11-letter words containing c, e, t, a, l
- metaculture — All the universal concepts that are present in all cultures.
- metaethical — (ethics) Of or pertaining to metaethics.
- metallicize — Electricity. to make (a circuit) thoroughly metallic, as by replacing a ground return with another wire.
- metallocene — an organometallic coordination compound consisting of a metal bonded to one or two rings of cyclopentadiene.
- metallurgic — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metaplasmic — Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- metaplastic — the transformation of one type of tissue into another.
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
- mimetically — In a mimetic manner.
- misallocate — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misch metal — a pyrophoric alloy, containing approximately 50 percent cerium and 45 percent lanthanum, made from a mixture of various rare-earth chlorides by electrolysis.
- monte carlo — a town in Monaco principality, in SE France: gambling resort.
- monticulate — having low rising mounds or protrusions
- morcellated — Simple past tense and past participle of morcellate.
- most-caller — (of fruit, fish, vegetables, etc.) fresh; recently picked or caught.
- multi-faced — having a specified kind of face or number of faces (usually used in combination): a sweet-faced child; the two-faced god.
- multiaccess — a system in which several users are permitted to have apparently simultaneous access to a computer
- multiagency — involving multiple agencies
- multicasted — Transmitted in the form of a multicast.
- multicoated — having more than one coating of a substance
- musculature — the muscular system of the body or of its parts.
- myelopathic — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- nazca plate — a tectonic division of the earth's crust, coincident with the suboceanic Peru Basin, and bounded on the north by the Cocos Plate, separated from the South American Plate by the Peru-Chile Trench, from the Pacific Plate by the East Pacific Rise, and from the Antarctic Plate by the Chile Rise.
- needlecraft — needlework.
- neglectable — Small enough, or unimportant enough to be neglected; negligible.
- nematicidal — Alternative spelling of nematocidal.
- nematocidal — Acting as a nematocide; fatal to nematodes.
- 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.
- neosilicate — (chemistry) any simple silicate mineral in which the SiO4 tetrahedra are isolated and have metal ions as neighbours.
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
- new castile — a region in central Spain: formerly a province. 27,933 sq. mi. (72,346 sq. km).
- nomenclator — a person who assigns names, as in scientific classification; classifier.
- non-citable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- nonathletic — physically active and strong; good at athletics or sports: an athletic child.
- nonmetallic — of or relating to a nonmetal.
- nonmetrical — (music) Without the constraints of a metronome; not played or sung with a strict underlying rhythmic method.
- nonsilicate — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- nonvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- nose tackle — nose guard
- not exactly — not at all; by no means
- nucleolated — containing a nucleolus or nucleoli.
- object ball — the first ball struck by the cue ball in making a carom. Compare carom ball.
- objectional — Objectionable.
- obstetrical — of or relating to the care and treatment of women in childbirth and during the period before and after delivery.
- occidentals — Plural form of occidental.
- octuplicate — a group, series, or set of eight identical copies (usually preceded by in).