11-letter words containing c, a, o, m
- macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- macrophytic — Relating to macrophytes.
- macropodous — (of a leaf) having a long stalk.
- macroscopic — visible to the naked eye. Compare microscopic (def 1).
- macrosmatic — Having a good sense of smell.
- macrospores — Plural form of macrospore.
- macrosystem — A programming system in which small constructs (macros) represent groups of machine instructions.
- madefaction — the process of making wet
- magic smoke — (electronics, humour) A substance trapped inside integrated circuit packages that enables them to function (also called "blue smoke"; this is similar to the archaic "phlogiston" hypothesis about combustion). Its existence is demonstrated by what happens when a chip burns up - the magic smoke gets let out, so it doesn't work any more. See Electing a Pope, smoke test. "Once, while hacking on a dedicated Zilog Z80 system, I was testing code by blowing EPROMs and plugging them in the system then seeing what happened. One time, I plugged one in backward. I only discovered that *after* I realised that Intel didn't put power-on lights under the quartz windows on the tops of their EPROMs - the die was glowing white-hot. Amazingly, the EPROM worked fine after I erased it, filled it full of zeros, then erased it again. For all I know, it's still in service. Of course, this is because the magic smoke didn't get let out." Compare the original phrasing of Murphy's Law.
- magnificoes — Plural form of magnifico.
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- main office — headquarters
- major piece — a queen or rook.
- major scale — a scale consisting of a series of whole steps except for half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth degrees.
- malacophily — pollination of plants by snails
- malcolm iii — died 1093, king of Scotland (1057–93). He became king after Macbeth
- malcontents — Plural form of malcontent.
- malecontent — Obsolete spelling of malcontent.
- malediction — a curse; imprecation.
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- malefaction — an evil deed; crime; wrongdoing.
- malefactors — Plural form of malefactor.
- malefactory — villainous
- malevolence — the quality, state, or feeling of being malevolent; ill will; malice; hatred.
- malfunction — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- maliciously — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- mancipation — (obsolete) slavery.
- mancipatory — relating to mancipation
- manducation — The act of eating.
- manducatory — Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.
- mantle rock — the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth's crust; regolith.
- manuduction — the act of directing or guiding.
- manufactory — a factory.
- marc antony — Antony, Mark.
- marcantonio — Raimondi, Marcantonio.
- march brown — an angler's name for the dun and spinner of various mayflies or an artificial fly imitating one of these
- march-order — to prepare (personnel, arms, and equipment) for a march.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- marconi rig — a rig of triangular sails for a yacht.
- marconigram — a radiogram.
- mascot rage — aggressive behaviour by mascots at sporting events
- masculation — Making masculine; giving male characteristics.
- masochistic — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
- mass action — Mass action is the effect when continuously adding reactants (= substances that are used in a reaction) to a reaction causes it to generate products continuously.
- mastectomee — Someone who has undergone a mastectomy.
- master copy — an original copy, stencil, tape, etc, from which duplicates are made
- mastication — The process of chewing.
- masticatory — of, relating to, or used in or for mastication.
- mastocytoma — A tumor consisting of mastocytes, commonly found in animals.