous feats
- misalliance — an improper or incompatible association, especially in marriage; mésalliance.
- misbalanced — badly balanced
- miscellanea — Miscellaneous items, especially literary compositions, that have been collected together.
- monticulate — having low rising mounds or protrusions
- multiagency — involving multiple agencies
- musicalness — Quality of being musical.
- nailclipper — a small mechanical device for clipping the fingernails or toenails.
- namecalling — Alternative form of name-calling.
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- necessarily — by or of necessity; as a matter of compulsion or requirement: You don't necessarily have to attend.
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- nematicidal — Alternative spelling of nematocidal.
- nematocidal — Acting as a nematocide; fatal to nematodes.
- neocolonial — the policy of a strong nation in seeking political and economic hegemony over an independent nation or extended geographical area without necessarily reducing the subordinate nation or area to the legal status of a colony.
- 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.
- neoplatonic — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.